The Psychic Being: Our Opening to the Divine By Marshall Govindan
A version of the article will be appearing in The Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo, forthcoming from Bloomsbury Academic, in 2019, a publishing company registered in the United Kingdom
A version of the article will be appearing in The Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo, forthcoming from Bloomsbury Academic, in 2019, a publishing company registered in the United Kingdom
Under what conditions will the fully opened Psychic Being bring about the supramental transformation by the practice of Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga? This paper will attempt to answer the question.
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 31 Number 4 – Winter 2025
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 31 Number 3 – Fall 2024
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 31 Number 2 – Summer 2024
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 31 Number 1 – Spring 2024
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 30 Number 4 – Winter 2024
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 30 Number 3 – Fall 2023
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 30 Number 2 – Summer 2023
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 30 Number 1 – Spring 2023
- Liking and Disliking is the Disease of the Mind, by M. G. Satchidananda
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 29 Number 4 – Winter 2023
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 29 Number 3 – Fall 2022
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 29 Number 2 – Summer 2022
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 29 Number 1 – Spring 2022
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 28 Number 4 – Winter 2022
- The Witnessing Presence, by M.G. Satchidananda
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 28 Number 3 – Fall 2021
- Sri Aurobindo: Life and Legacy, by Acharya Ganapathy
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 28 Number 2 – Summer 2021
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 28 Number 1 – Spring 2021
- Elightened Monks by Durga Ahlund
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 27 Number 4 – Winter 2021
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 27 Number 3 – Fall 2020
- Disinformation, Distrust, Discernment and Dharma, by M. G. Satchidananda
- Achieving Health and longevity from Kriya Yoga Pranayama Practice, by Durga Ahlund
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 27 Number 2 – Summer 2020
- Concentration: Making Life Sacred, by M. G. Satchidananda
- How and why Yoga, Ayurveda and diet can strengthen your immune and nervous systems and treat particular pre-existing conditions, by M. G. Satchidananda
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 27 Number 1 – Spring 2020
- Prayer versus Yoga, by M. G. Satchidananda
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 26 Number 4 – Winter 2020
- The Psychic Being: Our opening to the Divine by M. G. Satchidananda
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 26 Number 3 – Fall 2019
- The Psychic Being: Our opening to the Divine by M. G. Satchidananda
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 26 Number 2 – Summer 2019
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 26 Number 1 – Spring 2019
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 25 Number 4 – Winter 2019
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 25 Number 3 – Fall 2018
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 25 Number 2 – Summer 2018
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 25 Number 1 – Spring 2018
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 24 Number 4 – Winter 2018
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 24 Number 3 – Fall 2017
- Showing the Path to others: Arrupadai, by M. G. Satchidananda
- Classical Yoga and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Part 2, by M. G. Satchidananda
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 24 Number 2 – Summer 2017
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 24 Number 1 – Spring 2017
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 23 Number 4 – Winter 2017
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 23 Number 3 – Fall 2016
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 23 Number 2 – Summer 2016
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 23 Number 1 – Spring 2016
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 22 Number 4 – Winter 2016
- Equanimity: keeping calm when life brings disturbance, by M. G. Satchidananda
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 22 Number 3 – Fall 2015
- Editorial: Love, Grace and the Guru, by M. G. Satchidananda
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 22 Number 2 – Summer 2015
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 22 Number 1 – Spring 2015
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 21 Number 4 – Winter 2015
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 21 Number 3 – Fall 2014
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 21 Number 2 – Summer 2014
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 21 Number 1 – Spring 2014
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 20 Number 4 – Winter 2014
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- “My Journey from Darkness to Light,” by Acharya Kailash
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 20 Number 3 – Fall 2013
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 20 Number 2 – Summer 2013
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 20 Number 1 – Spring 2013
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 19 Number 4 – Winter 2013
- Fear and mastery of the vital body
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 19 Number 3 – Fall 2012
- Georg Feuerstein, 1947 to 2012, some reminisces
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- Profile: Acharya Siddhananda Sita
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Kriya Yoga Journal – Volume 19 Number 2 – Summer 2012
- Our Psychic Opening to the Divine
- Do you love God? or how to prevent the practice of Yoga from becoming an ego-trip
- Profile: Acharya Skandavel
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