SelfGrowth.com articles for Self Knowledgehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/rss/505561The #1 Self Improvement Site On The Web, as Ranked by Google and YahooenUnderstanding the Masks, False Fronts and Deceptive Appearances We Present to the World and to Ourselveshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/understanding-the-masks-false-fronts-and-deceptive-appearances-we-present-to-the-world-an-0<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->It is relatively easy to recognise that we are putting up a false front in our dealings with society. We greet people with a smile while in our minds, we may be having an opposite feeling about the person. We flatter people to get ahead in society, knowing that the flattery is not based on ...santoshk@msn.comMon, 30 Jun 2025 7:59:30 pmAddressing the Divergence Between the Inner Being and the External Naturehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/addressing-the-divergence-between-the-inner-being-and-the-external-nature<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Complete sincerity, inwardly and outwardly, is something that does not generally happen overnight. There are too many habits, instncts and trained responses that control the way the external nature responds to expect that the mental, vital and physical elements of the being will not only accept ...santoshk@msn.comSun, 29 Jun 2025 8:23:47 pmSincerity and Spiritual Sadhanahttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/sincerity-and-spiritual-sadhana<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->For most people, the concept of ‘sincerity’ is connected with how they relate to other people, in an open, natural and honest way, without duplicity or hypocrisy. The idea that sincerity can relate to oneself and one’s inner life is something that spiritual aspirants grapple with. Sincerity is ...santoshk@msn.comSat, 28 Jun 2025 9:16:23 pmInner Peace Is the Foundation and Basis for Spiritual Growthhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/inner-peace-is-the-foundation-and-basis-for-spiritual-growth<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->When the spiritual seeker begins to recognise all of the difficulties and obstacles in his own external being, and understands the need to reduce and remove these obstacles if there is to be any permanent and major progress, he may begin by struggling with the desires, the movements that arise, ...santoshk@msn.comFri, 27 Jun 2025 6:37:43 pmThe Nature of True Aspirationhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-nature-of-true-aspiration<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Restlessness, impatience and disturbance of the vital nature are signs of weakness in the vital, an inability to hold the energy that is available to the vital. A strong vital nature will have the ability to remain calm and hold the energy without spilling it.
For the spiritual seeker, there ...santoshk@msn.comWed, 25 Jun 2025 9:16:29 pmThe Quality of Rajas and Its Impact on the Spiritual Sadhanahttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-quality-of-rajas-and-its-impact-on-the-spiritual-sadhana<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The quality of Rajas, when it predominates in the action of the individual seeking spiritual growth, can have quite disruptive effects. A certain amount of focus and energy is required for any spiritual endeavour, to be sure, but there is a fine line between too little energy and too much. Rajas ...santoshk@msn.comTue, 24 Jun 2025 8:51:26 pmAspiration, Desire and the Action of the Divine Forcehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/aspiration-desire-and-the-action-of-the-divine-force<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Aspiration is frequently confused with a form of vital desire that ‘wants’ some kind of spiritual development, experience or result. Aspiration, however, originates in the psychic being, while desire stems from the vital being. The characteristics of the two are therefore dramatically different ...santoshk@msn.comMon, 23 Jun 2025 10:35:00 pmShifting the Standpoint of Consciousness Beyond the Action of the Three Gunashttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/shifting-the-standpoint-of-consciousness-beyond-the-action-of-the-three-gunas<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The three Gunas of Nature control the actions and reactions of the external nature and the response to the dualities that present themselves in Nature. As long as we remain fixated at the level of the surface personality, we remain subject to this action of the Gunas.
The question then ...santoshk@msn.comMon, 23 Jun 2025 10:18:37 pmThe Most Helpful Attitude for Spiritual Progresshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-most-helpful-attitude-for-spiritual-progress<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The vital nature, in particular, is addicted to ‘drama’. It seeks attention and excitement. An added complication is that in modern society, with our fixation on all types of electronic stimulation, internet, mobile phones, radio, television, cinema, along with neon signs, blaring ads and ...santoshk@msn.comFri, 20 Jun 2025 8:32:51 pmDealing with Physical Painhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/dealing-with-physical-pain-0<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->At some point in life everyone is confronted with physical conditions which cause pain. What is pain exactly? When we speak about physical pain in particular, we reference particular sensations or impulses of an intensity that activates the nerves to carry the sensation to the brain, which ...santoshk@msn.comFri, 20 Jun 2025 7:36:22 pmOvercoming Suffering and Changing the Future of Our Karmahttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/overcoming-suffering-and-changing-the-future-of-our-karma<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Many people believe that there is some kind of inexorable law of reward and punishment being doled out by God or some other all-powerful, all-observant being. In the West children are taught this lesson through the myth of Santa Claus, when they are encouraged to be “good” because Santa Claus is ...santoshk@msn.comFri, 20 Jun 2025 11:03:24 amAddressing the Issue of Overactive Nervous System Response to Circumstanceshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/addressing-the-issue-of-overactive-nervous-system-response-to-circumstances<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Whenever anything happens in the world, the senses capture the vibrations and send them up the nervous channels to the brain where they are they interpreted and responded to. When the nervous system is sensitive and overly responsive it may vibrate continuously and not let up. This creates an ...santoshk@msn.comThu, 19 Jun 2025 12:37:22 amExceeding the Limits Set By Our Minds to Harness Powers of Health and Fitnesshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/exceeding-the-limits-set-by-our-minds-to-harness-powers-of-health-and-fitness<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We generally remain locked within the framework of our past training and experience. We create walls around ourselves that circumscribe what we believe we can accomplish, what we can do, what is ‘real’ and what is possible. As long as we remain primarily fixated on the past, we limit our ...santoshk@msn.comMon, 16 Jun 2025 7:51:13 pmDeveloping the Power to Remove Illnesses from the Physical Bodyhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/developing-the-power-to-remove-illnesses-from-the-physical-body<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->An illness is a vibrational pattern that impacts the body and its normal operations. If one does not succeed in rejecting it before it breaks through the protective vital sheath and then, if one fails to prevent it from taking hold at all in the physical body, one is left with having to deal ...santoshk@msn.comSun, 15 Jun 2025 10:53:38 pmOvercoming the Habit of Illness of the Bodyhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/overcoming-the-habit-of-illness-of-the-body<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The first time we experience something it starts to create a “groove” in our neural network, nerves or responsive centers. As the experience recurs, the groove becomes a ‘pathway’. Eventually, the pathway becomes an embedded habit. When a similar vibration is experienced, it ‘automatically’ ...santoshk@msn.comSat, 14 Jun 2025 7:12:27 pmCauses and Prevention or Elimination of Illnesshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/causes-and-prevention-or-elimination-of-illness<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The physical body has an ingrained response, for most people, to vibrations that precipitate illnesses. The vector carrying that vibration (whether one calls it ‘germs’, ‘bacteria’, ‘virus’, or ‘suggestion’) strikes the protective vital envelope, or aura, surrounding the body. If it finds an ...santoshk@msn.comFri, 13 Jun 2025 7:46:59 amThe Action of the Three Gunas in Relation to the Assimilation of the Spiritual Forcehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-action-of-the-three-gunas-in-relation-to-the-assimilation-of-the-spiritual-force<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The 3 Gunas, qualities of Nature, are active in all beings, including those who are undertaking an active process of spiritual development. The physical being is very much subject to the action of Tamas, generally, because of its dense and somewhat inert material characteristics. It thus may ...santoshk@msn.comWed, 11 Jun 2025 3:01:31 pmPeriods of Apparent Emptiness or Dryness in the Spiritual Practicehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/periods-of-apparent-emptiness-or-dryness-in-the-spiritual-practice<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->In the external life we are trained to desire visible signs of forward movement, progress, constant development. We believe if we are not moving forward, then we must be retrogressing. We value action over quiet times. When we are relieved from action, such as during a vacation, or at the stage ...santoshk@msn.comTue, 10 Jun 2025 1:35:50 pmThe Power of a Quiet Mindhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-power-of-a-quiet-mind<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Modern civilization puts a premium on the mental process. We educate our children with a focus on the mind. We want them to learn verbal skills, reading skills, logical skills and measure them on their abilities in these areas with various forms of standardized tests by which we then classify ...santoshk@msn.comMon, 9 Jun 2025 5:48:25 pmThe Law of Attraction and its Application to Spiritual Sadhanahttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-law-of-attraction-and-its-application-to-spiritual-sadhana<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->It is interesting that people are willing to believe the ‘secret’ of the law of attraction, spend time, energy and money trying to learn it, for the purpose of manifesting wealth, enjoyment and the powers available in the world, but they do not tend to apply the principle behind this ‘law of ...santoshk@msn.comSun, 8 Jun 2025 5:48:56 pmFreeing Oneself From Responsibility for Oneself By Reliance on the Divinehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/freeing-oneself-from-responsibility-for-oneself-by-reliance-on-the-divine<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->There was a young man who happened to be living at the same place during the 1970’s, who got into his head the idea that the Divine was watching out for him so he could not come to any harm. He walked out into traffic on a busy road and with cars honking and braking, he survived without a ...santoshk@msn.comSat, 7 Jun 2025 4:57:06 pmGaining Perspective On Our Desires and Focus Within the Grand Canvas of Time and Spacehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/gaining-perspective-on-our-desires-and-focus-within-the-grand-canvas-of-time-and-space<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We spend most of our lives fixated on the external life we are living, including our internal reactions to that life, such as our feelings, desires, sense impressions, thoughts, ideas, motivations and physical comforts and discomforts (among other things). We focus on earning our livelihood, ...santoshk@msn.comFri, 6 Jun 2025 2:51:22 pmDealing with Anxiety and Worryhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/dealing-with-anxiety-and-worry<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Many people express the idea that simply living life without any form of planning or care about organizing one’s activities is the ideal ‘worry-free’ way of living. This conflates reasonable planning in the outer life with the internal process of worrying.
Worrying is basically an inability ...santoshk@msn.comThu, 5 Jun 2025 4:54:09 pmFacing One’s Difficultieshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/facing-one-s-difficulties<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna asked Sri Krishna to place him between the two armies ready to engage in a civil war, with massive numbers of troops on each side, so that he could view the scene before the actual fighting started. At that moment he was struck by the magnitude of what was about to ...santoshk@msn.comThu, 5 Jun 2025 10:10:47 amFaithfulness to the Light and the Divine Callhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/faithfulness-to-the-light-and-the-divine-call<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->People have an inner ‘commentary’ and ‘sound track’ going on virtually constantly in their heads. The ‘sound track’ may be a piece of music they heard which keeps repeating in their minds, what is colloquially called an ‘ear worm’. It may also be something of far less enjoyment such as a ...santoshk@msn.comTue, 3 Jun 2025 7:17:19 pmAligning the Inner Being With the Psychic Aspiration Overcomes the Pressure of Despondency and Depression in the Course of the Spiritual Sadhanahttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/aligning-the-inner-being-with-the-psychic-aspiration-overcomes-the-pressure-of-despondency-<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Taking the right attitude when feelings of failure or depression arise in the course of the spiritual practice is essential to navigate through these moods with the least disruption. Sri Aurobindo implies that the standpoint should be in the separate witness consciousness, which he distinguishes ...santoshk@msn.comMon, 2 Jun 2025 8:15:43 pmHow to Deal With the Feeling of Unfitness for Spiritual Progress When It Arises in the Sadhanahttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/how-to-deal-with-the-feeling-of-unfitness-for-spiritual-progress-when-it-arises-in-the-sadh<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->It is perhaps a virtually universal experience. An individual takes up a spiritual practice, and for a time, particularly when Sattwa is in the forefront, he has unique insights, experiences and a sense of progress. At some point, however, these experiences tend to recede and the individual is ...santoshk@msn.comMon, 2 Jun 2025 10:25:33 amDepression and Spiritual Progresshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/depression-and-spiritual-progress<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We are all subject to the action of the three Gunas or qualties of Nature. They are always shifting. As they shift, our outlook, mood, physical responsiveness, vital energy and mental framework all undergo corresponding changes. None of the three Gunas remains constantly in the forefront, so ...santoshk@msn.comSat, 31 May 2025 6:57:13 pmKeep Hold On Your Aspiration Through All Difficulties and Circumstanceshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/keep-hold-on-your-aspiration-through-all-difficulties-and-circumstances<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The flame of aspiration is the force that keeps the sadhak moving forward in his spiritual practice, regardless of the forces that threaten or oppose that progress, whether from outside or which rise up internally. Everyone goes through changes of mood and energy as the three Gunas fluctuate. ...santoshk@msn.comFri, 30 May 2025 5:09:22 pmThe Spiritual Seeker and the Challenges of Spiritual Growth and Developmenthttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-spiritual-seeker-and-the-challenges-of-spiritual-growth-and-development<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->People believe generally that taking up the spiritual life involves a form of escapism from the daily obstacles, difficulties and pressures of living an active life in society. Some people in fact take up the spiritual path as an escape, but that is neither the primary motivation nor does it ...santoshk@msn.comThu, 29 May 2025 7:59:12 pmThe Individual Sadhak and His Relation to the Movement of Universal Forceshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-individual-sadhak-and-his-relation-to-the-movement-of-universal-forces<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Forces that operate in the world are not necessarily ‘hostile’ even if their effect on any particular individual appears to be extremely negative. These forces operate on a large scale to carry out their own role and fulfillment, without specific regard to who may be impacted. When an earthquake ...santoshk@msn.comWed, 28 May 2025 6:05:14 pmHow To Deal With Hostile Forceshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/how-to-deal-with-hostile-forces<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Forces at work in the world try to effectuate themselves and perpetuate their action. They seek for receptive vessels to manifest and carry out their line of action. As these waves of energy, these vibrations move out into the world, they naturally come across elements and beings that are not ...santoshk@msn.comTue, 27 May 2025 5:05:55 pmOvercoming the Obstruction of Universal Adverse Forceshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/overcoming-the-obstruction-of-universal-adverse-forces<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Most people are skeptical about the concept of conscious universal forces. Even if they profess a belief in God, angels, demons, and other unseen powerful beings, they tend to reject the idea when it comes down to actual influence in their own actions, reactions and responses. There is an ...santoshk@msn.comMon, 26 May 2025 6:08:46 pmComing Face to Face With, and Overcoming the Failures, Limitations and Sins of One's Past Life in the Spiritual Questhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/coming-face-to-face-with-and-overcoming-the-failures-limitations-and-sins-of-ones-past-life<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->When an individual takes up the spiritual quest, he tends to accept certain principles of action which, by definition, contradict the values, principles and life-actions of his past experience. In many cases this causes a considerable amount of doubt and concern as he tries to overlay his ...santoshk@msn.comSun, 25 May 2025 1:55:51 pmThe Complex Nature of Our Being Impacts Our Ability to Change and Transform Our Liveshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-complex-nature-of-our-being-impacts-our-ability-to-change-and-transform-our-lives<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Those who identify with their mental being tend to believe that if they think in a certain way, that they have succeeded in embodying that. They will take the thought for the accomplishment without necessarily recognising that their physical actions, their vital energies and even aspects of ...santoshk@msn.comSun, 25 May 2025 9:08:15 amTransitioning From Mental Consciousness to Spiritual Consciousness While Controlling the Vital Naturehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/transitioning-from-mental-consciousness-to-spiritual-consciousness-while-controlling-the-vi<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The mind provides a filter to manage and control the vital forces to a certain degree. While it is not perfect, without it, an individual can become subject to whatever vital energy is active and rising up within him. At the same time, the mind acts as a limitation on the ability of the ...santoshk@msn.comFri, 23 May 2025 5:56:32 pmResisting and Overcoming the Negative Universal Forces That Try to Control Our Reactionshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/resisting-and-overcoming-the-negative-universal-forces-that-try-to-control-our-reactions<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->All consciousness, all energy, all material substance is essential one, although it takes different forms in the external surface consciousness. Vibrational patterns move across the universal creation and forms respond to them if they are able to vibrate within the range of the vibrations. Human ...santoshk@msn.comThu, 22 May 2025 9:35:55 pmThe Difference Between Suppression and Removal of a Vital Reaction, Part 2https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-difference-between-suppression-and-removal-of-a-vital-reaction-part-2<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Most people simply “live” their lives and carry out whatever feeling, mood or impetus may be impacting them at the moment. They “become” that movement, whether it is happiness and joy, hunger, anger, ennui, fatigue, or some concentrated state of mind, etc. Their awareness, their conscious ...santoshk@msn.comWed, 21 May 2025 6:43:24 pmThe Difference Between Suppression and Removal of a Vital Reaction, Part 1https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-difference-between-suppression-and-removal-of-a-vital-reaction-part-1<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->As long as we set our standpoint in the external surface consciousness, we do not have the leverage nor the tools to easily remove an embedded reaction. We tend to take steps to suppress rather than expunge the unwanted energy. This may take the form of an ascetic denial, or an avoidance of ...santoshk@msn.comTue, 20 May 2025 7:10:33 pmThe Need to Employ the Searchlight on Every Aspect of One’s Beinghttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-need-to-employ-the-searchlight-on-every-aspect-of-one-s-being<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->In its essence, yoga is a form of applied psychology. The practitioner of yoga is attempting to redirect the focus, the responses and the reactions of the being, in many cases having to overcome deeply rooted and embedded instincts, habits, and trained responses, as well as the forces of desire, ...santoshk@msn.comMon, 19 May 2025 6:26:41 pmDeveloping a Strong Power of Knowledge and Will To Manage and Control the Vital Naturehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/developing-a-strong-power-of-knowledge-and-will-to-manage-and-control-the-vital-nature<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->While a reaction may seem to be taking place instantaneously, it is always conditioned by prior acts or events, the chain of cause and effect, dependent origination or the law of karma, however one wants to term it. By adopting the standpoint of the witness consciousness, observing the external ...santoshk@msn.comSun, 18 May 2025 5:51:29 pmRestraining the Response to the Impulses Attractive to the Vital Nature Is the First Step Towards Masteryhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/restraining-the-response-to-the-impulses-attractive-to-the-vital-nature-is-the-first-step-t<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->A lesson in control of impulses was described by Homer in The Odyssey. The protagonist, Odysseus is on his ship trying to return home after the Trojan War. He approaches an area that was home to the Sirens, whose alluring voices would lure sailors to their death as the ships crashed among the ...santoshk@msn.comSun, 18 May 2025 9:40:15 amThe Excuses We Make to Justify Indulgencehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-excuses-we-make-to-justify-indulgence<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We make resolutions to change certain behaviours. Our minds are made up. We are certain that we can make the needed change. Many people make ‘new year’s resolutions’ to change something, perhaps to lose weight, to discontinue some habit, to avoid expressing anger, or some other intention we ...santoshk@msn.comFri, 16 May 2025 1:36:51 pmDealing With the Reactive Impulses of the Vital Nature of the External Personalityhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/dealing-with-the-reactive-impulses-of-the-vital-nature-of-the-external-personality<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We tend to be reactive by nature. Something occurs and we immediately capture the vibration and respond to it. Thus we have outbursts of anger when we are frustrated or feel insecure, or when something gets in the way of some idea, intention or movement we want to undertake. An example of this ...santoshk@msn.comThu, 15 May 2025 6:12:49 pmDifficulties Provide the Possibility of Progresshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/difficulties-provide-the-possibility-of-progress<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->If we examine the times and phases of our lives, we find that when things seem to be going smoothly forward and we feel great, we want to enjoy and appreciate the good times. We thus tend to slacken our efforts so that we can get the most out of the positive energies we are experiencing. This is ...santoshk@msn.comWed, 14 May 2025 5:39:59 pmThe Spiritual Aspirant Marches to the Beat of a Different Drummer Than Those Who Focus on the External Lifehttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-spiritual-aspirant-marches-to-the-beat-of-a-different-drummer-than-those-who-focus-on-t<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The spiritual aspirant necessarily has to change the way things have been historically and habitually done in the world if he is to make progress and move beyond the limitations imposed by the body-life-mind complex and all the traditions, rituals, habits, fixed ideas and vital-emotional ...santoshk@msn.comTue, 13 May 2025 4:27:25 pmDifficulties Are Blessings If We Know How to Face Themhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/difficulties-are-blessings-if-we-know-how-to-face-them<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Whether we term it divine Will, synchronicity, coherence, quantum entanglement, cause and effect, dependent origination, karma, or the law of attraction (or any other terminology), there remains a truth that the specific time, place and circumstance we occupy in the world is due to a stream of ...santoshk@msn.comMon, 12 May 2025 5:27:47 pmReceiving Spiritual Shocks and Trials With Humility Through a Shift of Standpoint Away from the Ego-Consciousnesshttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/receiving-spiritual-shocks-and-trials-with-humility-through-a-shift-of-standpoint-away-from<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The way we respond to setbacks or difficulties is conditioned by how deeply we are embedded in the ego-consciousness. The individual ego judges everything from its own very limited viewpoint. What it interprets as a negative result or as an obstacle may actually be part of the larger process of ...santoshk@msn.comSun, 11 May 2025 4:54:23 pmFacing Difficulties and Transforming Them at Their Source Is the Path of Integral Yogahttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/facing-difficulties-and-transforming-them-at-their-source-is-the-path-of-integral-yoga<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->There are implications for anyone accepting the mission to work toward the evolutionary change of human nature, speeded up by the yogic process. We think we should somehow have amazing spiritual experiences, and live in a world of peace, sunshine and joy. The reality is likely to be far ...santoshk@msn.comSun, 11 May 2025 10:05:07 amUnderstanding and Persevering Through the Darkness and the Delays in the Process of Spiritual Realisationhttps://selfgrowth.com/articles/understanding-and-persevering-through-the-darkness-and-the-delays-in-the-process-of-spiritu<!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->When we are confronted with difficulties, we employ several different types of responses, mainly depending on instinct, habit, training and the play of the three Gunas, the qualities of Nature, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas. Sometimes we respond with more effort, sometimes we lapse into depression and ...santoshk@msn.comFri, 9 May 2025 5:18:56 pm
