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reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 119-120This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/wielding-the-torch-of-perfect-sincerity-the-way-of-realisation-on-the-spiritual-path/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes ar…

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reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 113-114This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/shifting-the-standpoint-of-consciousness-beyond-the-action-of-the-three-gunas/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allav…

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reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp..109-110 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/overcoming-suffering-and-changing-the-future-of-our-karma/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on the Y…

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reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp..108-109 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/dealing-with-physical-pain-2/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on the YouTube Channel https://www.yo…

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reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp..103-104This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/periods-of-apparent-emptiness-or-dryness-in-the-spiritual-practice/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable …

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reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp..101-102 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/the-law-of-attraction-and-its-application-to-spiritual-sadhana/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on …

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp..100-101This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/freeing-oneself-from-responsibility-for-oneself-by-reliance-on-the-divine/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allava…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp..99-100 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/gaining-perspective-on-our-desires-and-focus-within-the-grand-canvas-of-time-and-space/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episod…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp..98-99 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/05/dealing-with-anxiety-and-worry/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on the YouTube Channel https://www.yo…

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reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp..97-98 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/faithfulness-to-the-light-and-the-divine-call/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on the YouTube Channel…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp..96-97 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/aligning-the-inner-being-with-the-psychic-aspiration-overcomes-the-pressure-of-despondency-and-depression-in-the-course-of-the-spiritual-sa…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pg..96 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/how-to-deal-with-the-feeling-of-unfitness-for-spiritual-progress-when-it-arises-in-the-sadhana/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast ep…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp..94-95This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/05/31/depression-and-spiritual-progress/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on the YouTube Channel https://www.…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pg..94This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/keep-hold-on-your-aspiration-through-all-difficulties-and-circumstances/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable …

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp.93-94This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/the-spiritual-seeker-and-the-challenges-of-spiritual-growth-and-development/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavai…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp.92-93 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/the-individual-sadhak-and-his-relation-to-the-movement-of-universal-forces/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavai…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp.91-92This episode is also available as a blog post at How To Deal With Hostile Forces | Sri Aurobindo Studies Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871 Mo…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp.90-91 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/overcoming-the-obstruction-of-universal-adverse-forces/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on the YouTube…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp.89-90This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/coming-face-to-face-with-and-overcoming-the-failures-limitations-and-sins-of-ones-past-life-in-the-spiritual-quest/ Video presentations, inte…

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reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp.87-88 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/05/23/transitioning-from-mental-consciousness-to-spiritual-consciousness-while-controlling-the-vital-nature/ Video presentations, interviews and p…

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reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp.83-85This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/the-difference-between-suppression-and-removal-of-a-vital-reaction-part-1/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavaila…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp.81-83 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/the-need-to-employ-the-searchlight-on-every-aspect-of-ones-being/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on t…

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reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals and Difficulties, pp.78-80This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/restraining-the-response-to-the-impulses-attractive-to-the-vital-nature-is-the-first-step-towards-mastery/ Video presentations, interviews an…

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