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Besides the need for purification, prayer, using the psychic mirror, developing the psychic attitude, etc. another thing that is important in our everyday life as we practice the Integral Yoga is the development of concentration. And as the psychic being is the center of our sadhana, the first and foremost thing we can concentrate on is the psychic being, our essential being behind and supporting the outer personality. Sri Aurobindo writes, "You have asked what is the discipline to be followed in order to convert the mental seeking into a living spiritual experience. The first necessity is the practice of concentration of your consciousness within yourself. The ordinary human mind has an activity on the surface which veils the real self. But there is another, a hidden consciousness within behind the surface one in which we can become aware of the real self and of a larger, deeper truth of nature, can realise the self and liberate and transform the nature. To quiet the surface mind...

Ripples in the Ocean of Being In the vastness of awareness Where does the knower end? And the known begin? Perhaps they never did Waves rising, falling Each claiming to be separate Until that moment of recognition When ocean smiles at itself Time—a story told Space—a dream unfolding Both appearing in That Which never moved, never changed Words point to silence Silence points to presence Presence points to itself Through every form it takes Who is reading these lines? Who is understanding them? Who is aware of this moment? The same One, playing all parts No beginning to find No end to reach No path to walk For how can That go anywhere? Here, now, always This that we are Never born, never died Just consciousness, dancing with itself - Kunal Nandwani (India)

A devotee reported the following incident: He had visited a researcher at JIPMER Hospital in Pondicherry, India, who was using Kirlian photography in his research. The researcher showed him several stones. One of them was an ordinary stone. The other one had been in an active temple for a considerable period of time. He showed the Kirlian (aura) photographs of the two and it was clear that the temple stone had a strong radiation coming off it. The researcher then suggested that this devotee become himself part of the experiment. First he took a photograph of his extended hand. He then had the devotee chant some mantras for a couple of minutes. The post-mantra photograph had a strong radiating aura coming off the fingers. One of the powers of an active mantra is to energize the vital being and strengthen the aura. The aura provides a protective vital field around each individual, so the power of the mantra is a boost to the ability of the individual to ward off negative forces, includin...