SAIEN

Food is a fundamental necessity for every organism. Yet, while millions struggle daily to secure a morsel of food, others confront the growing crisis of food wastage. This paradox raises deeper questions about the human relationship with food.  This raises many questions: What is the true relationship between humans and food? How does this relationship evolve as one ascends from material consciousness to spiritual consciousness? What role do vegetarianism and non-vegetarianism play in spiritual progress? How can food wastage be reduced through conscious living? There is no single answer to the above questions.  In the following quote, Sri Aurobindo has clearly stated a one stop resolution which can be a starting point to alter our behaviour towards food. “It is absurd to make food such an important thing in the spiritual life. It is a secondary matter whether one takes vegetarian or non-vegetarian diet, so far as the spiritual life is concerned.”  – Sri Aurobindo When we ...

Sri Aurobindo provides a detailed overview of the causes and types of suffering we experience and how to transcend the suffering through a shift in standpoint away from the external nature to the Self above or the psychic being within. Sri Aurobindo writes:  "It is not the soul that suffers; the Self is calm and equal to all things and the only sorrow of the psychic being is the sorrow of the resistance of Nature to the Divine Will or the resistance of things and people to the call of the True, the Good and the Beautiful. What is affected by suffering is the vital nature and the body. When the soul draws towards the Divine, there may be a resistance in the mind and the common form of that is denial and doubt — which may create mental and vital suffering. There may again be a resistance in the vital nature whose principal character is desire and the attachment to the objects of desire, and if in this field there is conflict between the soul and the vital nature, between the Divine ...

I. The Spiritual Nature and Origin of Money Money is consistently described not merely as a material item but as an expression of a  universal force .1 The Essence and Function of Money Universal Force : Money is the visible sign of a universal force that manifests on the vital and physical planes and is indispensable for the fullness of outer life.2 Divine Origin and Delegation : In its origin and true action, this force belongs entirely to the Divine.3 Like other Divine powers, it is delegated on Earth.4 Vital Energy : Money is a vital force that enables men to command success.5 The money-power itself has a twofold rhythm: gathering and throwing away; those who maintain this rhythm, like big industrial magnates, typically have plenty of money.6 Condition for Purity : Money is likened to water, requiring movement to remain pure.7 It is only valuable when it circulates or is spent.8 Mere hoarding is considered an obstacle.9 Collective Possession : Money is inherently a  collec...