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Page 1: Aurobindo and Future Poetry - Queen's Umurty/Lecture-5.pdfBut this monkey mind can become the monkey God (often represented as Hanuman in the Indian mythological tradition) if we can

Aurobindo and Future Poetry

Yoga and Creativity

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The power of the word

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The meaning of Mantra

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Reflection and meditation

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Symbiosis between thought and word

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Karma yoga and the usage of words

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Poetry and the usage of words

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The layers of being

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Art as yoga

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Vision is the power of the poet

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Aspiration towards a higher ideal

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Hanuman and Advaita

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Mind, Overmind and Supermind

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Mantric poetry

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The word “illumination’’

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Rhythm, form and vision

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Silence and reflection

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Reading from a higher level

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Emerson “Cut these words and they

would bleed. They are vascular and alive.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Bhava or higher emotion

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The idea of rasa

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Future poetry as Mantric poetry

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Savitri and its philosophical meaning

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Savitri meets Yama, the Lord of Death

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History of the story rooted in the conquest of death

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Savitri as a spiritual autobiography

Nirodbaran (1903-2006)

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Savitri: A legend and a symbol

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The Aurobindo Upanishad

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How to read a poem?

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The Secret Knowledge

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How to analyze the verse

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Early approaches to the Infinite

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Tapas according to Radhakrishnan

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Intimations of immortality

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The meaning of Savitri

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The next verse

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The flat earth and ignorance

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The study of poetry

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The meaning of sadhana

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Tagore and poetry

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Yoga and creativity

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The danger of perfectionism

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The problem of inspiration

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The legacy of Aurobindo