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Aurobindo and Future Poetry
Yoga and Creativity
The power of the word
The meaning of Mantra
Reflection and meditation
Symbiosis between thought and word
Karma yoga and the usage of words
Poetry and the usage of words
The layers of being
Art as yoga
Vision is the power of the poet
Aspiration towards a higher ideal
Hanuman and Advaita
Mind, Overmind and Supermind
Mantric poetry
The word “illumination’’
Rhythm, form and vision
Silence and reflection
Reading from a higher level
Emerson “Cut these words and they
would bleed. They are vascular and alive.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bhava or higher emotion
The idea of rasa
Future poetry as Mantric poetry
Savitri and its philosophical meaning
Savitri meets Yama, the Lord of Death
History of the story rooted in the conquest of death
Savitri as a spiritual autobiography
Nirodbaran (1903-2006)
Savitri: A legend and a symbol
The Aurobindo Upanishad
How to read a poem?
The Secret Knowledge
How to analyze the verse
Early approaches to the Infinite
Tapas according to Radhakrishnan
Intimations of immortality
The meaning of Savitri
The next verse
The flat earth and ignorance
The study of poetry
The meaning of sadhana
Tagore and poetry
Yoga and creativity
The danger of perfectionism
The problem of inspiration
The legacy of Aurobindo