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Cover Inner Front Side November 2010 Vol. XI-IV November 2010 November XI Issue IV M. KARTHIKEYAN From the Editor's Desk... Our Ideal India and the Future of the World Sri Aurobindo's Synthesis of Yoga: A Philosophical Analysis People and Materials in Integral Management Sri Aurobindo Prabir Kumar Bagchi Dr. Pankaj Srivastava Anurag Banerjee 2 3 4 16 28

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6

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lems

and

difficu

lties.Th

isth

enis

the

messag

ew

esh

allco

nstan

tlyu

tteran

dth

isth

eid

ealth

atw

esh

allp

ut

befo

reth

ey

ou

ng

and

rising

Ind

ia,a

spiritu

allifeth

atshalltak

eu

pallh

um

anactiv

itiesan

dav

ailtotran

sfigu

reth

ew

orld

for

the

great

age

that

isco

min

g...T

his

mu

stb

eh

erm

ission

and

service

toh

um

anity

,―as

she

disco

vered

the

inn

ersp

iritual

lifeo

fth

ein

div

idu

al,son

ow

tod

iscov

erfo

rth

erace

itsin

tegral

collectiv

eex

pressio

nan

dfo

un

dfo

rm

ank

ind

itsn

ewsp

iritual

and

com

mu

nal

ord

er.(

,V

ol.

16,p

.330)

Bu

td

ow

ep

erceive

any

all-ou

teffo

rtto

ward

sth

ism

ission

on

ou

rsid

e?T

he

Ind

ianin

telligen

tsia,th

ep

olitical

and

social

thin

kers

of

the

day

arelack

ing

insu

chan

orig

inalan

dco

mp

rehen

sive

view

of

the

need

so

fth

eco

un

tryin

keep

ing

with

her

fun

dam

ental

spirit

and

cultu

re.In

steado

fev

olv

ing

app

rop

riatesy

stems

and

meth

od

sb

ya

tho

rou

gh

go

ing

stud

yo

fh

eran

cient

storeh

ou

seo

fk

no

wled

ge,

they

hav

efo

un

dit

mo

reco

nv

enien

tan

deasy

-go

ing

toim

po

rtseco

nd

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dE

uro

pean

system

san

did

easw

hich

ared

iametrically

op

po

sitean

dfo

reign

toh

ersw

adh

arma.

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they

hav

ep

resented

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rea

great

cou

ntry

wh

ichh

asarisen

from

her

lon

gslu

mb

era

com

mo

nid

eolo

gy

of

social,

po

liticalan

deco

no

mic

view

san

darran

gem

ents

of

ord

inary

hu

man

livin

glack

ing

asp

iritual

aiman

dsp

iritual

cultu

rew

hich

alon

ew

ou

ldp

rov

ide

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ewo

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flife

with

inw

hich

man

canseek

and

gro

win

toh

isreal

selfan

dd

ivin

ity..a

collectiv

ead

van

ceto

ward

sth

elig

ht,p

ow

er,peace,u

nity

,harm

on

yo

fth

ed

ivin

en

ature

ofh

um

anity

wh

ichth

erace

istry

ing

toev

olv

e.”(

Vo

l,14.p.430)

Th

eIn

dian

Co

nstitu

tion

resolv

edto

emb

od

yth

eid

ealsan

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iration

so

fth

ep

eop

leo

fIn

dia

thro

ug

ha

sov

ereign

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secular

and

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ocratic

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blic

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tosecu

refo

rall

itscitizen

sju

stice,lib

erty,

equ

alityan

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ityassu

ring

po

ssibilities

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his

spiritu

alexisten

ce…T

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Westh

asp

utits

faithin

itsscien

cean

dm

achin

eryan

dit

isb

eing

destro

yed

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the

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nity

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idu

aland

the

un

ityan

din

tegrity

ofth

en

ation

allife.Ithas

ado

pted

the

parliam

entary

system

of

dem

ocracy

asa

mean

sto

achiev

eits

go

alsw

itha

peo

ples'electo

rateb

od

yin

mu

lti-party

con

testants.

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em

od

erntren

dis

increasin

gly

the

ado

ptio

no

fco

alition

go

vern

men

ts,n

ot

on

lyin

Ind

iab

ut

inm

any

parts

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wo

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olity

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ocracy

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lished

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ustries

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lture

and

foo

dp

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uctio

nh

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tlyto

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ug

ep

op

ulatio

n,

and

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tifican

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no

log

icald

evelo

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ents

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din

gin

form

atio

ntech

no

log

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ation

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tation

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ore

her

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gh

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wo

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her

role

inth

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beco

me

pro

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tall

these

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ou

tcom

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mm

ercialan

deco

no

mic

glo

balisatio

n.

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ia,C

hin

aan

do

ther

Asian

cou

ntries

com

prise

the

majo

rityo

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orld

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ulatio

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com

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dw

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tif

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ission

inth

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:

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eat

all,we

mu

stresu

me

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ia'sg

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terrup

teden

deav

ou

r;w

em

ust

take

up

bo

ldly

and

execu

teth

oro

ug

hly

inth

ein

div

idu

alan

din

the

society

,inth

esp

iritual

and

inth

em

un

dan

elife,in

ph

iloso

ph

yan

drelig

ion

,in

artan

dliteratu

re,in

tho

ug

ht,

inp

olitical

and

econ

om

ican

dso

cialfo

rmu

lation

the

fullan

du

nlim

itedsen

seo

fher

hig

hestsp

iritand

kn

ow

ledg

e.A

nd

ifw

ed

oth

at,we

shall

find

that

the

best

of

wh

atco

mes

tou

sd

raped

ino

cciden

talfo

rms,

isalread

yim

plied

ino

ur

ow

nan

cient

wisd

om

and

has

there

ag

reatersp

iritb

ehin

dit,

ap

rofo

un

der

truth

and

self-kn

ow

ledg

ean

dth

ecap

acityo

fa

will

ton

ob

leran

dm

ore

ideal

form

ation

s.On

lyw

en

eedto

wo

rko

ut

tho

rou

gh

lyin

lifew

hat

we

hav

ealw

ays

kn

ow

nin

spirit.T

here

and

no

wh

ereelse

liesth

esecret

of

the

need

edh

armo

ny

betw

eenth

eessen

tialm

eanin

go

fo

ur

past

cultu

rean

dth

een

viro

nm

ental

requ

iremen

tso

fo

ur

futu

re.(V

ol.14,p

.37)

Ou

rid

ealisa

new

birth

ofh

um

anity

into

the

spirit;o

ur

lifem

ustb

esp

iritually

insp

iredeffo

rttocreate

ab

od

yo

factio

nfo

rth

atgreatn

ewb

irthan

dcreatio

n.

Asp

iritualid

ealhas

alway

sb

eenth

ech

aracteristicid

eaan

dasp

iration

of

Ind

ia.B

ut

the

pro

gress

of

time

and

the

need

of

hu

man

ityd

eman

ds

an

ewo

rientatio

nan

dan

oth

erfo

rmo

fth

atideal.T

he

old

form

san

dm

etho

ds

aren

olo

ng

ersu

fficient

for

the

pu

rpo

seo

fth

eT

ime

Sp

irit…O

ur

ideal

isn

ot

the

spiritu

alityth

atw

ithd

raws

from

lifeb

ut

the

con

qu

esto

flife

by

the

po

wer

of

the

spirit.It

isto

accept

the

wo

rldas

aneffo

rto

fm

anifestatio

no

fth

eD

ivin

e,b

ut

alsoto

transfo

rmh

um

anity

by

ag

reatereffo

rto

fm

anifestatio

nth

anh

asy

etb

eenacco

mp

lished

,on

ein

wh

ichth

ev

eilb

etween

the

man

and

the

Go

dsh

allbe

remo

ved

,the

div

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man

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of

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ichw

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birth

and

ou

rlife

shall

be

remo

uld

edin

the

truth

and

ligh

tan

dp

ow

ero

fth

esp

irit.It

isto

mak

eo

fall

ou

ractio

na

sacrificeto

the

master

of

ou

ractio

nan

dan

exp

ression

of

the

greater

selfin

man

and

of

alllife

aY

og

a.(

Vo

l.16,p.329)

Th

etim

eis

no

wo

pp

ortu

ne

tom

ake

ash

iftan

dex

ceedth

eo

ldfo

reign

meth

od

sw

itha

better

form

of

go

vern

men

tw

hich

wo

uld

elimin

ateth

ed

efectsan

dills

of

dem

ocracy

and

socialism

and

the

Parliam

entary

system

with

their

curses

of

mu

lti-po

liticalco

nflict,

mo

ney

and

mu

sclep

ow

er.W

em

ust

reflectm

od

ernity

ino

ur

ow

nan

cient

heritag

ean

dcu

lture

soth

atw

em

ayfix

ou

raim

on

the

mo

ral,in

tellectual

and

spiritu

alp

erfection

of

the

natio

nas

well

aso

fm

ank

ind

.If

Ind

iais

tob

ecom

ea

mig

hty

natio

nan

dw

ork

for

the

un

ityan

do

nen

esso

fh

um

anity

and

brin

ga

hap

py

,div

ine

lifeu

po

nearth

then

there

mu

stg

row

from

with

inth

etru

eA

ryan

cultu

rean

dA

ryan

spirit.

Itis

tob

eo

bserv

edth

atd

emo

cracyan

dso

cialismalso

hav

eo

rigin

sin

Asia

and

particu

larlyin

Ind

ia.T

he

Fren

chrev

olu

tion

was

the

beg

inn

ing

of

mo

dern

Eu

rop

eand

emo

cracyan

dits

ideals

of

liberty

,eq

uality

and

fraternity

were

bro

ug

ht

inas

the

fou

nd

ation

of

itsso

cialstru

cture.

Bu

tacco

rdin

gto

Sri

Au

rob

ind

o,th

ew

eakn

esso

fEu

rop

eand

emo

cracyis

that

itto

ok

asits

mo

tive

the

righ

to

fm

anan

dn

ot

the

dh

arma

of

hu

man

ity.

Ith

asb

eensaid

thatd

emo

cracyis

based

on

the

righ

tso

fman

;ithas

been

replied

that

itsh

ou

ldrath

ertak

eits

stand

on

the

du

tieso

fm

anb

ut

bo

thrig

hts

and

du

tiesare

Eu

rop

eanid

eas.Dh

arma

isth

eIn

dian

con

ceptio

nin

wh

ichrig

hts

and

du

tieslo

seth

eartificialan

tago

nism

createdb

ya

view

ofth

ew

orld

wh

ichm

akes

selfishn

essth

ero

ot

of

action

,and

regain

their

deep

and

eternalu

nity

.D

harm

ais

the

basis

of

dem

ocracy

wh

ichA

siam

ust

recog

nise,fo

rin

this

liesth

ed

istinctio

nb

etween

the

sou

lo

fA

siaan

dth

eso

ul

of

Eu

rop

e.T

hro

ug

hd

harm

ath

eA

siaticev

olu

tion

fulfils

itself;th

isis

her

secret.(

Vo

l.1,

p.760)

No

do

ub

tIn

dia

mu

stlearn

the

theo

ries,tech

niq

ues

and

system

so

fth

em

od

ernw

esternciv

ilization

and

itsscien

tificap

pro

aches,b

ecause

facedw

itha

tremen

do

usly

creative

civilizatio

nan

dcu

lture

aftersu

cha

lon

gslu

mb

eran

dstate

of

com

parativ

ein

activity

,sh

eh

asto

abso

rbth

eseid

easan

dtech

niq

ues.

Ho

wev

er,this

sho

uld

no

tb

ed

on

ew

itha

mo

tive

of

mech

anical

imitatio

nb

ut

toen

richh

erselfw

ithth

esen

ewfo

rcesan

dm

ou

ldth

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ou

ro

wn

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and

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rstren

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esp

iritand

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tinth

em

achin

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otiv

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he

leaders

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ichis

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mu

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us

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ackan

cient

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du

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rew

illfallflatup

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society

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eth

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of

ou

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ho

sesag

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eop

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dia

besto

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ture

dev

elop

men

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enw

ecan

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nclu

de

that

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leaders

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yth

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dare

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yh

igh

eraim

so

rtru

en

ation

alfeeling

sp

rop

erto

the

cou

ntry

they

inh

abit.A

sS

riAu

rob

ind

oh

assaid

,

Ind

ia'sn

ature,h

erm

ission

,the

wo

rkth

atsh

eh

asto

do

,her

part

inth

ew

orld

destin

y,th

ep

eculiar

po

wer

for

wh

ichsh

estan

ds

isw

rittenth

erein

her

past

histo

ryan

dis

the

secretp

urp

ose

beh

ind

her

presen

tsu

ffering

san

do

rdeal.A

reshap

ing

of

the

form

so

fo

ur

spirit

will

hav

eto

take

place;b

ut

itis

the

spirit

itselfb

ehin

dp

astform

sth

atwe

hav

eto

disen

gag

ean

dp

reserve

and

tog

ive

itn

ew

an

dp

ow

erfu

lth

ou

gh

t-sign

ifican

ces,

cultu

rev

alu

es,

an

ew

instru

men

tation

,g

reaterfig

ures…

Bu

tth

esech

ang

esth

emselv

esm

ust

be

castin

the

spirit

and

mo

uld

of

Ind

iaan

dn

ot

inan

yo

ther,n

ot

inth

esp

irito

fA

merica

or

Eu

rop

e,no

tin

the

mo

uld

of

Japan

or

Ru

ssia.We

mu

streco

gn

iseth

eg

reatg

ulf

betw

eenw

hat

we

arean

dw

hat

we

may

and

ou

gh

tto

strive

tob

e.B

ut

this

we

mu

std

on

ot

inan

ysp

irito

fd

iscou

ragem

ent

or

den

ialo

fo

urselv

esan

dth

etru

tho

fo

ur

spirit,b

ut

ino

rder

tom

easure

the

adv

ance

we

hav

eto

mak

e.F

or

we

hav

eto

find

itstru

elin

esan

dto

find

ino

urselv

esth

easp

iration

and

insp

iration

,th

efire

and

the

force

toco

nceiv

eth

eman

dex

ecute.(

Vo

l.14,p.34)

We

may

take

for

exam

ple

afew

practical

pro

po

sition

sw

hich

we

hav

ead

op

tedin

ou

rC

on

stitutio

nb

ut

wh

ichin

factp

osit

anen

orm

ou

sg

ulf

betw

eenth

eW

estern-A

merican

con

ceptio

nan

dth

ato

fth

eIn

dian

.Ju

stice,L

iberty

,E

qu

alityan

dF

raternity

arein

factth

eg

ifto

fF

rench

Rev

olu

tion

and

stillrem

ainas

the

mo

dern

core

idea

of

bo

thth

eso

cialistan

dd

emo

craticp

atterns

of

society

.B

ut

no

ne

of

these

ideals

either

separately

or

into

talityco

uld

be

realisedb

yex

terna

lm

etho

ds

of

socia

la

nd

econ

om

icch

an

ges

on

ly,

ign

orin

gth

ep

sych

olo

gical

factso

fm

an's

inn

erreality

.Th

eseid

ealsare

righ

tlyh

um

anth

ing

sin

us,b

ut

cherish

edsim

ply

aslim

itedm

entalid

ealsth

eyb

ecom

ein

effective

and

hav

eresu

ltedin

am

echan

icaland

relative

freedo

m,lib

ertyan

deq

uality

.Ino

rder

tob

eeffectiv

e,th

eseid

ealsm

ust

be

castin

toa

spiritu

alrealism

wh

ichlay

sits

han

ds

on

the

hig

her

realityo

fth

eS

pirit

ifw

eare

tofu

lfilo

ur

missio

n.

On

lyb

yd

iscov

eryo

fth

eso

ul

and

by

casting

lifein

the

truth

of

the

Sp

iritan

dn

ot

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any

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hese

three

thin

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sou

l;fo

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,eq

uality

,u

nity

areth

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utes

of

the

Sp

irit.(V

ol.15,p

p.546-547)

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isth

enis

the

truth

that

we

asw

ellas

ou

rp

olitical

represen

tatives

mu

strealise.

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these

no

ble

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great

ideals

areh

igh

ertru

ths

bu

ttran

slatedin

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hu

man

min

dan

din

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etd

iluted

and

imp

ov

erished

inth

eories

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practises.

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lon

gcen

turies

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jug

ation

un

der

foreig

nru

lersw

eh

ave

beco

me

adap

tedto

the

western

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thin

kin

gan

dth

ew

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flife

and

edu

cation

.No

ton

lyIn

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sb

utth

ew

ho

lew

orld

isig

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ideals

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ost

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utw

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on

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spirit

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men

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itsin

stitutio

ns

issu

fficient

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rog

ateth

en

eedo

fin

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spirit

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mad

eth

ein

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Vo

l.15,p.247)

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isis

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mo

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asedo

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the

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kn

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alater

stage,w

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reaterp

rocess

of

transfo

rmatio

nw

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dit

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nly

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pe,

becau

seif

every

on

eh

adto

go

again

thro

ug

hth

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perien

ce…”

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ol.11,p

.100)U

pu

ntil

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etitle

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.A

part

from

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the

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ther's

ow

nex

perim

ents

and

exp

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inth

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bein

gs,

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collectiv

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ork

for

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pro

gress

of

hu

man

ityw

asad

van

cedb

yth

esettin

gu

po

fthe

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ramatP

on

dich

erry,In

dia

asa

centre

of

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new

con

sciou

sness,

and

the

establish

men

to

fA

uro

ville,

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intern

ation

alto

wn

ship

near

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nd

icherry

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acen

treo

fo

utw

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pressio

n“m

ore

exterio

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hich

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tow

iden

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base

of

this

attemp

tto

establish

harm

on

yb

etween

sou

lan

db

od

y,

spirit

and

natu

re,h

eaven

and

earth,

inth

eco

llective

lifeo

fman

kin

d.”

(,V

ol.13,p

.204)A

ll124m

emb

er-natio

ns

of

UN

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plu

s23

Ind

ianstates

particip

atedin

the

inau

gu

ration

of

Au

rov

illeo

n28

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ruary

1968b

yp

ou

ring

their

respectiv

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un

try's

earth-so

ilin

toth

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rnat

the

centre

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the

cityb

yy

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ths

from

tho

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tries,th

us

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bo

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hu

man

un

ityas

itsfo

un

datio

n.

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uro

ville

isen

gag

edin

aw

ide

rang

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ative

activities,

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dreg

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n,

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n,

org

anic

agricu

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edu

cation

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health

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mscale

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ustries,to

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plan

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lturalactiv

ities.T

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ther

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lained

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rov

illeh

asb

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for

ap

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sup

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man

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uro

ville

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wh

oasp

irefo

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ake

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rtto

reachth

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uro

ville

wan

tsto

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firstrealisatio

no

fh

um

anu

nity

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on

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teachin

go

fS

riAu

rob

ind

o,w

here

men

of

allcou

ntries

wo

uld

be

ath

om

e.”(

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l.13,pp

.215-218)T

he

pu

rpo

seo

fA

uro

ville

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um

anu

nity

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very

centre

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ne

find

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of

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city,'th

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situated

ina

large

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enarea

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eace.'M

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dir,

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eans

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ple

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ther,'is

asy

mb

olo

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ap

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po

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and

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way

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ug

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islife

of

yo

ga

and

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exp

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revealed

inh

ism

etaph

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and

literaryw

ork

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he

true

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ivid

ual

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us

po

wer

of

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prem

e,alw

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existin

gb

yu

nity

,alw

ays

capab

leo

fm

utu

ality.

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that

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by

self-kn

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ledg

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joy

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and

imm

ortality

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nam

edit

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gh

the

app

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of

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mu

nities

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transfo

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lym

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man

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um

anto

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igh

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ā,B

adrin

ā

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eh

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mu

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ensio

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ratedp

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ality,

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has

dem

on

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alidity

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ssibility

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Po

nd

icherry

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hav

anan

da

and

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blish

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riRam

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na

Math

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lapo

re,Ch

enn

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alcutta,C

alcutta,1950,

p,9.

Sw

ami

Siv

anan

d,

,R

ishik

esh:

Th

eY

og

aV

edan

taF

orest

Un

iversity

1950,p

p,371-372.

Sw

ami

Mad

hav

anan

dM

ayav

ati,,

Ad

vaita

Ash

ram,

1944,p.160.

H.D

Bh

attachary

a,in

'the

edited

by

Dr

Rad

hak

rishn

a,L

on

do

n,G

eorg

eA

llenan

dU

nw

inL

td.,1957,p

.166.

SriA

uro

bin

do

,,S

riAu

rob

ind

oA

shram

,Po

nd

icherry

,1956,p.7.

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vem

ber

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Au

robindo's

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An

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PE

OP

LE

AN

DM

AT

ER

IAL

SIN

INT

EG

RA

LM

AN

AG

EM

EN

T

An

urag

Ban

erjee

Wh

atis

integ

ralm

anag

emen

t?W

eu

nd

erstand

by

the

term'in

tegral'so

meth

ing

wh

ichis

total,

com

plete,

abso

lute.

Integ

ralm

anag

emen

tm

ayb

ed

efined

asa

system

of

man

agem

ent

based

on

the

prin

ciples

of

the

Integ

ralY

og

aas

form

ulated

by

Sri

Au

rob

ind

oan

dth

eM

oth

er,as

well

aso

nth

eirp

erson

alm

anag

emen

tsty

les.It

inclu

des

the

adv

antag

eso

fm

od

ernan

dem

ergin

gco

ncep

tso

fm

anag

emen

t,bu

tg

oes

bey

on

dth

em.It

isn

ot

on

lya

man

agem

ent

by

con

sciou

sness,

bu

tit

isa

spiritu

alizedsy

stemo

fm

anag

emen

t.T

hro

ug

ha

con

sciou

sap

pro

ach,th

ein

div

idu

aldirects

ad

ivin

eF

orce

toact

up

on

him

soth

atit

canb

ecom

eth

earch

itecto

fh

isd

estiny

.Just

asS

riA

uro

bin

do

and

the

Mo

ther

areth

eh

arbin

gers

of

the

New

Race—

the

raceo

fsu

perm

en—

similarly

this

un

iqu

efo

rmo

fm

anag

emen

tb

asedo

nth

eirteach

ing

sis

mean

tfo

rth

ose

wh

ob

elon

gto

the

new

wo

rld.

Into

day

'sw

orld

,p

eop

leare

evalu

atedb

yth

eirp

rod

uctiv

ity.

As

lon

gas

emp

loy

eesare

sufficien

tlycreativ

eo

rin

no

vativ

ean

dab

un

dan

tlyp

rod

uctiv

eas

per

the

requ

iremen

tso

fth

eco

mp

any

,they

arem

uch

ind

eman

d.B

ut

the

day

the

hig

her

auth

orities

no

ticea

sligh

tdip

inth

eirp

rod

uctiv

ityo

ro

bserv

eth

atthey

areu

nab

leto

meet

with

the

stand

ards

setb

yth

een

terprise,w

ithin

no

time

they

areask

edto

leave.

Th

isis

the

cultu

reo

fth

eco

rpo

ratesecto

r.B

ut

wh

atab

ou

tth

eu

ltimate

valu

eo

fp

eop

le?In

this

con

text

Sri

Au

rob

ind

oh

asw

ritten:

"Th

eu

ltimate

valu

eo

fa

man

isn

otto

be

measu

redb

yw

hath

esay

so

rb

yw

hath

ed

oes

bu

tb

yw

hat

he

beco

mes."

So

,inin

tegralm

anag

emen

t,the

valu

eo

fp

eop

leis

no

tju

dg

edb

ya

sho

rt-termo

rm

id-term

dip

inp

rod

uctiv

ityo

rin

temp

orary

action

sb

utb

yw

hatth

eyb

ecom

eatth

een

do

fthe

day

.

Man

ag

em

en

tof

ind

ivid

uals

1

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vem

ber

2010V

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tures.com

)

29

Inin

tegralm

anag

emen

t,peo

ple

aren

ot

loo

ked

up

on

asm

erem

ortals;o

nth

eco

ntrary

,th

eyare

view

edas

instru

men

tso

fth

eD

ivin

e.S

ince

integ

ralm

anag

emen

tisa

man

agem

entb

yco

nscio

usn

ess,therefo

re,we

alsom

ustb

ecom

eco

nscio

us

of

ou

rso

ul,o

fth

esp

arko

fd

ivin

ityw

hich

lieslaten

tin

us.T

he

po

wers

that

arep

resent

inth

eu

niv

erseare

presen

tin

us

asw

ell,bu

tw

eare

un

aware

of

wh

atw

ep

ossess.

Wh

yare

we

un

aware?

Becau

sew

eare

imp

erfectb

eing

sw

ho

arein

lov

ew

itho

ur

ign

oran

ce.Bu

twh

yis

this

so?

SriA

uro

bin

do

has

written

that

ign

oran

ceis

the

"no

n-p

erceivin

gp

rincip

le"w

hich

exists

ino

ur

con

sciou

sness

and

ito

pp

oses

the

"truth

-perceiv

ing

con

sciou

sv

ision

and

kn

ow

ledg

e."H

eh

asfu

rther

exp

lained

that

ign

oran

cealso

isa

kn

ow

ledg

e,b

ut

ak

no

wled

ge

with

ad

ifference.A

nd

wh

atis

that

differen

ce?It

isa

limited

kn

ow

ledg

ew

hich

isb

asedo

nth

e"d

ivisio

no

fu

nd

ivid

edb

eing

"an

destab

lished

on

the

"fragm

entary

,th

elittle,

op

po

sedto

the

op

ulen

t,v

astan

d

2

lum

ino

us

com

pleten

esso

fth

ing

s."T

herefo

re,to

ov

erpo

wer

and

con

qu

erth

isig

no

rance,

we

hav

eto

awak

enth

ed

ivin

ityw

ithin

us

and

the

pro

cesso

fd

oin

gso

canb

egin

ifw

eattem

pt

tob

ecom

eco

nscio

us.B

yo

verco

min

gth

esh

ortco

min

gs

of

ou

rh

eartan

dsp

irit,we

cantak

eth

efirststep

sto

ward

sp

rog

ress.To

qu

ote

the

wo

rds

ofS

riAu

rob

ind

o:

Fo

rm

anin

tellectually

dev

elop

ed,

mig

hty

inscien

tifick

no

wled

ge

and

mastery

ofg

ross

and

sub

tlen

ature,u

sing

the

elemen

tsas

his

servan

tsan

dth

ew

orld

ash

isfo

otsto

ol,b

ut

un

dev

elop

edin

heart

and

spirit,b

ecom

eso

nly

anin

ferior

kin

do

fu

sing

the

po

wers

ofa

dem

igo

dto

satisfyth

en

ature

ofan

anim

al.

Inth

isco

ntex

t,SriA

uro

bin

do

has

written

:“Acu

ltivated

eye

with

ou

tacu

ltivated

spiritm

akes

by

no

mean

sth

eh

igh

esttyp

eo

fman

.”S

o,

the

firstth

ing

for

us

tod

ois

tob

ecom

eco

nscio

us

of

the

Div

ine

Fo

rcew

ork

ing

with

inu

san

daro

un

du

sfo

ro

ur

ow

nb

ettermen

t,th

atis,

tob

ecom

eco

nscio

us

ofo

ur

true

Self.H

ereco

mes

the

need

ofy

og

a,for

itisth

rou

gh

yo

ga

that

ach

ang

eo

rtran

sform

ation

occu

rsin

the

con

sciou

sness

and

the

min

db

ecom

esan

instru

men

to

fth

eT

ruth

.A

ccord

ing

toS

riA

uro

bin

do

,th

ereare

three

way

sb

yw

hich

min

dcan

beco

me

ach

ann

elor

instru

men

to

fth

eT

ruth

:(1)It

may

beco

me

silent

inth

eS

elfan

dm

ake

way

for

av

asterco

nscio

usn

ess.(2)It

may

transfo

rmitselfp

assive

toan

intern

alLig

ht,th

us,allo

win

gth

eL

igh

ttou

sem

ind

asa

mean

so

fex

pressio

n.

(3)It

may

transfo

rmitself

into

anin

tuitiv

ein

telligen

cefro

mth

e'q

uestio

nin

gin

tellectualsu

perficialm

ind

,'and

wh

enit

has

successfu

llyd

on

eso

,it

will

hav

eth

ep

recisep

erceptio

no

fth

ed

ivin

eT

ruth

.T

his

isth

ew

ayw

ecan

gro

win

con

sciou

sness

and

reside

inits

hig

her

levels.

Ho

wev

er,afew

thin

gs

sho

uld

be

remem

bered

.First

of

all,befo

reb

ecom

ing

con

sciou

s,w

eh

ave

tob

ecom

eaw

are—aw

areo

fth

eth

ing

so

ccurrin

gin

the

con

sciou

sness—

and

witn

essth

emin

their

true

form

.SriA

uro

bin

do

has

saidth

ataw

areness

by

itselfis

no

ten

ou

gh

,h

ow

ever,

and

that

aW

illan

da

Fo

rceare

need

edto

mak

eth

eco

nscio

usn

esseffectiv

e.We

may

be

con

sciou

so

fw

hat

need

s 3

4

5

asura

No

vem

ber

2010V

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Materials

InIn

tegralM

anagem

ent

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ed

on

e,ho

wit

isto

be

do

ne

and

wh

enit

isto

be

do

ne,b

ut

atth

etim

eo

factu

alim

plem

entatio

nw

em

ayb

ecom

eh

elpless

tod

oit.T

his

hap

pen

sb

ecause

we

may

no

tp

ossess

the

Will

and

the

Fo

rcew

hich

arereq

uired

for

the

successfu

lim

plem

entatio

n.A

lternativ

ely,w

em

ayp

ossess

the

Will

and

the

Fo

rce,bu

tm

ayn

oth

ave

the

awaren

esso

fh

ow

toim

plem

entth

eth

ing

inth

erig

htw

ayan

datth

erig

ht

time.T

oq

uo

teth

eim

mo

rtalw

ord

so

fS

riA

uro

bin

do

with

reference

toth

isissu

e:

Man

,th

ein

div

idu

al,h

asto

beco

me

and

toliv

eas

au

niv

ersalb

eing

;h

islim

itedm

ental

con

sciou

sness

has

tow

iden

toth

esu

perco

nscien

tu

nity

inw

hich

eachem

braces

all;h

isn

arrow

heart

has

tolearn

the

infin

iteem

brace

and

replace

itslu

stsan

dd

iscord

sb

yu

niv

ersallo

ve

and

his

restrictedv

italb

eing

tob

ecom

eeq

ualto

the

wh

ole

sho

cko

fth

eu

niv

erseu

po

nitan

dcap

able

of

un

iversald

eligh

t;his

very

ph

ysicalb

eing

was

tok

no

witself

asn

osep

arateen

tityb

utas

on

ew

ithan

dsu

stainin

gin

itselfthe

wh

ole

flow

ofth

ein

div

isible

Fo

rceth

atisallth

ing

s;his

wh

ole

natu

reh

asto

repro

du

cein

the

ind

ivid

ualth

eu

nity

,th

eh

arm

on

y,

the

on

eness-in

-all

of

the

sup

reme

Ex

istence-

Co

nscio

usn

ess-Bliss.

Becau

seo

fo

ur

un

dev

elop

edh

eartan

dsp

irit,w

eten

dto

get

distu

rbed

and

distracted

from

the

true

missio

no

flife.Ifsuccess

isfo

llow

edb

ya

failure,th

enw

em

ayb

eu

nab

leto

accept

itin

the

righ

tattitu

de.W

eare

willin

gto

tasteth

en

ectaro

fsu

ccessb

ut

no

tth

ep

oiso

no

ffailu

re.A

nd

ifw

eco

mm

ita

mistak

e,th

enw

eb

ecom

eev

enm

ore

dep

ressedb

yth

ink

ing

of

the

con

sequ

ences

that

we

wo

uld

hav

eto

face.In

such

circum

stances,

we

find

Sri

Au

rob

ind

oto

be

anex

cellent

mo

tivato

ran

da

remark

able

perso

nn

elm

anag

er.Inh

isletters

toh

isd

isciples

he

has

giv

enin

valu

able

adv

iceab

ou

th

ow

too

verco

me

ou

rsh

ortco

min

gs

and

con

qu

erb

riefspells

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epressio

n.Itis

interestin

gto

no

teth

atthese

adv

icesg

iven

mo

reth

an70

years

ago

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tasev

er:

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ou

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wo

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oo

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thin

gs

from

anin

ner

po

int

of

view

and

tryto

get

the

ben

efito

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hap

pen

s.If

yo

um

ak

ea

mista

ke,

do

n't

get

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use

yo

um

ad

ea

mistak

e—rath

erp

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itto

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asto

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u?

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uch

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em

anag

emen

to

fp

eop

leas

ind

ivid

uals.B

ut

inan

enterp

riseit

isth

eco

llective

effort

wh

ichis

the

focu

s.H

um

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eing

sare

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anim

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om

atterh

ow

com

peten

to

rself-su

fficient

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ecan

no

tliv

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dw

ork

allalo

ne.

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nC

ruso

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eeded

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ay.

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erefore

we

need

com

pan

ion

so

rco

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es.S

on

ow

from

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ind

ivid

ual

perso

nw

eco

me

toth

eco

llective

perso

n.

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enw

ew

ork

atan

enterp

rise,w

ed

on

ot

wo

rkall

alon

e.W

em

ust

wo

rkw

itho

ur

colleag

ues.

Just

asfiv

eu

tensils,

ifk

ept

tog

ether,

wo

uld

ban

gag

ainst

eacho

ther,

similarly

we

may

no

talw

ays

enjo

ya

very

harm

on

iou

srelatio

nsh

ipw

itho

ur

colleag

ues.

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ileev

eryco

mm

un

ityan

den

terprise

aims

atth

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men

to

fh

armo

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,few

achiev

eth

isg

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rob

ind

oh

asp

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ut

catego

ricallyin

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that

"allp

rob

lems

of

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ceare

essentially

pro

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fh

armo

ny

."A

ccord

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toh

im,

these

pro

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sem

erge

from

the

"percep

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of

un

solv

edd

iscord

"as

well

as"th

ein

stinct

of

anu

nd

iscov

eredag

reemen

tor

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ity."

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exp

lains

the

reason

inth

efo

llow

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wo

rds:

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ag

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tof

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con

ditio

no

factivity

itselfseems

tob

ein

ertia,iso

ne

pro

blem

ofo

pp

osites

that

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reh

asso

lved

and

seeks

alway

sto

solv

eb

etterw

ithg

reaterco

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lexities;

for

itsp

erfectsolu

tion

wo

uld

be

the

materialim

mo

rtalityo

fa

fully

org

anised

min

d-su

pp

ortin

gan

imal

bo

dy

.T

he

accord

ance

of

con

sciou

sm

ind

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sciou

sw

illwith

afo

rman

da

lifein

them

selves

no

to

vertly

self-con

sciou

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dcap

able

atb

esto

fa

mech

anical

or

sub

con

sciou

sw

illis

ano

ther

pro

blem

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po

sitesin

wh

ichsh

eh

asp

rod

uced

aston

ishin

gresu

ltsan

daim

salw

ays

ath

igh

erm

arvels;

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her

ultim

atem

iraclew

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ean

anim

alco

nscio

usn

essn

olo

ng

erseek

ing

bu

tp

ossessed

of

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dL

igh

t,with

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practical

om

nip

oten

cew

hich

wo

uld

result

from

the

po

ssession

of

ad

irectan

dp

erfectedk

no

wled

ge.

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to

nly

,th

en,

isth

eu

pw

ardim

pu

lseo

fm

anto

ward

sth

eacco

rdan

ceo

fy

eth

igh

ero

pp

osites

ration

alin

itself,bu

tit

isth

eo

nly

log

icalcom

pletio

no

fa

rule

and

aneffo

rtth

atseem

tob

ea

fun

dam

ental

meth

od

ofN

ature

and

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very

sense

ofh

eru

niv

ersalstrivin

gs.

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erefore,

itis

becau

seo

fd

isharm

on

yam

on

gin

div

idu

alsan

dg

rou

ps

that

con

flictsarise

inan

org

anizatio

n.E

mp

loy

eesm

ayb

ecom

eso

eng

rossed

inth

eseself-created

con

flictsth

atth

eyten

dto

dev

iatefro

mth

eirg

oal

of

achiev

ing

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org

anizatio

nal

ob

jectives.D

isharm

on

ycan

emerg

ed

ue

tosev

eralreaso

ns.L

et'stak

erem

un

eration

asan

exam

ple.In

div

idu

alsw

ork

ing

inth

esam

ed

epartm

ent

mig

ht

get

differen

tp

ay-p

ackag

es.Th

erem

un

eration

of

yo

un

gem

plo

yees

with

afresh

pro

fession

ald

egree

cou

ldb

em

ore

than

that

of

oth

erem

plo

yees

wh

oare

mo

reex

perien

ced.

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elatter

com

pare

their

pay

-pack

age

with

that

of

the

form

er,th

eym

igh

tfeel

dissatisfied

and

distu

rbed

du

eto

ego

-relatedp

rob

lems

and

this

cou

ldg

ive

riseto

dish

armo

ny

.A

gain

,if

ind

ivid

uals

com

pare

their

remu

neratio

nw

ithth

ose

wh

oare

inth

esam

ep

ositio

nin

som

eo

ther

dep

artmen

tan

dfin

dit

tob

eco

mp

aratively

less,their

min

dco

uld

beco

me

distu

rbed

and

asa

resultd

isharm

on

yw

ou

ldb

ecreated

.Th

esam

em

entalfru

stration

may

emerg

eif

they

com

pare

their

salaryw

ithth

ose

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oh

ave

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sition

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differen

tin

du

stryan

dfin

dth

eiro

wn

tob

eless.

Itis

the

min

dw

hich

isth

eep

i-cen

treo

fall

these

ego

-relatedp

rob

lems.

After

all,th

em

ind

isim

perfect;

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Au

rob

ind

oh

asd

efined

this

desire-p

ron

easp

ecto

fth

em

ind

inh

isep

icp

oem

inth

efo

llow

ing

wo

rds:

Ath

ink

ing

pu

pp

etisth

em

ind

oflife:

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oice

isth

ew

ork

ofelem

entalstren

gth

sT

hatk

no

wn

otth

eiro

wn

birth

and

end

and

cause

An

dg

limp

sen

otth

eim

men

sein

tentth

eyserv

e.

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ple

arein

satiable;w

hen

we

areg

iven

less,we

feelth

atw

eh

ave

no

tg

ot

wh

atw

ed

eserve.

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eno

thers

get

mo

re,w

efeel

that

these

un

deserv

ing

ind

ivid

uals

hav

eu

sedm

anip

ulatio

nto

get

mo

reth

anu

s.G

radu

allyw

em

ayd

evelo

pan

inferio

rityco

mp

lexw

hich

com

pels

us

top

on

der

wh

ether

perh

aps

we

arem

edio

crew

ithn

osp

ecialtalen

tso

rq

ualities,

and

asa

result

we

get

dep

ressed.

Here

we

find

Sri

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rob

ind

ois

anex

cellent

coo

rdin

ator

wh

oad

vices

us

ho

wto

cop

eu

pin

such

situatio

ns

and

ho

wto

dealw

itho

ur

colleag

ues.H

ew

rites:

…in

yo

ur

relation

sw

itho

thers,—

wh

ichseem

alway

sto

hav

eb

eenfu

llo

fd

isharm

on

y,—

wh

enin

ciden

tso

ccur,it

wo

uld

be

mu

chb

etterfo

ry

ou

no

tto

take

the

stand

po

intth

atyo

uare

allinth

erig

htan

dth

eyare

allinth

ew

ron

g.It

wo

uld

be

wiser

tob

efair

and

just

inreflectio

n,seein

gw

here

yo

uh

ave

go

ne

astray,an

dev

enlay

ing

stresso

ny

ou

ro

wn

faultan

dn

oto

nth

eirs.Th

isw

ou

ldp

rob

ably

leadto

mo

reh

armo

ny

iny

ou

rrelatio

ns

with

oth

ers;atan

yrate,it

wo

uld

be

mo

reco

nd

uciv

eto

yo

ur

inn

erp

rog

ress,w

hich

ism

ore

imp

ortan

tth

anto

be

the

top

-do

gin

aq

uarrel.N

either

isit

wellto

cherish

asp

irito

fself-

justificatio

nan

dself-rig

hteo

usn

essan

da

wish

toco

ncealeith

erfro

my

ou

rselfo

rfro

mth

eM

oth

ery

ou

rfau

ltsan

dy

ou

rerro

rs.

An

delsew

here

he

writes:

As

for

com

pariso

nw

itho

thers,o

ne

ou

gh

tno

ttod

oth

at.Each

on

eh

ash

iso

wn

lesson

tolearn

,his

ow

nw

ork

tod

oan

dh

em

ustco

ncern

him

selfwith

that,n

ot

with

the

sup

erior

or

inferio

rp

rog

resso

foth

ersin

com

pariso

nw

ithh

imself.If

he

isb

ehin

dto

day

,he

canb

ein

fullcap

acityh

ereafteran

dit

isfo

rth

atfu

ture

perfectio

no

fhis

po

wers

thath

em

ustlab

ou

r…B

utlearn

tow

elcom

ecriticism

and

the

po

intin

go

ut

of

imp

erfection

s—th

em

ore

yo

ud

o,

the

mo

rerap

idly

yo

uw

illadv

ance.

Ifw

esh

ou

ldb

ecom

esu

nk

inth

ed

arkn

esso

fd

epressio

no

rd

espo

nd

ency

,we

canav

ailo

urselv

eso

fth

efo

llow

ing

adv

iceo

fS

riA

uro

bin

do

:

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away

from

yo

uth

esem

ov

emen

tso

fd

ou

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dep

ression

and

the

rest

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wh

ichare

no

part

of

yo

ur

true

and

hig

her

natu

re.Reject

these

sug

gestio

ns

of

inab

ility,

un

fitness

and

allth

eseirratio

nal

mo

vem

ents

of

analien

force.

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ainfaith

fulto

the

Lig

ht

of

yo

ur

sou

leven

wh

enit

ish

idd

enb

yclo

ud

s…T

he

on

en

eedfo

ry

ou

and

for

allisto

be,ev

enin

the

dark

ness

of

the

po

wers

of

ob

scurity

of

the

ph

ysicalco

nscio

usn

ess,stub

bo

rnly

faithfu

ltoy

ou

rso

ulan

dto

the

remem

bran

ceo

fthe

Div

ine

Call.

We

do

no

talw

ays

wo

rkas

anem

plo

yee

or

sub

ord

inate,w

em

ayalso

fun

ction

asan

emp

loy

ero

rm

anag

ero

rlead

er.No

matter

ho

wco

mp

etenta

perso

nis,atso

me

po

int

of

time

he

or

she

requ

iresth

eg

uid

ance

and

help

of

sup

eriors.T

hat

isw

hen

the

need

of

the

leader

emerg

es.In

Integ

ralM

anag

emen

t,h

ow

sho

uld

alead

erlead

?T

oillu

strateth

ean

swer,

Iw

ou

ldlik

eto

qu

ote

ap

assage

from

Sri

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rob

ind

o's

wh

ereh

eh

asw

rittenab

ou

tth

eteach

ero

fIn

tegral

Yo

ga.

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iled

iscussin

gth

ero

leo

fth

eteach

er,h

eh

asactu

allyp

oin

tedo

ut

the

attribu

teso

fan

ideal

leader,an

dw

here

he

refersto

the

discip

le,we

cansu

bstitu

teitw

ith'a

sub

ord

inate.'

Th

eT

eacher

of

the

integ

ralY

og

aw

illfo

llow

asfar

ash

em

ayth

em

etho

do

fth

eT

eacher

with

inu

s.H

ew

illlead

the

discip

leth

rou

gh

the

natu

reo

fth

ed

isciple.

Teach

ing

,ex

amp

le,in

fluen

ce,—

these

areth

eth

reein

strum

ents

of

the

Gu

ru.B

utth

ew

iseT

eacher

willn

otseek

toim

po

seh

imselfo

rh

iso

pin

ion

so

nth

ep

assive

acceptan

ceo

fthe

receptiv

em

ind

;he

willth

row

ino

nly

wh

atisp

rod

uctiv

ean

dsu

reas

aseed

wh

ichw

illg

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un

der

the

div

ine

fosterin

gw

ithin

.He

willseek

toaw

aken

mu

chm

ore

than

toin

struct;h

ew

illaimat

the

gro

wth

of

the

faculties

and

the

exp

eriences

by

an

atural

pro

cessan

dfree

exp

ansio

n.

He

will

giv

ea

meth

od

asan

aid,

asa

utilisab

led

evice,

no

tas

anim

perativ

efo

rmu

lao

ra

fixed

rou

tine.

An

dh

ew

illb

eo

nh

isg

uard

again

stan

ytu

rnin

go

fth

em

eans

into

alim

itation

,ag

ainst

the

mech

anisin

go

fp

rocess.H

isw

ho

leb

usin

essis

toaw

aken

the

div

ine

ligh

tand

setwo

rkin

gth

ed

ivin

efo

rceo

fw

hich

he

him

selfis

on

lya

mean

san

dan

aid,

ab

od

yo

ra

chan

nel.

Sri

Au

rob

ind

oh

asex

plain

edh

ow

ideal

leaders

sho

uld

wo

rk.

As

men

tion

edin

the

preced

ing

qu

otatio

n,th

eG

uru

or

the

leader

sho

uld

use

'teachin

g','ex

amp

le'an

d'in

fluen

ce'ash

isin

strum

ents.S

riAu

rob

ind

oh

assp

ecificallyp

oin

tedo

ut

the

imp

ortan

ceo

feach

of

these

three

instru

men

ts.A

ccord

ing

toh

im,

exam

ple

ism

uch

mo

rep

ow

erful

than

instru

ction

.Here,w

em

ust

no

teth

atb

y'ex

amp

le'he

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referm

erelyto

the

extern

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rth

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ut

toth

ev

erylife

of

the

Teach

erin

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tiretyan

dall

the

action

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ciatedw

ithit.H

ow

ever,

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ence'is

mu

chm

ore

imp

ortan

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amp

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fluen

ceis

no

tth

eex

ternal

auth

ority

wh

ichan

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inary

leader

imp

oses

up

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sub

ord

inates;o

nth

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,

16

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itis,

asb

eend

efined

by

Sri

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rob

ind

oas

“the

po

wer

of

his

con

tact,o

fh

isp

resence,o

fth

en

earness

of

his

sou

lto

the

sou

lo

fan

oth

er.”T

he

leader

chan

nels

this

influ

ence

into

the

sub

ord

inates

for

their

dev

elop

men

t.Th

elead

ersh

ou

ldb

ea

chan

nel,a

represen

tative

ofth

etru

stfrom

abo

ve

wh

oacts

asa

help

eran

dg

uid

e.A

leader

sho

uld

be,

inth

ew

ord

so

fS

riA

uro

bin

do

,“a

child

leadin

gch

ildren

,a

Lig

ht

kin

dlin

go

ther

ligh

ts,an

awak

ened

So

ul

awak

enin

gso

uls,

ath

igh

esta

Po

wer

or

Presen

ceo

fthe

Div

ine

calling

toh

imo

ther

po

wers

ofth

eD

ivin

e.”T

he

tasks

of

alead

erare

tolead

sub

ord

inates

tow

ards

the

successfu

lacco

mp

lishm

ent

of

the

org

anizatio

nal

go

als,m

otiv

ateth

emto

wo

rkb

etterb

yim

pro

vin

gth

eirm

orale,

imp

osin

gd

isciplin

ew

hen

ever

and

wh

erever

requ

iredin

the

org

anizatio

nan

den

surin

gth

eestab

lishm

ent

of

ap

erfecth

armo

ny

amo

ng

them

.W

hile

imp

osin

gd

isciplin

e,a

leader

sho

uld

keep

inm

ind

that

wh

atever

need

sto

be

do

ne

sho

uld

be

do

ne

inth

erig

htsp

irit.Th

esu

bo

rdin

atessh

ou

ldalso

realizeth

atth

eyare

bein

gg

uid

edb

ya

leader

wh

om

ayb

estrict

bu

tat

the

same

time

isu

prig

ht,

insig

htfu

lan

dsy

mp

athetic

tow

ards

them

.In

his

letters,S

riA

uro

bin

do

has

written

that

efficiency

and

discip

line—

tho

ug

hth

eyare

ind

ispen

sable

for

wo

rk—

ared

epen

den

to

nth

e“p

erson

alityo

fth

esu

perio

r,his

influ

ence

on

the

sub

ord

inates,

his

firmn

ess,tact,

kin

dn

essin

dealin

gw

ithth

em.”

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alead

erm

igh

thav

eto

facecertain

circum

stances

wh

ichare

bey

on

dh

iso

rh

erco

ntro

l.Wh

atsh

ou

ldb

ed

on

eth

en?

Wh

atsh

ou

ldb

eth

eco

de

of

con

du

ctif

som

ethin

gu

nto

ward

hap

pen

s?S

riAu

rob

ind

oh

asad

vised

that

insu

chcases

the

perso

nsh

ou

ldk

eepth

erig

ht

inn

erattitu

de

and

remain

op

ento

the

Fo

rcean

dits

po

wer

soth

atego

-resistance

and

ego

-centric

trou

bles

do

no

temerg

ean

dd

estroy

wh

atisb

eing

do

ne.W

ithth

eh

elpo

fthis

Fo

rce,allthe

difficu

ltieso

fthe

un

tow

ardcircu

mstan

cescan

be

con

qu

eredan

dtu

rned

tow

ards

the

righ

td

irection

.Bu

tn

om

atterh

ow

grav

eth

esitu

ation

beco

mes,

on

em

ust

hav

ea

sense

of

perfect

equ

anim

ity,

wh

atin

San

skrit

iscalled

.S

riA

uro

bin

do

has

saidth

atth

e

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36leader

mu

stb

ean

instru

men

to

fth

isin

visib

leF

orce

com

ing

from

abo

ve

soth

atit

cou

ldb

eu

sedfo

rth

en

ecessaryp

urp

oses.T

hro

ug

hth

ep

ow

ero

feq

uan

imity

,the

Fo

rceis

capab

leo

ftran

sform

ing

no

to

nly

the

attitud

eo

fa

perso

nb

ut

alsoth

eco

urse

ofev

ents

and

action

sA

leader

wh

ofo

llow

sth

ep

hilo

sop

hy

ofin

tegralm

anag

emen

tand

practices

itin

day

-to-d

ayactiv

itiesm

ust

no

tth

ink

and

actlik

eth

elead

ero

fan

ord

inary

enterp

rise.F

or

anin

tegral

leader,

wo

rkis

no

tan

aven

ue

of

earnin

gm

on

eyb

ym

axim

izing

the

return

so

nan

inv

estmen

t.O

nth

eco

ntrary

,th

elead

erassu

mes

the

role

of

aserv

itor

and

con

secratesall

po

ssession

sfo

rth

esu

ccesso

fth

een

terprise.

Su

cha

leader

loo

ks

up

on

the

bu

siness

asa

med

ium

of

sadh

ana

and

wo

rks

for

the

gro

wth

and

dev

elop

men

to

fth

een

terprise

asa

service

toth

eD

ivin

e.Th

isty

pe

of

leader

has

tob

eselfless

and

relyen

tirelyo

nth

etru

eS

elfan

dS

pirit

for

inn

erg

uid

ance;

this

beco

mes

the

architect

of

his

or

her

destin

y.

Care

sho

uld

be

taken

soth

atn

osu

perio

rityco

mp

lexarises

du

eto

his

or

her

hig

hp

ositio

nin

the

org

anizatio

nal

hierarch

y,

for

this

may

result

inth

eex

pan

sion

of

ego

.Itis

essential

tolo

ok

atco

lleagu

esan

dsu

bo

rdin

atesas

bro

thers

and

sistersan

dto

treatn

ow

ork

or

wo

rkers

aslo

wly

,b

ecause

inin

tegral

man

agem

ent,

allw

ork

islo

ok

edu

po

nas

wo

rkfo

rth

eD

ivin

e.W

ork

isactu

allyw

orsh

ipan

dth

ew

orsh

ipp

ers,th

atis,

the

wo

rkers,

sho

uld

no

tb

ev

iewed

ina

discrim

inato

rym

ann

er.It

remin

ds

me

of

anin

ciden

t.On

ce,som

eon

eco

mp

lained

toth

eM

oth

erth

atp

eop

lew

eren

ot

wo

rkin

gsatisfacto

rilyin

ap

articular

dep

artmen

t.T

he

Mo

ther

said:“P

eop

lew

ork

accord

ing

toth

eirn

ature

and

capacity

.Ify

ou

aren

ot

gettin

gsatisfactio

n,d

oity

ou

rself.”T

he

leader

mu

sth

ave

emp

athy

,and

wh

iled

ealing

with

inter-d

epartm

ent

or

inter-p

erson

alp

rob

lems,m

ust

seeb

oth

sides

of

the

issue.N

oan

ger

or

repro

achsh

ou

ldarise,fo

rth

eseelem

ents

tend

toraise

the

same

inth

ep

eop

lein

vo

lved

on

the

oth

ersid

e.A

bo

ve

all,th

elead

erh

asto

be

anep

itom

eo

fh

um

ility.

No

great

wo

rkcan

be

do

ne

ifthe

leader

isn

ota

hu

mb

lep

erson

.L

etm

en

arratean

incid

ent

toillu

strateth

isp

articular

po

int.O

nce

the

Mo

ther

asked

Bw

ho

was

inch

arge

of

the

Electric

Dep

artmen

to

fth

eA

shram

:“Will

yo

up

leaseg

ive

me

ap

ieceo

fw

ire?”B

said:

“Mo

ther,

wh

yd

on

'ty

ou

ord

erm

e?A

llth

isb

elon

gs

toy

ou

.”T

he

Mo

ther

replied

:“Imu

stbe

anex

amp

leo

fho

wto

ask.”

An

oth

erfeatu

reth

atm

ust

exist

ina

leader

isrig

ht

jud

gm

ent.

Th

isin

clud

esk

no

win

gw

hat

isg

oo

dan

db

adfo

rth

eo

rgan

ization

bu

talso

no

tb

eing

jud

gm

entalto

ward

sp

eop

leo

nth

ead

vice

ofo

thers.N

oo

ne

excep

tthe

Div

ine

cantru

lyju

dg

ean

dth

elead

er,asan

instru

men

tfo

rth

eD

ivin

e'sw

ork

,sho

uld

on

lyrely

on

the

inn

erco

mm

and

or

intu

ition

for

the

pro

per

cou

rseo

factio

n.

Co

min

gto

the

po

int

of

jud

gm

ent,let

me

narrate

ano

ther

incid

ent

toillu

strateh

ow

the

Mo

ther

refrained

from

follo

win

gsu

chju

dg

men

talad

vice.

Inth

eA

shram

there

was

ano

ldin

mate

wh

om

every

on

efo

un

dto

be

abso

lutely

useless,

qu

arrelsom

ean

dcrazy

.On

eo

fth

ein

mates

asked

the

Mo

ther:“W

hy

do

yo

uk

eeph

im?”

Sh

erep

lied:“B

ut

he

mak

essu

chn

iceen

velo

pes!N

oo

ne

mak

esen

velo

pes

asw

ellash

ed

oes.”

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Inan

org

anizatio

n,th

ereex

istsa

variety

of

emp

loy

ees.So

me

arein

du

striou

s,so

me

areco

mp

aratively

lazy,so

me

areh

igh

lyefficien

t,wh

ileso

me

may

be

slow

atwo

rk.E

very

emp

loy

eeco

mes

from

differen

tsocialb

ackg

rou

nd

sb

utth

eyw

ork

tog

ether

asp

erth

eo

rgan

ization

alcultu

reto

fulfillth

eg

oals

ofth

eo

rgan

ization

.Itis

the

du

tyan

dresp

on

sibility

of

the

leader

tosee

toit

that

they

wo

rkfo

rth

each

ievem

ento

fthe

org

anizatio

nalg

oals.

Inth

eA

shram

too

,S

riA

uro

bin

do

and

the

Mo

ther

cho

sed

isciples

wh

orep

resented

sym

bo

licallyth

ed

ifficulties

wh

ichex

istedin

the

ou

terw

orld

for

the

pu

rpo

seo

fcon

qu

ering

them

for

the

wo

rko

ftransfo

rmatio

n.T

he

Mo

ther

has

saidth

ateach

inm

aterep

resented

anim

po

ssibility

tob

ereso

lved

for

the

accom

plish

men

to

fth

eirw

ork

.S

om

eo

fth

esed

isciples

had

difficu

ltch

aracters;so

me

were

excessiv

elysen

sitive,so

me

were

ho

t-temp

ered,so

me

were

extrem

elyim

patien

tan

dso

on

.An

dS

riAu

rob

ind

oan

dth

eM

oth

erh

adto

wo

rk,as

leaders

ofth

eo

rgan

ization

,for

their

inn

ertran

sform

ation

.W

hile

the

discip

lesco

uld

meetth

eM

oth

eran

dtalk

toh

erd

irectlyab

ou

ttheir

pro

blem

s,they

cou

ldn

'tdo

the

same

with

SriA

uro

bin

do

.With

SriA

uro

bin

do

the

on

lym

ediu

mo

fco

mm

un

ication

was

the

corresp

on

den

ceth

eyh

adw

ithh

im.A

sw

ek

no

w,

bo

thv

erbal

and

written

com

mu

nicatio

np

lays

av

eryp

ivo

talro

lein

any

enterp

rise.C

om

mu

nicatio

nfacilitates

the

dev

elop

men

to

fp

lans

for

the

accom

plish

men

to

fo

rgan

ization

altarg

ets,u

tilizesm

anp

ow

eran

do

ther

resou

rcesin

the

best

po

ssible

way

,enab

lesem

plo

yee

app

raisaland

perfo

rman

ceev

aluatio

n,

gen

eratesm

otiv

ation

amo

ng

the

sub

ord

inates

and

abo

ve

all,facilitates

con

trolo

ver

the

org

anizatio

n.S

o,as

the

leader

of

the

org

anizatio

n,S

riA

uro

bin

do

had

top

erform

allth

eafo

resaidfu

nctio

ns

thro

ug

hth

em

ediu

mo

fco

rrespo

nd

ence.

En

du

rance

issaid

tob

eth

em

ost

imp

ortan

tq

uality

alead

ersh

ou

ldp

ossess

and

bo

thS

riAu

rob

ind

oan

dth

eM

oth

erw

ereep

itom

eso

fend

uran

ce.Ifon

eread

sth

eletters

Sri

Au

rob

ind

oh

adto

write

toh

isd

isturb

edd

isciples

tocalm

them

do

wn

,o

ne

cansen

seth

ep

ainh

eh

adto

un

dertak

eto

main

tainh

armo

ny

inth

eA

shram

.H

ew

asn

ot

alead

erw

ho

kep

th

imself

aloo

ffro

mth

ep

rob

lems

and

difficu

ltiesfaced

by

his

discip

les.He

actedas

am

otiv

ator,a

coach

and

am

ento

rw

ho

spen

tsleep

lessn

igh

tsan

swerin

gh

un

dred

so

fletters

add

ressedto

him

.It

was

like

aco

rrespo

nd

ence

wo

rksh

op

of

mo

tivatio

n.O

ne

of

his

dearest

discip

les,D

ilipK

um

arR

oy

,has

written

abo

uth

im:

He

nev

erm

ind

edif

any

of

us

wan

tedto

exp

erimen

tw

ithan

escalator

“go

ing

inth

ew

ron

gd

irection

.”F

or

he

had

nev

erb

elieved

inh

ardan

dfast

tabo

os…

His

toleran

cean

dch

arityw

ou

ldh

ave

been

incred

ible

had

itn

ot

been

afact

of

almo

stev

eryd

ayex

perien

ce.Inth

eA

shram

he

tolerated

qu

itea

battalio

no

ffire-eaters

even

wh

enth

eyw

erefo

un

do

ut

tob

ed

isloy

alan

dtreach

erou

s.H

eg

ave

alo

ng

rop

eev

ento

som

ein

solen

treb

elsw

ho

,fro

mcallin

gh

imn

ames

and

misrep

resentin

gh

iscath

olic

view

s,to

ldd

eliberate

lies—ju

stto

do

him

do

wn

.E

ven

such

calum

niato

rsan

dtraito

rsh

en

ot

on

lyd

eclined

toex

pelfro

mth

eA

shram

bu

tactually

forg

ave

again

and

again

tillI

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had

toask

him

wh

ichh

elo

ved

mo

re:toen

cou

rage

the

faithless

or

disco

urag

eth

efaith

ful?

On

em

igh

tp

on

der:

wh

atw

asth

eso

urce

of

this

un

limited

patien

ceo

fS

riA

uro

bin

do

and

the

Mo

ther?

Th

ean

swer

issim

ple.T

heir

patien

cew

asb

asedo

nu

nb

ou

nd

edd

ivin

elo

ve.H

um

anlo

ve

may

som

etimes

failbu

td

ivin

elo

ve

neith

erfails

no

rfalters.

So

alead

erw

illing

tofo

llow

the

prin

ciples

of

integ

ralm

anag

emen

tsh

ou

ldh

ave

pro

fou

nd

lov

ean

dsy

mp

athy

for

sub

ord

inates.

Itis

on

lylo

ve

and

sym

path

yth

atcan

mo

uld

and

transfo

rmth

en

ature,ch

aracteran

dp

erson

alityo

fhu

man

bein

gs,an

dth

atisth

em

antra

ofin

tegralm

anag

emen

t.H

ow

ever,o

ne

mu

stalway

srem

emb

erth

atlov

ean

dsy

mp

athy

cann

otalw

ays

be

the

best

med

icine

for

labo

ur

trou

ble.A

ttim

esit

isessen

tialto

be

strictfo

rth

eb

enefit

of

the

org

anizatio

n.T

he

practice

of

integ

ralman

agem

ent

do

esreco

gn

izeth

em

eritso

fstrictdiscip

linary

action

.Un

like

SriA

uro

bin

do

,the

Mo

ther

cou

ldb

ev

erystrict

attim

esan

dsh

esu

ccessfully

man

aged

allth

elab

ou

rp

rob

lems

that

had

taken

place

inth

eA

shram

du

ring

and

afterS

riA

uro

bin

do

'slifetim

e.Wh

ileS

riAu

rob

ind

o's

app

roach

was

mo

rep

ersuasiv

ein

natu

re,the

Mo

ther's

app

roach

often

was

direct

action

.A

nash

ramite

relatedto

me

anin

ciden

t,in

wh

ichth

ew

ork

erso

fth

eA

shram

Press

had

pasted

ah

and

written

no

ticeo

nth

ew

allo

fth

ew

ork

ers'wash

roo

min

wh

ichth

eyd

eman

ded

three

mo

nth

s'bo

nu

san

da

sum

of

Rs.15

asD

earness

Allo

wan

ce.Wh

enth

eM

oth

erw

asap

pro

ached

for

gu

idan

ce,sh

erep

lied:

“Th

eb

estis

totak

en

on

otice

of

such

dem

and

s.T

hese

peo

ple

will

nev

erb

esatisfied

:th

em

ore

we

giv

e,th

em

ore

they

ask.”

Sh

eju

stig

no

redth

em

atteran

dth

ed

eman

ds

died

do

wn

soo

n.

Iw

asalso

told

that

on

ano

ther

occasio

n,

aw

ork

ero

fth

eA

shram

Press

was

sacked

.T

he

Wo

rkers'

Un

ion

dem

and

edh

isrein

statemen

tan

dch

alleng

edth

em

anag

ero

fth

eP

ressan

dth

eM

oth

er.Th

eyh

adb

egu

nto

sho

ut

slog

ans

and

were

causin

gth

eo

ther

wo

rkers

tostay

away

from

wo

rk.T

hey

alsoth

reatened

that

they

wo

uld

con

tinu

ew

ithth

eirstrik

efo

rten

day

so

rtillth

esack

edw

ork

erw

asrein

stated.W

hen

the

matter

was

repo

rtedto

the

Mo

ther,sh

ew

asrep

orted

toh

ave

said:“L

etth

emd

o—

we

shall

seew

ho

gets

tiredo

fit

first.”A

nd

like

the

prev

iou

sin

ciden

t,this

strike

too

met

with

ap

rematu

red

eath.S

oth

ereare

two

way

so

fm

anag

ing

sub

ord

inates

sho

wn

by

SriA

uro

bin

do

and

the

Mo

ther.T

he

firstway

isth

rou

gh

lov

ean

dp

atience

and

the

secon

dw

ayis

thro

ug

hstrictd

isciplin

arym

easures.T

he

leader,fo

llow

ing

the

do

ctrines

of

integ

ralm

anag

emen

t,sh

ou

ldb

ep

repared

toad

op

tb

oth

the

measu

resw

hen

ever

and

wh

erever

requ

ired.

No

matter

ho

wg

oo

dan

dsu

ccessful,a

leader

sho

uld

exp

ecttob

esu

bjected

toh

arshcriticism

.In

the

corp

orate

sector,

we

find

the

Ch

airman

or

Man

agin

gD

irector

of

the

com

pan

yb

eing

heck

ledat

the

An

nu

alG

eneral

Meetin

gs

for

no

tg

ivin

gad

equ

ated

ivid

end

sto

the

shareh

old

erso

rfo

rso

me

oth

erreaso

ns.T

hey

forg

etw

hat

the

leader

has

do

ne

or

isd

oin

gfo

rth

eo

rgan

ization

.Th

esam

eth

ing

hap

pen

sw

ithsp

iritual

leaders

asw

ell.E

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40con

sciou

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writes:

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ow

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igh

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wth

eth

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ped

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was

asked

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yd

idsh

ev

isitth

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re,the

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eyw

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me

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ow

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42ph

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ented

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lledth

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on

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asing

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