150 Years of Sri Aurobindo: The Pioneer of Integral Consciousness
Sustainability and Contemplative Civilization: The Integral Vision of Sri Aurobindo
Academic conference hosted by Asian Contemplative and Transcultural Studies (ACTS), co-hosted by Journal of Dharma Studies
Accept Your Divinity: A Synthesis of Integral Yoga Psychology Sri Aurobindo & Leslie Temple-Thurston
by Kathy Stanley
The interconnectedness of the world and how human beings individually and collectively can contribute to the overall strength and health of our planetary future represent primary concerns addressed by the Integral Yoga Psychology of Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and by the teachings of spiritual teacher Leslie Temple-Thurston. In this paper I examine two texts for insights into Integral Yoga Psychology: Seven Quartets of Becoming: A Transformative Yoga Psychology Based on the Diaries of Sri Aurobindo by Professor Banerji and Returning to Oneness: The Seven Keys of Ascension by Leslie Temple-Thurston with whom I studied for many years. Leslie was greatly influenced by the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother and what she taught is a method of spiritual psychology rooted in Integral Yoga Psychology. The accessible practicality of Leslie’s teachings and her methods for releasing shadow states of consciousness allows for the easier and gradual realization of those states of Unity Consciousness spoken about and yet hard to grasp on an embodied level. Her teachings represent a practical application of Integral Yoga Psychology. Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and Leslie Temple-Thurston gift humanity with the vison and scope to achieve a more balanced ascended state of world consciousness and a regenerative world future where we can achieve the Oneness heralded by many mystics and nondual teachers.
Kathy Stanley, MA is a visionary artist and Senior Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Undergraduate Studies at CIIS where she teaches classes in ecopsychology and creative writing. A PhD student in the East-West Psychology Department, her art is featured in several international magazines and seen in exhibitions in New York, Paris, Madrid and other cities. Her website is SacredArtJourneys.com.
September 23rd-26th, 2023
Namaste Hall, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
14 окт 2023
