There was a post on one of the other Auro email lists regarding the pralaya or destruction of the Universe which may find support in such scientific theories such as the big bang, or even in some elements of evolutionary theory such as punctuated equilibrium The questioner wondered whether this Pralaya meant the destruction of the physical universe only or also of the various subtle physical, vital and mental worlds? In the context of the recent tragedy in New Orleans (or the Bombay flood or Tsunami or whatever). I now find the question somewhat fascinating. ...   more »

One just is… simply but in 'density'.. and senses the approaching 'body' of Manhattan.. not the form and figure of it.. but the 'presence' of it. The 'presence' of a 'body of matter'.. matter in its living compactness.. matter in 'itself'. In a presence of its 'self'. And a warm movement of love flows out to it from one's being. Like towards something known – like towards a 'person'. A living relationship.. ...   more »

> Sri Karunamayee will be in the San Francisco Bay Area October 21st through Nov. 19th., if you would like to make lesson appointments during this time.    more »

Rod and I had a nice visit the other day in which he briefly described a lecture he had heard from Barbara Marx Hubbard, which if I remember correctly touched on the pending global crisis and the coming "apocalypse" in which Supermind would finally descend (hope I remembered that right). What Rod said basically was that all she perhaps was doing which was different from Christian prophecy in her alternate narrative of the future, was basically substituting Sri Aurobindo where the name Jesus would be mentioned in the evangelical account.    more »