Koan, Japanese Kan, in Zen Buddhism of Japan, a succinct paradoxical statement or question used as a meditation discipline for novices, particularly in the Rinzai sect. The effort to solve a koan is intended to exhaust the analytic intellect and the egoistic will, readying the mind to entertain an appropriate response on the intuitive level. Each such exercise constitutes both a communication of some aspect of Zen experience and a test of the novices competence.

A characteristic example of the style is the well-known koan When both hands are clapped a sound is produced; listen to the sound of one hand clapping. Sometimes the koan is set in question-and-answer form, as in the question What is Buddha? and its answer, Three pounds of flax.

Koans (from Chinese kung-an, literally public notice, or public announcement) are based on anecdotes of Zen (Chinese: Chan) masters. There are said to be 1,700 koans in all. The two major collections are the Pi-yen lu (Chinese: Blue Cliff Records; Japanese: Hekigan-roku), consisting of 100 koans selected and commented on by a Chinese priest, Yan-wu, in 1125 on the basis of an earlier compilation; and the Wu-men kuan (Japanese: Mumon-kan), a collection of 48 koans compiled in 1228 by the Chinese priest Hui-kai (known also as Wu-men). Compare zazen.

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Johns Creek Yoga is the fulfillment of a long-held dream for Sheila. She began practicing yoga in 2000 with the idea that the postures would help stretch the muscles that were contracting as she trained for a half-marathon. What she discovered is that yoga stretched her mind and soul as much as it did her muscles. Her greatest pleasure is the opportunity to share the gift of yoga, and in that spirit, she resolved to bring a studio to her community in Johns Creek. In addition to daily classes at the studio, she facilitates Yoga teacher training and offers retreats and workshops both locally and internationally. Sheilas classes are focused on alignment and infused with spirit and soulful exploration of the body, but they are also light-hearted and fun. She relishes the playfulness of the practice and encourages her students to be fearless and attempt new things in a safe and supported atmosphere. As a former Professor of American literature, Sheila loves to explore the connections between philosophy, poetry, religion and yoga, often building class around a specific theme or ending with a favorite poem or quotation. Sheila completed her 200 hour teacher training at Peachtree Yoga Center in Sandy Springs, and she completed her 500 hour training at the Kripalu Center in Massachusettes. She has trained with many incredible teachers, and she is honored to carry forth the wisdom and guidance that she received from them. She continues to take advantage of every opportunity to train and learn and will forever consider herself a student of this beautiful and ancient practice.

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If youve ever crawled under the covers worrying about a problem or a long to-do list, you know those racing thoughts may rob you of a good nights sleep. Sleep disturbances, like having a hard time falling asleep or staying asleep, affect millions of Americans.

The daytime sleepiness that follows can leave you feeling lousy and sap your productivity, and it may even harm your health. Now, a small study suggests that mindfulness meditation a mind-calming practice that focuses on breathing and awareness of the present moment can help.

The study, which appears in this weeks JAMA Internal Medicine, included 49 middle-aged and older adults who had trouble sleeping. Half completed a mindfulness awareness program that taught them meditation and other exercises designed to help them focus on moment-by-moment experiences, thoughts, and emotions. The other half completed a sleep education class that taught them ways to improve their sleep habits.

Both groups met six times, once a week for two hours. Compared with the people in the sleep education group, those in the mindfulness group had less insomnia, fatigue, and depression at the end of the six sessions.

The findings come as no surprise to Dr. Herbert Benson, director emeritus of the Harvard-affiliated Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine. Mindfulness meditation is just one of a smorgasbord of techniques that evoke the relaxation response, says Dr. Benson.

The relaxation response, a term he coined in the 1970s, is a deep physiological shift in the body thats the opposite of the stress response. The relaxation response can help ease many stress-related ailments, including depression, pain, and high blood pressure. For many people, sleep disorders are closely tied to stress, says Dr. Benson.

Mindfulness meditation involves focusing on your breathing and then bringing your minds attention to the present without drifting into concerns about the past or future. It helps you break the train of your everyday thoughts to evoke the relaxation response, using whatever technique feels right to you.

Dr. Benson recommends practicing mindfulness during the day, ideally for 20 minutes, the same amount suggested in the new study. The idea is to create a reflex to more easily bring forth a sense of relaxation, he says. That way, its easier to evoke the relaxation response at night when you cant sleep. In fact, the relaxation response is so, well, relaxing that your daytime practice should be done sitting up or moving (as in yoga or tai chi) so as to avoid nodding off.

To elicit the relaxation response, try these two simple steps:

Step 1: Choose a calming focus. Good examples are your breath, a sound (Om), a short prayer, a positive word (such as relax or peace), or a phrase (breathing in calm, breathing out tension; I am relaxed). If you choose a sound, repeat it aloud or silently as you inhale or exhale.

Step 2: Let go and relax. Dont worry about how youre doing. When you notice your mind has wandered, simply take a deep breath or say to yourself thinking, thinking and gently return your attention to your chosen focus.

To learn more about mindfulness meditation, try one of the free guided recordings by Dr. Ronald Siegel, an assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and faculty editor of the Positive Psychology Special Health Report. The recordings are available at http://www.mindfulness-solution.com.

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Synchronicity High-Tech Meditation was created by Master Charles Cannon and is practiced by thousands of meditators world-wide for thirty years, provides a novel way to achieve balance, wholeness and fulfillment in a fast-paced Western lifestyle.

Designed to be practiced on a daily basis, High-Tech Meditation utilizes Synchronicity sonic technology (Holodynamics) to give individuals the opportunity to enjoy a precision meditation experience every time they meditate.

Synchronicity sonic technology utilizes comprehensive brain-wave entrainment technology combined with the energy frequencies of sacred geometry. It is the leading-edge of entrainment technologies designed to enhance the evolution of human consciousness.

The technology is available in the form of Alpha, Theta and Delta CDs (and downloads) that literally "meditate you," while they:

Over 20 beautiful meditation soundtracks available in CDs and Downloadable Soundtracks deliver precision High-Tech Meditation technology.

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Traditional methods of meditation worked when life was slow, quiet and simple. Today's high-tech, busy, noisy world makes it much more difficult to sit in peaceful contemplation. The many environmental factors beyond the meditator's control create a frustrating inconsistency in meditation experience.

Energetic environmental pollution and stress caused by television, computers, and microwaves as well as a world population of almost seven billion people, ever-increasing in conflict and dysfunction, all directly impact the human energy field, creating imbalance and making traditional methods used to experience stillness and expand holistic awareness trademarks of authentic meditation - largely ineffective.

Fortunately, Synchronicity's High-Tech Meditation harmonizes the chaotic energies that otherwise impede the meditative process. In addition, High-Tech Meditation requires no religious belief system or adaptation of the cultural conditioning often associated with traditional systems.

Research on Synchronicity meditators finds that:

Master Charles' work is on the cutting edgethese soundtracks allow people to quickly experience the benefits of long-term meditation.- Los Angeles Times

Master Charles' Synchronicity Contemporary Meditation Soundtracks combine science with the ancient art of meditationI found them to have an immediate effect, both calming and expanding, from the very first moment of hearing themof all the meditation soundtracks I have listened to over the last few years, I have never experienced any that delivered this particular noticeable effect so quickly.- Carol Kramer, EditorBody, Mind and Spirit

These soundtracks meditate you.- CBS Morning Show

Over 20 beautiful meditation soundtracks available in CDs and Downloadable Soundtracks deliver precision High-Tech Meditation technology.

Recognitions is an at-home program of inspiration, education and High-Tech Meditation for actualizing modern spiritual experience in daily life.

High-Tech Meditation works with all four brainwave frequencies -- Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta -- each of which correlates with specific states of consciousness. The one-of-a-kind "Brain Monitor" developed by Synchronicity Foundation's research team enables reliable measurement of actual brainwave changes over time.

Beta brainwave frequencies occur in the range from 14 - 24 Hz, and correspond to the typical "busy mind" experience common to most of us. The Beta frequency range is characterized by a chaotic, fragmented, unbalanced thinking typical of left brain dominance, commonly referred to as the "monkey mind."

The beginning of balanced brainwave activity occurs in the Alpha frequency range, between 8 -13 Hz. Alpha brain-waves are very often produced in bursts (trains of waves) or pulses (single waves), but experienced meditators tend to produce continuous trains of alpha waves. By looking at an individual's alpha brainwave production, it is possible to determine not only whether they are a meditator but also the length of time they have been practicing meditation. The more alpha waves that a person is able to produce in ordinary states of consciousness, the easier it is for them to access deeper meditative states. Alpha waves may occur when you are sitting or reclining with your eyes closed, and you may experience:

In the Theta frequency range, between 3.5 - 7 Hz, balanced brainwave activity increases. The Theta state corresponds to the experience of visionary, creative and intuitive levels of experience. It is characterized by "inner" images and visions that correlate with increased theta activity. At this stage, the meditator is likely to experience:

The Delta frequency range, between 0 -3.5Hz, brings a level of balance that corresponds to the "beyond the mind" experience at the subtlest levels of meditative awareness possible. This is the range in which meditators experience what is called unified consciousness (unity with all things). Deepened experience in the Delta range generates:

Synchronicity offers an at-home meditation correspondence course called The Recognitions Program which utilizes the Delta level of sonic entrainment technology.

Recognitions is an at-home program of inspiration, education and High-Tech Meditation for actualizing modern spiritual experience in daily life.

The most expansive level of Synchronicity digital technology is only available in the Recognitions Program. This is the leading - edge of the High-Tech Meditation experience.

Because of its impact, facilitation is required and included the support and guidance of anexperienced and qualified coach which is an integral part of the Recognitions Program.

The Recognitions Program also provides inspiration and education in the philosophic principles of modern spirituality which support the experience of living the Holistic Lifestyle and Meditating the High-Tech Way.

The Recognitions Program is modern spirituality in the digital age. It is the harnessing of technology for the evolution of consciousness.

Compared to those who utilize traditional, orthodox (low-tech) systems of meditation, Synchronicity meditators have been found to experience rapid and measurable changes in their states of consciousness. These results are based on studies comparing brainwave patterns of Synchronicity High-Tech Meditation users with those produced by individuals using traditional meditation systems.

There are a number of documented cases based on groups of meditators using classical methods of meditation. A study of the Dalai Lama's attendants (roughly twenty monks), was conducted during the early seventies. More recently, Tomio Hirai reported on a study of forty Zen monks in the book Zen Meditation and Psychotherapy.

These studies represent the very best results that can be expected from classical meditative disciplines, as these individuals were totally immersed in the contemplative lifestyle. Even residents at the Synchronicity Sanctuary do not have the fully structured, meditative lifestyle of cloistered monks. Further, most participants in the Synchronicity Recognitions Program live everyday lives in cities, work normal jobs, and raise families ... not at all what one would define as a contemplative lifestyle.

The results of the two studies of classical meditators revealed that:

Research on participants in the Synchronicity Recognitions Program showed the following:

The following Brain Monitor graphs are typical of our findings. These include both residents of the Synchronicity Sanctuary and non-resident participants in The Recognitions Program. None has more than seven years experience with Synchronicity High-Tech Meditation, yet they continually demonstrate brainwave patterns consistent with advanced meditators (twenty years or more experience) in the Buddhist monk studies. Thus, they empirically validate the fact that Synchronicity High-Tech Meditation represents a four-fold acceleration factor over classical methods of meditation.

I love the recognitions program as it is working on me from several different levels! I learn more about myself and am growing through working the the various components I study every month! Meditation is very deep and transforming! I started in march of this year and can definitely know I have changed! - Desmond Clark

My whole life was turned around when I met MC. I had taken time out from work and was pretty depressed, but one day I heard a tape a friend was playing and it entrained me into a meditative state - and while I was eating lunch! When I inquired about the music I discovered MC and as soon as I could arrange it I was on the Recognition program. Subsequently, I found myself in good health and back studying at University. Words cannot express my gratitude to MC for the support and encouragement he has given me over the years. - Phyl Graham

I am on Recognitions - Phase Three and although I am not really noticing anything special during my meditations, I notice that at times out of the blue I seem to be in a transcendent or translucent state of mind. At that time, it seems that nothing in my outer world is real or of any importance. There is a moment of inner laughter and joy. - IB

I was listening to the meditation soundtrack, while at the same time mentally reciting a mantra. All of a sudden, it was like a veil lifted, and the world utterly disappeared. There were no forms, bodies, or anything, only formless clarity and infinite Consciousness. When I finally came back to awareness of my body, I realized that I had been perfectly still for nearly three hours, almost as though my body locked in place during this time. I am not even sure if I was breathing! What I do know is that for weeks after I experienced a spiritual elation and the world seemed pervaded with sweetness. Everything is different now. - SB

The Recognitions Program is for anyone who wants to earnestly follow the path of meditation. This is not for those who only want to lower their blood pressure, although meditation can help with that. Recognitions is for the person that wishes to realize the benefits that come from daily practice of meditation and a balancing life style. My experience over the years and continuing today is that this meditation program works! It greatly assists me in going far into the fruits of meditation in a much shorter time frame than traditional non-technological meditation. I highly recommend the Recognitions Program! - CC

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Sundays are Family Days at Dipamkara Meditation Center in Huntington. Morning meditations begin at 10am with Clarity of Mind followed by Taking and Giving. Our Sunday Main Program:Practical Wisdom & Meditation with Resident Teacher Kadam Holly McGregor is 11:30am 1pm; we also have meditation for Children and Young Teens in the mid size meditation space and Meditation for Teens and Young Adults in the small meditation room. All meet afterwards to enjoy our popular brunch together. A wonderful way to pave the way for a peaceful week at school and work!

Sunday classes are held in Huntington (10:00am 1pm) Massapequa (11:30am 1pm); Port Jefferson (10:30am 12pm); and Sayville (class will resume in September)

Huntington has daily meditation classes every day during the week including Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday (Soup & Serenity) and Thursday.

Susan and Joel Brenner in Huntington on Wednesday 12-1:30pm, Maggie Cooper in Port Jefferson, and Ann and Dennis Kane in Massapequa, nourish both mind and body with this popular lunch time class. Guided meditation followed by lively conversation, good friends, and delicious homemade soup!

Monday evening Meditation & Mindfulness 7pm-7:45pm with Stephany Taylor and Wednesday evening Clarity of Mind 7-8pm with Kevin Potente. In addition, meditation is part of all our general programs including Tuesday evening 7-8:30pm with Bob Rice, Sunday Main Program 11:30 with Kadam Holly McGregor and Friday night Freedom from Addiction at 7:30pm on the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month.

Drop In Classes, open to all, take place during all daytime and evening meditation classes. Our Main Center in Huntington has classes throughout the day on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and bi-weekly on Fridays; evening classes are held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Massapequa has evening classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; Port Jefferson on Tuesday evenings (Thursday evenings will resume in September). For our complete calendar schedule click here.

Dipamkara Meditation Center believes meditation should be accessible to everyone. Daily classes are open to all and are held in f0ur convenient locations: Huntington, Massapequa, Port Jefferson, and Sayville. (Click here for directions)

The purpose of meditation is to cultivate those states of mind that are conducive to peace and well-being, and to eradicate those that arent.

When we take a close look at our life, we discover that essentially, most of our time and energy is devoted to mundane activities, such as seeking material and emotional security, enjoying sensory pleasures, establishing a good reputation and so forth.

Although these things might make us happy for a short time, we need to ask if they are providing the deep lasting contentment that we long for. Is this as good as it gets? Sooner or later, we find that these moments of temporary happiness turn right back into dissatisfactions and once more we find ourselves engaged in the pursuit of more worldly pleasures.

And so goes the cycle.

This is where a meditation practice can be so extraordinarily helpful.

If true fulfillment cannot be found in the externals, then where can it be found? The answer: within. In our own mind. With meditation we come to understand that happiness is a state of mind. Therefore, the real source of happiness lies there, and not in external circumstances. If our mind is pure and peaceful, the world we experience will be pure and peaceful. Thats the goal.

This is what we do at Dipamkara Meditation Center.

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As a result of my frustrations I took a break from life coaching for about 18 months and dabbled in another business, which thankfully didnt quite work out. However, over this period of time I had a chance to reflect on my coaching business and the mistakes I had made.

What I realized was that I needed more structure and maybe even a framework for coaching that would help guide me during each one of my coaching sessions more effectively.

At the time I also began incorporating mind mapping into my work. As a result I decided to start piecing together a coaching framework that I could begin to work with during each coaching session.

At first I found it extremely difficult to piece everything together. I had good knowledge, however everything was just jumbled up and completely disorganized in my head. However, over time as I coached more clients and picked the brains of other life coaches who had been in the industry for many years, all the pieces started to fall into place. Then eventuallythe time and effort I put into the framework started paying off as I began to incorporate this coaching framework into my coaching practice.

Today I use this coaching framework as the basis for about 80 percent of my coaching work. Furthermore, roughly 9 out of 10 clients invest in additional sessions after receiving their initial complimentary session.

This framework like many others is of course not all-encompassing, but what it does do is it gives you enough of a structure and possible pathways that will help you guide your client in the most optimal way. I would literally feel lost without it.

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On the surface, the most apparent cause of the Enlightenmentwas the Thirty Years War. This horribly destructivewar, which lasted from 1618 to 1648,compelled German writers to pen harsh criticisms regarding the ideasof nationalism and warfare. These authors, such as HugoGrotius and John Comenius, were some of thefirst Enlightenment minds to go against tradition and propose bettersolutions.

At the same time, European thinkers interest in the tangible worlddeveloped into scientific study, while greater exploration of theworld exposed Europe to other cultures and philosophies. Finally,centuries of mistreatment at the hands of monarchies and the churchbrought average citizens in Europe to a breaking point, and themost intelligent and vocal finally decided to speak out.

The Enlightenment developed through a snowball effect:small advances triggered larger ones, and before Europe and theworld knew it, almost two centuries of philosophizing and innovationhad ensued. These studies generally began in the fields of earthscience and astronomy, as notables such as Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei tookthe old, beloved truths of Aristotle and disproved them. Thinkerssuch as Ren Descartes and Francis Bacon revisedthe scientific method, setting the stage for Isaac Newton andhis landmark discoveries in physics.

From these discoveries emerged a system for observingthe world and making testable hypotheses based on thoseobservations. At the same time, however, scientists faced ever-increasingscorn and skepticism from people in the religious community, whofelt threatened by science and its attempts to explain matters offaith. Nevertheless, the progressive, rebellious spirit of thesescientists would inspire a centurys worth of thinkers.

The first major Enlightenment figure in Englandwas Thomas Hobbes, who caused great controversywith the release of his provocative treatise Leviathan (1651).Taking a sociological perspective, Hobbes felt that by nature, peoplewere self-serving and preoccupied with the gathering of a limitednumber of resources. To keep balance, Hobbes continued, it was essentialto have a single intimidating ruler. A half century later, JohnLocke came into the picture, promoting the opposite typeof governmenta representative governmentin his Two Treatisesof Government (1690).

Although Hobbes would be more influential among his contemporaries,it was clear that Lockes message was closer to the English peopleshearts and minds. Just before the turn of the century, in 1688,English Protestants helped overthrow the Catholic king JamesII and installed the Protestant monarchs William andMary. In the aftermath of this Glorious Revolution,the English government ratified a new Bill of Rights that grantedmore personal freedoms.

Many of the major French Enlightenment thinkers, or philosophes, wereborn in the years after the Glorious Revolution, so Frances Enlightenmentcame a bit later, in the mid-1700s.The philosophes, though varying in style and area of particularconcern, generally emphasized the power of reason and sought todiscover the natural laws governing human society. The Baronde Montesquieu tackled politics by elaborating upon Locke'swork, solidifying concepts such as the separation of power bymeans of divisions in government. Voltaire took a morecaustic approach, choosing to incite social and political changeby means of satire and criticism. Although Voltaires satires arguablysparked little in the way of concrete change, Voltaire neverthelesswas adept at exposing injustices and appealed to a wide range ofreaders. His short novel Candide is regarded as oneof the seminal works in history.

Denis Diderot, unlike Montesquieu and Voltaire,had no revolutionary aspirations; he was interested merely in collectingas much knowledge as possible for his mammoth Encyclopdie.The Encyclopdie, which ultimately weighed in atthirty-five volumes, would go on to spread Enlightenment knowledgeto other countries around the world.

In reaction to the rather empirical philosophiesof Voltaire and others, Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote TheSocial Contract (1762),a work championing a form of government based on small, direct democracy thatdirectly reflects the will of the population. Later, at the endof his career, he would write Confessions, a deeplypersonal reflection on his life. The unprecedented intimate perspectivethat Rousseau provided contributed to a burgeoning Romantic erathat would be defined by an emphasis on emotion and instinct insteadof reason.

Another undercurrent that threatened the prevailing principlesof the Enlightenment was skepticism. Skeptics questionedwhether human society could really be perfected through the useof reason and denied the ability of rational thought to reveal universaltruths. Their philosophies revolved around the idea that the perceived worldis relative to the beholder and, as such, no one can be sure whetherany truths actually exist.

Immanuel Kant, working in Germany duringthe late eighteenth century, took skepticism to its greatest lengths,arguing that man could truly know neither observed objects nor metaphysicalconcepts; rather, the experience of such things depends upon thepsyche of the observer, thus rendering universal truths impossible. Thetheories of Kant, along with those of other skeptics such as DavidHume, were influential enough to change the nature of European thoughtand effectively end the Enlightenment.

Ultimately, the Enlightenment fell victim to competingideas from several sources. Romanticism was more appealing to less-educated commonfolk and pulled them away from the empirical, scientific ideas ofearlier Enlightenment philosophers. Similarly, the theories of skepticismcame into direct conflict with the reason-based assertions of theEnlightenment and gained a following of their own.

What ultimately and abruptly killed the Enlightenment,however, was the French Revolution. Begun with thebest intentions by French citizens inspired by Enlightenment thought,the revolution attempted to implement orderly representative assembliesbut quickly degraded into chaos and violence. Many people citedthe Enlightenment-induced breakdown of norms as the root cause of theinstability and saw the violence as proof that the masses could notbe trusted to govern themselves. Nonetheless, the discoveries andtheories of the Enlightenment philosophers continued to influenceWestern society for centuries.

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The period known as the Enlightenment runs from somewhere around 1660, with the Restoration, or the crowning of the exiled Charles II, until the beginning of the 19th century and the reign of Victoria.

This chunk of time, which takes up some of the 17th century and all of the 18th century, is sometimes referred to as the Age of Reason because of its emphasis on a rational, secular worldview. Bringing light to the so-called dark corners of the mind, Enlightenment thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and David Hume wrote on subjects ranging from political philosophy to the nature of humankind. Many scholars argue that, given all this revolutionary thinking, the Enlightenment is the beginning of modern society.

The period saw lots of revolutionary activity, such as the French Revolution and the American Revolution. Interested in how Enlightenment thinking played a role in the American Revolution? Check out our learning guide on just that.

So what was happening in literature in during this era? Well, neoclassicism was all the rage in the early part of the period. Neoclassicism is a style of art that appropriates classical models from the ancients. Alexander Pope was the grandmaster of all that. This period also marked the rise of the novel, with novelists like Daniel Defoe churning out the fiction like nobody's business. His famous work Robinson Crusoeis an early example of the genre. There was also a fair amount of Enlightenment thinking going on in American letters, too, with folks like Benjamin Franklin espousing Enlightenment ideas in his The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

Later literary periods were definitely influenced by the Enlightenment. Nathaniel Hawthorne's Romanticism, for example, was a reaction to the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason. And the Romantic poets like William Wordsworth, of course, wrote to pooh-pooh the Enlightenment's emphasis on reason.

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Sri Aurobindo was a great political reformer and a spiritual master. This biography profiles his childhood, career, achievements and timeline.

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Aurobindo Ghose, better known as Sri Aurobindo is known to the entire world as a great scholar, a national leader and a spiritual guru. He attained his basic as well as higher education from the United Kingdom. His literary excellence had been exemplary and brought him innumerable acclaims. He returned to India as a civil servant to the Maharaja of State of Baroda. Sri Aurobindos participation in the Indian national movement was short but impactful. His writings promoted the idea of complete independence for India thereby landing him in jail for political unrest. He came to limelight with his active participation in the freedom struggle against the British in India but he gradually evolved to become a spiritual and yogic guru. Some powerful visions backed by spiritualism encouraged him to move to Pondicherry where he worked on human evolution through spiritual activities such as Integral Yoga. Having chosen the mystical path for the rest of his life, he collaborated with people with similar pursuits.

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