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November 01
Psychic Education
- book review by Carel
 While compilations of the
works of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo abound, few books give practical
help in how to change oneself progressively. Recently the Sri Aurobindo
Education Society, New Delhi, released such a book written by Neeltje
Hubbes. "Psychic Education," subtitled "A Workbook",
was written as a book for teachers, though many parts of it will be
suitable for anyone in search of the psychic being. Apart from having a
wealth of texts from Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, the reader is invited
to introspect on the basis of questions asked. Worksheets and checklists
offer further assistance to help one to remain focused on the inner
discovery in the midst of daily life.
For some of those who are
familiar with the works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, and who have
dedicated themselves to the spiritual life, the book may have little new
to offer. Others may leaf it through and suddenly get caught by one or
more of its paragraphs pregnant with meaning which clarify a previously
held vague understanding. For teachers who sincerely wish to provide
their students with a psychic, vital, mental and physical education as
described by the Mother, this book provides a wealth of useful
information, practical hints and exercises while the book's second part
"The Integral Classroom" will give the information required to
build a 'psychic classroom environment'. Neeltje Hubbes, in publishing
this book, has certainly helped the educational world by providing a
practical means of implementing Mother's views on education to help one
"to know oneself" or, in other words, to make The Great
Discovery of one's psychic being.
Available from the Sri
Aurobindo Education Society, Sri Aurobindo Ashram (Delhi Branch), Sri
Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016.
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