The Spiritual Evolution of the Soul - Essentials of Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy and Yoga

— Larry Seidlitz

This treatise on Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy and system of yoga summarises his essential ideas such as the nature of the Divine and its relation to the universe, the relation of the soul and nature, the concepts of karma and rebirth, and his theory of the involution and evolution of consciousness. It also examines the method and practice of the Integral Yoga, the psychic, spiritual and supramental transformations of consciousness, and the intermediary consciousness of the superman bridging the human and supramental beings. In the final chapter the author argues for the relevance of Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy and yoga in today’s world. Through all these chapters runs the main theme of the spiritual evolution of the soul, because at the core Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy goes beyond the mind: it is a philosophy of the soul and its union with the infinite Reality.