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Namah Notes on counselling

faith in the Divine Grace and to rely on It to Sceptics would frown that such techniques
protect you in all circumstances. are for adults. That is not true. The psychic
being or soul-element is sensitively palpable
The more you grow up, the more you will get in children who are free from the jargon of the
over your fear if you let the contact with your intellect and the dissonance of reason. They
soul develop in you — that is to say, with the are more receptive to attempts that touch
truth of your being — and if you always strive their deepest core.
that all you think, all you speak, all you do
should be more and more the expression of
this deep truth.

When you will consciously live in it, you
will fear nothing any longer, in any domain
of your being, because you will be united
with the universal Truth which governs the
world (3).”

The Mother’s guidance has assumed pragmatic
significance in the Covid-19 pandemic. Children References
have suddenly begun to get scared of death.
Seeing the devastation all around, many 1. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
children in high-risk zones began to be scared Volume 12. Cent ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
not only of their dying but of the situation Ashram Trust; 1978, p. 125.
they would have to face if their parents did
not survive. This anxiety is so deep-rooted 2. Sri Aurobindo. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo,
that mere allaying by counselling-sermons Volume 2. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram
does not work. It is only by facilitating a Trust; 2009, pp. 207-08.
contact with the deepest truth of the being
that one can develop a true sense of security. 3. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 12, p. 125.

Dr. Soumitra Basu, a practising psychiatrist and member of SAIIIHR, is the Director of a school of
psychology, Integral Yoga Psychology. He is also one of the editors of NAMAH.

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