Essays in Philosophy and Yoga

Part One: Essays from the Karmayogin (1909 – 1910)

The Ideal of the Karmayogin	3
Karmayoga	9
Man—Slave or Free?	13
Yoga and Human Evolution	18
Yoga and Hypnotism	23
The Greatness of the Individual	29
The Process of Evolution	33
Stead and the Spirits	38
Stead and Maskelyne	43
Fate and Free-Will	47
The Three Purushas	51
The Strength of Stillness	57
The Principle of Evil	60
The Stress of the Hidden Spirit	64

Part Two: The Yoga and Its Objects (circa 1912)

The Yoga and Its Objects	71
Appendix: Explanations of Some Words and Phrases	92

Part Three: Writings from the ''Arya'' (1914 – 1921)

Notes on the Arya

The “Arya’s” Second Year	101
Appendix: Passages Omitted from “Our Ideal”	103
The “Arya’s” Fourth Year	105

On Ideals and Progress

On Ideals	111
Yoga and Skill in Works	119
Conservation and Progress	127
The Conservative Mind and Eastern Progress	133
Our Ideal	140

The Superman

The Superman	151
All-Will and Free-Will	158
The Delight of Works	163

Evolution

Evolution	169
The Inconscient	176
Materialism	184

Thoughts and Glimpses

Aphorisms	199
Thoughts and Glimpses	208

Heraclitus

Heraclitus

215

The Problem of Rebirth

Section I: Rebirth and Karma

Rebirth	259
The Reincarnating Soul	270
Rebirth, Evolution, Heredity	277
Rebirth and Soul Evolution	285
The Significance of Rebirth	295
The Ascending Unity	307
Involution and Evolution	317
Karma	330
Karma and Freedom	338
Karma, Will and Consequence	351
Rebirth and Karma	358
Karma and Justice	367

Section II: The Lines of Karma

The Foundation	379
The Terrestrial Law	386
Mind Nature and Law of Karma	398
The Higher Lines of Karma	413
Appendix I: The Tangle of Karma	427
Appendix II: A Clarification	433

Other Writings from the Arya

The Question of the Month

The Needed Synthesis	439
“Arya” — Its Significance	441
Meditation	445
Different Methods of Writing	448
Occult Knowledge and the Hindu Scriptures	451
The Universal Consciousness	453

The News of the Month

The News of the Month

459

South Indian Vaishnava Poetry

Andal: The Vaishnava Poetess	465
Nammalwar: The Supreme Vaishnava Saint and Poet	467

Arguments to The Life Divine

Arguments to The Life Divine

471

Part Four: From the Standard Bearer (1920)

Ourselves

509

Part Five: From the Bulletin of Physical Education (1949 – 1950)

The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth

Message	517
Perfection of the Body	521
The Divine Body	536
Supermind and the Life Divine	558
Supermind and Humanity	568
Supermind in the Evolution	578
Mind of Light	585
Supermind and Mind of Light	588

Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.