Dr. Soumitra Basu
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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.
Articles by Dr. Soumitra Basu (119)
Conquering negative attitudes
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jan 15, 2015
Negative attitudes that go on repeating and ruminating actually invite negative consequences in life. The physical mind at the lowest end of the mind-range is characterised by automatic thoughts and…
The metaphysical basis for Integral Health — Consciousness-Force: implications in psychology and healing
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Oct 15, 2014
It is difficult to describe the Absolute as its experiential realisation in Transcendence surpasses our usual cognitive grasp. When the experience was sought to be conveyed to the world, Indian yogis…
Apropos faith
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Oct 15, 2014
Faith cannot be sustained at the level of the mind as reason justifiably challenges every assumption by doubt and as the vital mind that controls emotions can twist reason to erect infallible dogmas.…
The unborn spirit and the Self of eternal light
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jul 15, 2014
A deviation from the ideals of one’s life can be very distressing. A search for its cause by probing repressed materials is incomplete as the whole story of life is not scripted in the Freudian…
The metaphysical basis for Integral Health — reconciling different poises of Reality
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jul 15, 2014
In Chapter IV of The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo, while unveiling the nature of the Omnipresent Reality, makes three important reconciliations at three experiential levels: