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By Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar According to many scholars, the first expression of creation took place not on land but in water. Living protoplasm, thoroughly drenched in carbon materials, appeared as a unicellular entity, as kaoshikii sattá, for the first time in water. It is in water that the unicellular entity or elementary cell evolved…
Tao and Tantra By Taraka Ghista, May 2025 Regarding your article on Tantra and I-Ching (Tao and Tantra; A New Translation and Interpretation of I-Jing, Neohumanist Review 4, March 2025), I would like to draw your attention to Acarya Bhaskarananda’s chapter on Shavisim in Chinese Civilization from his book Social Dynamics and Social Movements (Psychospiritual…
By Avtk. Anandarama Ac. The above picture shows the Aletsch Glacier viewed from Eggishorn at Fiesch, Valais, Switzerland. The Alps are formed by the African and Eurasian plates which have been moving towards each other since 700 million years. The continental plates pushed to mountain heights and enclosed the Tethys Sea. The position of the…
By Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Bio-psychology may be divided into several classes – human psychology; the psychology of creatures which stand upon two legs, for example, orangutans; the psychology of other beings, including monkeys, quadrupeds and other developed animals; the psychology of reptiles which move through the pressure of the chest but cannot fly; the…
By Shrii Shrii Anandamurti Excerpted from “Struggle and Progress,” Subháśita Saḿgraha Part 7, Ananda Marga Publications. The above illustration depicts Shri Caetanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534) performing Nagar kiirtan, devotional chanting and dancing, in the streets of Nabadwip, Bengal. 19th Century painting, Kolkata Physical clash leads to psychic progress. But is absolute psychic progress possible through physical…
Modern psychology and psychiatry have greatly enhanced our understanding of bio-psychology. With advances in neuroscience and neuroendocrinology, we are getting closer to distinguishing myths and age-old belief systems from what might be considered relative truths of existence. However, one area continues to frustrate a significant number of mental health patients: our reliance on chemical drugs…
By Guldeniz Yucelen The first part of this two-part series, published in Neohumanist Review 4, March 2025, looked at current societal dynamics that perpetuate mental complexes. All human beings are my own.In a single thread all hearts are stringed,for, all have the same objective.I cry in sorrow, I smile in joy and,with a loving face,…
The Biopsychological Basis of Peak Propensities By Dr. Richard Maxwell, Clinical neuropsychologist (Rtd) The human body is a “biological machine” which is “goaded by propensive propulsion,” that is, by mental propensities which motivate all overt or covert activities (Sarkar, 1994c, p. 153). The concept of mental propensities is somewhat analogous to the concept of emotion…
A Perspective on Addiction from Yoga Psychology By Shaman Hatley, Assoc. Professor of Asian Studies and Religious Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston Introduction Conceptual categories overlapping with the modern idea of “addiction” are prominent in the psychological analyses of Buddhist philosophy and the Yoga Darshana, the school of philosophy having Patanjali’s Yogasú́tras as…
An Existential Basis for Self-esteem By Sucharit Katyal, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen Abstract Considering oneself worthy is consequential to nearly every aspect of life – including mental and physical wellbeing, healthy social functioning, and more generally to pursuing life goals. What a person evaluates as their overall worth as an individual is called…