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Introduction: The Need for a New Psychology of Human Development

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This chapter outlines the need to explore a new Integral-developmental perspective in Psychology based on the works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother that is capable of acknowledging the rich tapestry of the levels of Consciousness that exist within a human being. It examines the need to explore a developmental framework and inner subjective-spiritual methodologies that can create a field of conscious evolution. The chapter explores the nature of the current developmental discourse and how this discourse can be illumined by Aurobindo’s vision of a new psychology as a ‘science of consciousness’.

All life is yoga.

(Sri Aurobindo 1999, p. 8)

Yoga is nothing but practical psychology.

(Sri Aurobindo 1999, p. 44)

Our yoga is not a retreading of old walks, but a spiritual adventure.

(Sri Aurobindo 1970, p. 101)

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Gupta, M. (2014). Introduction: The Need for a New Psychology of Human Development. In: Sri Aurobindo's Vision of Integral Human Development. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1904-0_1

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