The Integral Self: a Sri Aurobindo-inspired Model for Holistic Well-being

Suman Lata; Hem Raj; Akhilesh Kumar Gautam

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.55923

The Integral Self: a Sri Aurobindo-inspired Model for Holistic Well-being

Author(s)	Dr. Suman Lata, Dr. Hem Raj, Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Gautam
Country	India
Abstract	The pursuit of holistic well-being has become a central concern in contemporary times marked by stress, fragmentation, and disconnection between mind, body, and spirit. Drawing inspiration from Sri Aurobindo’s integral philosophy, this article proposes a model of the Integral Self that transcends conventional understandings of health and wellness. This paper also discuss how Aurobindo frames human evolution as a patient ascent to larger, more luminous consciousness, woven from five companion threads—matter, life, thought, feeling and timeless essence. A truly healthy life, this vision implies, is not a score of biomarker victories nor a daily ledger of uplifted moods but a quiet claiming of our larger personality in its inmost, divinely ordered pattern. Each layer of our being, from fingertips to secret depths, shines its gift toward well-being whenever tended with steady, caring attention. This article examine these ideas of Aurobino into daily choices: in classrooms, therapists’ chairs, the rhythms of daily existence, curricular pulses, conversation cues, kitchen rhythms, silence-bathed rituals, and value-steered choices that quietly knit inward and outward into a single fabric. Recognizing that today’s scientists and human curators of yesterday’s classrooms both invite attention to the prayer each cell of our body, each thought, every feeling prays, this model threads timeless devotional insight with today’s behavioral skills, framing a life of growing attentiveness and lasting resonance. Ultimately, this perspective affirms that genuine flourishing emerges only when we awaken to the seamlessness that lies within us and radiates outward to the entire universe. The article also tries outlines how each layer of the human being—body, life-energy, mind, and soul—contributes uniquely to well-being when nurtured consciously.
Keywords	Sri Aurobindo, Integral Self, Holistic Well-being, Consciousness, Integral Yoga, Human Development
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2025
Published On	2025-09-17
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.55923

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