Vision

Inspired by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, YAI’s mission is to create a  world-wide network of people and institutions devoted to the cause of  Yoga.

YAI’s vision: Sri Aurobindo’s third dream

“….The third dream was a world-union forming the outer basis of a  fairer, brighter and nobler life for all mankind. That unification of  the human world is under way; there is an imperfect initiation organised  by struggling against tremendous difficulties. But the momentum is  there and it must inevitably increase and conquer.

Here too India has begun to play a prominent part and, if she can  develop that larger statesmanship which is not limited by the present  facts and immediate possibilities but looks into the future and brings  it nearer, her presence may make all the difference between a slow and  timid and a bold and swift development. A catastrophe may intervene and  interrupt or destroy what is being done, but even then the final result  is sure.

For unification is a necessity of Nature, an inevitable movement. Its  necessity for the nations is also clear, for without it the freedom of  the small nations may be at any moment in peril and the life even of the  large and powerful nations insecure. The unification is therefore to  the interests of all, and only human imbecility and stupid selfishness  can prevent it; but these cannot stand for ever against the necessity of  Nature and the Divine Will.

But an outward basis is not enough; there must grow up an international spirit and outlook, international forms and institutions must appear,  perhaps such developments, as dual or multilateral citizenship, willed  interchange or voluntary fusion of cultures. Nationalism will have  fulfilled itself and lost it militancy and would no longer find these  things incompatible with self-preservation and the integrality of its  outlook.”

SRI AUROBINDO

Rishi, Mystic, Sage, Visionary, Poet, Revolitonary. These are just some words put modestly to describe Sri Aurobindo. In truth, it cannot be put to words what it is that Sri Aurobindo is and what he represents. A national leader, who withdrew from his political mission - the freedom of India from the then British empire, when  he was guided by his spiritual experiences and guidance to go to Pondicherry, where he worked towards a greater mission, the Liberation of all of Mankind and the Earth itself.
 
Sri Aurobindo created "Integral Yoga". Unlike other Yogas, Sri Aurobindo's Yoga did not aim at the Liberation of the Individual Consciousness. This was instead, what he refered to as a necessary pre condition for His Yoga, the aim of which was to bring down instead, what he coined as "The Supramental Consciousness" into Matter on Earth. Unlike traditional Yogas where the body is often referred to as an obstacle towards realization, Sri Aurobindo's Yoga emphasises on Realization in the Body. Sri Aurobindo also revealed to the world the true meaning, light, secrets and essence of several sacred Hindu texts.  Source

Sri Aurobindo taught that with the development of Mind, individual human beings can, if they choose, use their will and intelligence to begin to participate consciously in this process of self-discovery and self-exploration. This knowledge founds an optimistic and dynamic world-view, which gives each individual a meaningful place in a progressive cosmic unfolding, and casts our understanding of human endeavour, whether individual or collective, in a new and purposeful perspective. Many facets of this world-view are elaborated in the 35 volumes of Sri Aurobindo's Collected Works.    Source