Grandes hombres y mujeres de la historia, desde Gandhi hasta Miguel Angel, han experimentado una canalización que les ha proporcionado una gran clarividencia. Edgar Cayce nos insta a canalizar nuestro yo superior y a estar dispuestos a experimentar la información que pasa de una esfera a otra, comprender la naturaleza de nuestra mente subconsciente y superconsciente.

Since the passing of Sri Aurobindo in 1950 many research Publications have seen the light of day dealing with various aspects of Sri Aurobindo's life-work and teachings. But to our knowledge no book has so far been published exclusively devoted to the study of Sri Aurobindo's humorous writings. the present book hopes to break new ground in this particular
field.
Apropos of Nirodbaran's Twelve Years with Sri Aurobindo he Mother had once remarked: "Thanks to Nirod, we have a revelation of an altogether unknown side of what Sri Aurobindo was. It is extremely interesting and very instructive." It is the fond and humble hope of the writer of the present work that the readers will find in its pages another not so well-known but lovable side of the Master's personality revealed in ample measure, To our happy surprise we shall meet here "not the Sri Aurobindo of Himalayan grandeur and aloofness, but the modern Shakespeare of spiritual sublimity and jollity".
This is a book on humour. But, as Prof. Stephen Leacock has pointed out, "Articles and books on humour are apt to resolve themselves into a series of jokes and stories, or to take on all the appalling dullness of undiluted theory." In the present work the author has tried to strike a happy mean. Hence the sub-title, "Sri Aurobindo's Humour: An Analysis and an Anthology". The book does not reduce itself to the task of a bare 'assembling' of jokes and witty remarks made by Sri Aurobindo nor does it degenerate into an unmitigated theorising. This is avowedly a book of research analysis, an analysis of The canons and principles and art of humour; but, in each case, appropriate examples have been immediately cited to illustrate the principle discussed, followed by a full quota of Sri Aurobindo

El corazón del exitoso mensaje espiritual de Anthony de Mello es la conciencia. Las palabras de esperanza de De Mello, que combinan -como nadie más lo ha conseguido- la espiritualidad cristiana con las parábolas budistas, los ejercicios de respiración hindúes y una profunda comprensión de la psicología humana, se unen en una gran síntesis en la presente obra.

Y esto sólo ocurre, insiste él, estando atento a las necesidades y al potencial de los demás en todos los ámbitos de nuestras relaciones.

Presentamos una obra maestra de la espiritualidad, una obra que especialmente nos anima a despertar en todos los aspectos de nuestra vida.

ANTHONY DE MELLO, S.J., sacerdote jesuita conocido en todo el mundo por sus escritos y sus conferencias sobre espiritualidad, murió repentinamente en 1987. Entre sus numerosos libros están Sardana y El canto del pájaro.