Sri Aurobindo

03/05/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Origin of superstitions

Generally a superstition originates in an experience. For instance, there is a certain superstition in Europe, and you are told: “Never walk under a ladder, it […]
02/27/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Dispersion

Dispersion and sadhana are two things that cannot go together. In sadhana one has to have a control over the mind and all its actions; in […]
02/25/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Mother’s help for meditating

Q: I tried to meditate, but I simply had to give it up as the mind would not cooperate. When you cannot meditate, remain quiet and […]
02/24/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Way towards liberation

To recognise one’s weaknesses and false movements and draw back from them is the way towards liberation. Not to judge anyone but oneself until one can […]
02/20/2026
Sri Aurobindo

An Assurance

You should not be so dependent on outward things; it is this attitude that makes you give so excessive an importance to circumstances. I do not […]
02/16/2026
Sri Aurobindo Ashram's The Mother Charan

Two very Important Things

I wanted to stress two things, that is why I have written so much about them. 1) There must be no tamasic (inert, passive) surrender to […]
02/15/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The action of the higher Force on the consciousness

Q: When a sadhak works with the right attitude and the higher Force acts in him directly, how does the Force work to purify or remove […]
02/10/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Overcoming the forces of illness

They [the forces of illness] first weaken or break through the nervous envelope, the aura. If that is strong and whole, a thousand million germs will […]
02/06/2026
Sri Aurobindo

Discouragement from Vital Attacks

These attacks should not discourage you. There are always moments—so long as there is not the complete basis in the physical when old movements seem to […]