Sri Aurobindo

11/08/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Mental Control

To do anything by mental control is always difficult, when what is attempted runs contrary to the trend of human nature or of the personal nature. […]
11/03/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Detachment is the beginning …

Detachment is the beginning of mastery, but for complete mastery there should be no reactions at all. When there is something within undisturbed by the reactions […]
11/01/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Overcoming the Restlessness of the Physical Mind

The reason why quietness is not yet fixed and anger returns is that you allow your physical mind to become active. In regard to the sadhana […]
10/31/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Getting through the difficulties

An always intense aspiration, an unswerving and unwavering will turned to the one thing only, help to get through the difficulties without discouragement or falling into […]
10/30/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Absence of Thought

The absence of thought is quite the right thing—for the true inner consciousness is a silent consciousness which has not to think out things, but gets […]
10/29/2025
Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Meaning of psychic self control

The psychic self-control that is desirable in these surroundings and in the midst of discussion would mean among other things: (1) Not to allow the impulse […]
10/28/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Emptiness

Emptiness is not in itself a bad condition, only if it is a sad and restless emptiness of the dissatisfied vital. In sadhana emptiness is very […]
10/27/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The faith which is needed…

It is this faith that you need to develop—a faith which is in accordance with reason and common sense—that if the Divine exists and has called […]
10/26/2025
The Mother

Difficulty due to Relatives and Others

The difficulty which you experience from relatives and others is always one that intervenes as an obstacle when one has to practise the sadhana in ordinary […]