Sri Aurobindo

08/10/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Nature of Human Physical Consciousness

A certain inertia, tendency to sleep, indolence, unwillingness or inability to be strong to work or spiritual effort for long at a time, is in the […]
08/09/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Human love and Divine Love

The Mother did not tell you that love is not an emotion, but that Divine Love is not an emotion,—a very different thing to say. Human […]
08/07/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Quietening the Mind

The mind can become quiet only when you detach yourself from it and see the thoughts as things that pass. Then you don’t think yourself but […]
08/06/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Three things to shorten Difficulty

There are three things you can do to alleviate and shorten the difficulty: 1) Detach yourself from this vital-physical—observe it as something not yourself; reject it, […]
08/03/2024
Sri Aurobindo

The greatest help for others

To concentrate most on one’s own spiritual growth and experience is the first necessity of the sadhak—to be eager to help others draws away from the […]
08/02/2024
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Abandoning the Ordinary Life

It is not absolutely necessary to abandon the ordinary life in order to seek after the Light or to practise yoga. This is usually done by […]
08/01/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Dependence on outward Things

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 […]
07/28/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Patience

It is certain that an ardent aspiration for the Divine helps to progress, but patience is also needed. For it is a very big change that […]
07/27/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Emotions in Yoga

Emotion is a good element in yoga; but emotional desire becomes easily a cause of perturbation and an obstacle. Turn your emotions towards the Divine, aspire […]