Sri Aurobindo

11/18/2025
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Abandoning the ordinary life ? Is it necessary?

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 […]
11/11/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Overcoming Vital Attacks

You ought to realise that these things are attacks which come on you from an adverse Force to which your nature was responsive because of vital […]
11/09/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How to change?

If you want to change, you must first resolutely get rid of the defects of your vital being, persevering steadily, however difficult it may be or […]
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 […]