Sri Aurobindo

09/06/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Intellect and Inertia

Is it true that a person with a well-trained intellect will not have much inertia? A well-trained intellect and study are two different things — there […]
09/05/2021

Advice to a disciple on quitting smoking

Q: I want to say something about smoking. I used to smoke. When I came here I stopped smoking. But when the Xs came slowly I […]
09/04/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Sense organs and the inner centre

Q:  Is every sense organ connected, like the eye, with an inner centre? Yes. After all, the distinctions we make between mental, vital and physical are […]
09/03/2021

On what is to be done in meditation

Q: In meditation the entire mind is quiet. The faculty of forming images disappears and also that of reasoning, of putting out ideas. And I remain […]
09/02/2021
Sri Aurobindo

The inner movements of the mind

Q: This week there has not been much progress. My mind is sometimes tamasic, sometimes rajasic, at times outside noises are the cause of difficulties; they […]
09/01/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Central sincerity

Q: What is central sincerity? It is a very big question. You can say it is something in the central being which keeps to the call. […]
08/31/2021
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Help in Yoga

Q: Do we get the help (in Yoga) through you or directly? In both ways. As the Force is coming down you get it as anybody […]
08/31/2021
Sri Aurobindo's Feet

On an organised sleep

Q: The time spent in sleep seems to me lost. Is there no means of using it better? Is it lost? Everything in sadhana is not […]
08/30/2021

On The Intellect

Q: What is the characteristic of a well-developed intellect? Is it helpful to a higher knowledge? A well-developed intellect is one which is plastic, wide, free […]