The Mother

04/18/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Super Ego

Sweet Mother, what is a “super-ego”? A super-ego means an ego that’s enlarged, swollen, made more important, even, than it can be… Super-ego means an ego […]
04/17/2025
The Mother with Tara Didi

Transforming Pain in Pleasure

Sweet Mother, how can one transform pain into forms of pleasure? Ah! But that’s not something to be done, my children. I shall certainly not give […]
04/16/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Occultism and Mysticism

What is the difference between occultism and mysticism? They are not at all the same thing. Mysticism is a more or less emotive relation with what […]
04/15/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Becoming aware of One’s Movements

One must be clearly aware of the origin of one’s movements because there are contradictory velleities in the being—some pushing you here, others pushing you there, […]
04/14/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

Renunciation of Good Habits

Sweet Mother, You have written: “Of all renunciations, the most difficult is to renounce one’s good habits.” What exactly do you mean by this? Does it […]
04/13/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Perfecting Oneself

To perfect oneself, one must first become conscious of oneself. I am sure, for instance, that the following situation has arisen many times in your life: […]
04/11/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A General Rule

When man becomes a little wiser, he will not complain about anything and will take the things the Divine sends him as a manifestation of His […]
04/08/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Vibration of Good Will

Can one help the world with a vibration of goodwill? With good wishes one can change many things, only it must be an extremely pure and […]
04/06/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Mental Nightmare

What is a “mental nightmare”? When there is a chaos in the brain or a local fever, a particular turmoil in the brain, an overstrain, or […]