The Mother

02/05/2019

Progress lies in widening

Progress lies in widening, not in restriction. There must be a bringing together of all points of view by putting each one in its true place, […]
01/30/2019

Inner Aspiration

…when you concentrate and have an aspiration, you feel something coming down into you, you receive an answer; you feel a light, a peace, a force […]
01/29/2019

The Real purpose of Trials

Shocks and trials always come as a divine grace to show us the points in our being where we fall short and the movements in which […]
01/27/2019

Advice to educators

There is one thing that I must emphasise. Don’t try to follow what is done in the universities outside. Don’t try to pump into the students mere data […]
01/26/2019
Sri Aurobindo

The dry coconut – an image of the being

It is said that when one has realised, one becomes like the dry coconut which moves in the shell, which is free inside, no longer attached […]
01/24/2019
Wallpaper of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Mother

Remain Receptive

How is it effective on the outer physical and material plane? One way would be to open oneself to this higher consciousness and remain so throughout […]
01/23/2019

Overcoming subconscient fear

You must not fear. Most of your troubles come from fear. In fact, ninety per cent of illnesses are the result of the subconscient fear of the body. […]
01/21/2019

The paradox of life

This is life. One stumbles and falls at the first occasion. One tells oneself: “Oh! One can’t always be so serious”, and when the other part returns, once […]
01/20/2019

Conquering Desires

Yielding to desires is not the way of getting rid of them. There is no end to desires—each one which is satisfied is at once replaced […]