The Mother

07/25/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The true purpose of this life

I don’t simply tell you we are here upon earth to rest and enjoy ourselves, now is not the time for that. We are here… to […]
07/23/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Be ready for effort

And if you are not ready for the effort and struggle, then it is better to accept the fact that life will be dull and unsatisfactory […]
07/22/2018
Sri Aurobindo

Open yourself

…be concentrated as I have told you, then you open yourself as one opens a door; you see, you have a door here (gesture at the […]
07/21/2018
Sri Aurobindo

Neglect nothing

For someone who wants to follow the integral yoga nothing is useless and nothing must be neglected…. The main thing is to know how to put […]
07/20/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Offering all to the Divine

I think it would be better to say that there is a certain state of consciousness – which one can acquire by aspiration and a persistent […]
07/19/2018

Obeying the Divine Will

I never impose my will on anybody. It is only when somebody asks me what is my will in order to obey it, that I say […]
07/16/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Remaining close to The Mother

Q: O Mother, I am really very far from You. A: It is because you are too dispersed — your consciousness rushes out into superficial external […]
07/15/2018
The Mother with Tara Didi

Effort brings Joy

Q: An aim gives a meaning, a purpose to life, and this purpose implies an effort; and it is in effort that one finds joy. A: Exactly. It […]
07/14/2018
Sri Aurobindo

Service

To give oneself, to serve. What is its spontaneous, immediate, inevitable movement? To serve. To serve in a joyous, complete, total self-giving. Ref: Questions and Answers 1957–1958