The Mother

01/03/2018
Sri Aurobindo Ashram

What is worth having…

What is lasting, eternal, immortal and infinite, that indeed is worth having, worth conquering, worth possessing. It is divine Light, divine Love, divine Life—it is also […]
12/31/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

For the new year

The Mother: So it is going to be the new year…. Sadhak: Do you feel anything for this new year? The Mother (After a silence): Things […]
12/30/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ego – The Cause of all Difficulties

In human life the cause of all difficulties, all discords, all moral sufferings, is the presence in everyone of the ego with its desires, its likes […]
12/29/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Qualities of a good leader

1) To have complete control over oneself is the indispensable condition for controlling others. 2) To have no preferences, not to like one and to dislike […]
12/26/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Divine Perfection

We thirst for perfection. Not this human perfection which is a perfection of the ego and bars the way to the divine perfection. But that one […]
12/25/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Evoking Father Christmas

Father Christmas, I evoke you today! Answer our call. Come bearing all your marvellous gifts. You are the great dispenser of worldly possessions; you are the […]
12/23/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Divine Comforter

IF AT any time a deep sorrow, a searing doubt or an intense pain overwhelms you and drives you to despair, there is an infallible way […]
12/22/2017
The Mother Mirra Alfassa

Connecting with the consciousness within

To be aware of the liberation of your soul means that you are sufficiently conscious of your soul to feel that something deep in you is […]
12/19/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Quietening the mind

The mind always runs about like a madman. The first step is to detach one’s consciousness from it and let it run by itself without running with it. […]