The Mother

06/24/2017

Abolish the ego

The ego must be abolished, the rule of the ego must be abolished. But generally people believe that it is not possible to abolish the physical ego; not […]
06/22/2017

The Most Difficult Thing

To be at once a passive and perfectly pure mirror, turned simultaneously without and within, to the results of the manifestation and the sources of this […]
06/20/2017

Quietening the mind

…you must say, as to people who make a lot of noise, “Keep quiet, be quiet, be quiet!”; you must do this when the mind comes along with […]
06/19/2017
Words of Long Ago

The way to relax

You see, one has to know how to relax, then one does not get tired. After the day’s work one has to relax, without thinking, and […]
06/17/2017
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother Samadhi at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry

The most powerful protection

… when you receive a shock, is to answer at once by this thought —”Let the Peace of the Lord be with you.”— Not in spoken […]
06/15/2017

Avoid being restless or impatient

Avoid as much as possible to be restless or impatient because it is in calm and peace that the forces of the Divine Grace work at […]
06/14/2017

What is passivity?

Passivity is not laziness. An active movement is one in which you throw your force out, that is, when something comes out from you—in a movement, a thought, a […]
06/11/2017
The Mother taking classes

Gift your will in aspiration

You can at every minute make the gift of your will in an aspiration – and an aspiration which formulates itself very simply, not just “Lord, Thy will […]
06/08/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A mirror

…the best way to the true attitude is simply to say, “All those around me, all the circumstances of my life, all the people near me, […]