The Mother

03/16/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Willing and Desiring

Sweet Mother, what is the difference between willing and desiring? They are not at all the same thing. When you see that something ought to be […]
03/15/2025

A Practical Exercise

I suggest that every one of you should try—oh! not for long, just for one hour a day—to say nothing but the absolutely indispensable words. Not […]
03/12/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Resurrection

Resurrection means, for us, the falling off of the old consciousness; but it is not only a rebirth, a sudden change which completely breaks with the […]
03/11/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Divine Compassion

It is very difficult to keep up your gratitude; for a time it comes very strongly and again it goes back. The Divine can go on […]
03/10/2025
The Mother

Preventing mind from Intervening

Mother, how can one prevent the mind from intervening? Ah! First you must will it, and then you must say, as to people who make a […]
03/09/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Uneasiness in Crowd

It is mainly an inner guard that you must keep. At the same time, if you feel unease in crowds it is better to avoid them—except […]
03/08/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Morality and Consciousness

Sweet Mother, hasn’t morality helped us to increase our consciousness? That depends on people. There are people who are helped by it, there are people who […]
03/06/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

An Assurance

My dear child, Do not forget that I am always with you and do only what you could do in front of me without feeling ashamed. […]
03/04/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Difference between Success and Perfection

You say that we do not seek success, but is not success a sort of perfection? For the ordinary human mentality success is perhaps a perfection, […]