The Mother

02/01/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Mental Indifference and Lack of curiousity

Sweet Mother, Are mental indifference and lack of curiosity a sort of mental inertia? Usually they are due to mental inertia, unless one has obtained this […]
01/31/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Keeping Equilibrium in everything

One must begin from inside, I have already told you this once. One must begin from above, first purify the higher and then purify the lower. […]
01/29/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Dream or Experience ?

Sweet Mother, How can one distinguish a dream from an experience? In a general way, a dream leaves a confused and fleeting impression, whereas an experience […]
01/28/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The right attitude

It is much more difficult to master one’s impulses quietly, composedly, and to prevent them from showing themselves—much more!—without taking ascetic measures. It is much more […]
01/26/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashraam

Avoiding Vital Influence

Is there a way for the mental being to avoid being influenced by the vital? Let the mind receive the light from above and refuse to […]
01/25/2026
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Ideal of Modern Woman

What should be the ideal of a modern woman in ordinary life? In ordinary life, women can have all the ideas they like, it is not […]
01/23/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A Prayer

Thou didst fill my being with so complete, so intense a love and beauty and joy that it seemed impossible to me that this would not […]
01/21/2026
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Conscious Self-Deceit

It seems to me that conscious self-deceit is the worst, isn’t it? Conscious self-deceit is rare because it implies a great development of consciousness together with […]
01/20/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A practical tip against obession

What can one do against obsession when there is very intense suffering? Look at a beautiful flower. Ref : More Answers from The Mother