The Mother

10/08/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Thoroughness in what is done

It is better to do what you do thoroughly and most seriously, than to multiply your occupations. – The Mother
09/29/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Why destructions?

Behind all destructions, whether the immense destructions of Nature, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, floods, etc., or the violent human destructions, wars, revolutions, revolts, I find the […]
09/25/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Be Assured

The help is always there. It is you who must keep your receptivity living. The Divine help is much vaster than what any human being is […]
09/24/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Free progress

Q: Mother, would you please define in a few words what you mean essentially by “free progress”? A progress guided by the soul and not subjected […]
09/23/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Trust

What you seek is always there ready for you. Let the psychic turn grow complete and it will of itself bring you to that for which […]
09/21/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Most Useful Work

What is the most useful work to be done at the present moment? The general aim to be attained is the advent of a progressing universal […]
09/20/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Yoga and Religion

Sweet Mother, what is the difference between yoga and religion?   Ah! my child… it is as though you were asking me the difference between a […]
09/18/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Quietening the Mind

Dear Mother, I don’t want tamas. Today I worked all day. But my mind does not have tamas; it is always active and runs here and […]
09/17/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Maintaining a high level of consciousness

Naturally, the effort to keep the consciousness at a high level is tiring in the beginning, like the exercises you do to develop your muscles. But […]