Letters on Yoga – I

11/18/2025
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Abandoning the ordinary life ? Is it necessary?

It is not absolutely necessary to abandon the ordinary life in order to seek after the Light or to practise yoga. This is usually done by […]
07/18/2025

Spiritualisation

Spiritualisation means the descent of the higher peace, force, light, knowledge, purity, Ananda, etc., which belong to any of the higher planes from Higher Mind to […]
06/03/2025
Sri Aurobindo in his own room

Two Different Consciousness

There are always two different consciousnesses in the human being, one outward in which he ordinarily lives, the other inward and concealed of which he knows […]
04/07/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Spiritual and Psychic Consciousness

Q: What is the difference between the spiritual and psychic consciousness? A: The Spirit is the consciousness above mind, the Atman or Self, which is always […]
02/16/2025

Transformation of Tamas to Sama

The tamas is part of the general physical Nature and so long as that is not fully changed and illumined, something of it remains; but one […]
11/09/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Vice and Virtue

Vice and virtue have nothing to do with darkness or light, truth and falsehood. The spiritual man rises above vice and virtue, he does not rise […]
09/27/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Two Different Consciousnesses

There are always two different consciousnesses in the human being, one outward in which he ordinarily lives, the other inward and concealed of which he knows […]
08/03/2024
Sri Aurobindo

The greatest help for others

To concentrate most on one’s own spiritual growth and experience is the first necessity of the sadhak—to be eager to help others draws away from the […]
08/02/2024
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Abandoning the Ordinary Life

It is not absolutely necessary to abandon the ordinary life in order to seek after the Light or to practise yoga. This is usually done by […]