Letters on Yoga – I

12/14/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Spiritual Force

Leave aside the question of Divine or undivine, no spiritual man who acts dynamically is limited to physical contact—the idea that physical contact through writing, speech, […]
09/22/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Secret Power

Do not allow any discouragement to come upon you and have no distrust of the Divine Grace. Whatever difficulties are outside you, whatever weaknesses are inside […]
06/02/2021
Sri Aurobindo

The process of Rebirth

The soul takes birth each time, and each time a mind, life and body are formed out of the materials of universal nature according to the […]
03/14/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Permanence of spiritual experiences

As to permanence, you cannot expect permanence of the initial spiritual experiences from the beginning—only a few have that and even for them the high intensity […]
01/30/2021
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Mental Convention

Men’s way of doing things is a mental convention; they see things and do things with the mind and what they want is a mental and […]
11/06/2020

The Subconscient and Environmental Consciousness

They [the environmental consciousness and the subconscient] are two quite different things. What is stored in the subconscient —impressions, memories, rise up from there into the […]
09/10/2020
Sri Aurobindo

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 […]
08/27/2020

The inevitable descent of the Supramental

If the supramental descent is decreed, nothing can prevent it; but all things are worked out here through a play of forces, and an unfavourable atmosphere […]
08/24/2020
Sri Aurobindo in his room

The need of Faith

The vital’s eagerness and its vairagya are shadows of this faith, forms which it has taken in order to keep the vital from giving up in […]