Letters on Yoga – II

12/23/2019

Complete Samata

Complete samata takes long to establish and it is dependent on three things—the soul’s self-giving to the Divine by an inner surrender, the descent of the […]
12/20/2019
Sri Aurobindo

Equality

Equality means a quiet and unmoved mind and vital; it means not to be touched or disturbed by things that happen or things said or done […]
11/20/2019
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Service of the Divine

There should be no straining after power, no ambition, no egoism of power. The power or powers that come should be considered not as one’s own, […]
11/07/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Having Faith in the Divine Grace

I ask you to have faith in the Divine, in the Divine Grace, in the truth of the sadhana, in the eventual triumph of the spirit […]
11/05/2019
Sri Aurobindo

Aspiration for an Entire Purification

The aspiration must be for entire purification, especially (1) purification from sex, so that no sex imaginations may enter and the sex impulse may cease, (2) […]
10/03/2019

Aspiration

A simple, straight and sincere call and aspiration from the heart is the one important thing and more essential and effective than capacities. Also to get […]
10/01/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Concentration

It is not meditation (thinking with the mind) but a concentration or turning of the consciousness that is important,— and that can happen in work, in […]
08/05/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Thoroughness

Thoroughness means to do whatever you do completely, thoroughly, so that it may be entire and perfect, not carelessly or partially done. It refers to internal […]
08/01/2019
Sri Aurobindo in his room

The greatest realities of spiritual life

Strength is all right for the strong—but aspiration and the Grace answering to it are not altogether myths; they are great realities of the spiritual life. Ref: Letters […]