Letters on Yoga – III

02/06/2026
Sri Aurobindo

Discouragement from Vital Attacks

These attacks should not discourage you. There are always moments—so long as there is not the complete basis in the physical when old movements seem to […]
01/27/2026
Sri Aurobindo

Various phases in Meditations

When one tries to meditate, the first obstacle in the beginning is sleep. When you get over this obstacle, there comes a condition in which, with […]
01/11/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

State of Depression is Temporary

There is no reason why you should abandon hope of success in the yoga. The state of depression which you now feel is temporary and it […]
12/29/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Transforming Sleep

You must not try to avoid sleep at night—if you persist in doing that, the bad results may not appear immediately, but the body will get […]
12/07/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Function of Hostile Forces

The hostile forces have a certain self-chosen function: it is to test the condition of the individual, of the work, of the earth itself and their […]
12/04/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Don’t be eager for experience

Do not be over-eager for experience,—for experiences you can always get, having once broken the barrier between the physical mind and the subtle planes. What you […]
12/01/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Conserving Experiences and Energies

What you have to be careful about is, when the feeling of power and strength comes into you or when you have experiences, not to allow […]
11/21/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

On Maintaining Psychic Discrimination and the Will to Change

There is no reason for despondency. When one has progressed as far as you did, that is, so far as to feel and maintain the calm […]
11/11/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Overcoming Vital Attacks

You ought to realise that these things are attacks which come on you from an adverse Force to which your nature was responsive because of vital […]