Letters on Yoga – III

09/07/2023
Sri Aurobindo

An Important Reminder

If you want to change, you must first resolutely get rid of the defects of your vital being, persevering steadily, however difficult it may be or […]
08/25/2023
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 […]
06/25/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Fixing a programme for physical things

In the most physical things you have to fix a programme in order to deal with them, otherwise all becomes a sea of confusion and haphazard. […]
06/20/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Be Assured

Why do you indulge in these exaggerated feelings of remorse and despair when these things come up from the subconscient? They do not help and make […]
06/14/2023
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 […]
06/07/2023
Sri Aurobindo

An Assurance

You should not be so dependent on outward things; it is this attitude that makes you give so excessive an importance to circumstances. I do not […]
06/06/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How to handle sinking of consciousness

An occasional sinking of the consciousness happens to everybody. The causes are various, some touch from outside, something not yet changed or not sufficiently changed in […]
06/03/2023
Sri Aurobindo Ashram's The Mother Charan

Two very Important Things

I wanted to stress two things, that is why I have written so much about them. 1) There must be no tamasic (inert, passive) surrender to […]
05/23/2023
Darshan Card 15 Aug 2019 Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How progress comes

The progress does not always come in the way that people expect. There is first a preparation within even for many years before such experiences come […]