Letters on Yoga – III

10/30/2020

Oscillations in the being

These slight oscillations always happen until everything is open. They are due to one of two causes,—either (1) Some small part or movement of the being […]
10/27/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in her room

Headache

Headache is not a sign of the force descending, it is only a result sometimes of some difficulty in receiving it. If there is no difficulty […]
09/29/2020

Detachment from the mind

The mind can become quiet only when you detach yourself from it and see the thoughts as things that pass. Then you don’t think yourself but […]
09/28/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Living within

You must gather yourself within more firmly. If you disperse yourself constantly, go out of the inner circle, you will constantly move about in the pettinesses […]
09/27/2020

The inner and outer consciousness

The exterior being has to become aware of the inner—the veil between the inner and outer consciousness has to be removed, it is only then that […]
09/25/2020

Call down the Mother’s protection

These things that come [in dreams] to frighten you are merely impressions thrown on you by small vital forces which want to prevent you (by making […]
09/08/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in her room

The Mother’s Presence – The psychic’s role

The Mother’s presence is always there; but if you decide to act on your own—your own idea, your own notion of things, your own will and […]
09/07/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Trust the Mother

You must put your trust in the Mother and let her Force work in you—keep the attitude of confidence and self-offering and the result will appear […]
07/16/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Changing one’s nature

To change the nature is not easy and always takes time, but if there is no inner experience, no gradual emergence of the other purer consciousness […]