Letters on Yoga – III

03/13/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Quietening 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 […]
03/07/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

What to do in case of attack or obstruction?

When there is an attack or obstruction, the call or the thinking of the Mother may not succeed at once, even the will to get rid […]
02/21/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Negative Side of Sadhana

It is a mistake to dwell too much on the lower nature and its obstacles, which is the negative side of the Sadhana. They have to […]
02/07/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Reason of Trouble in Chest

It is not sincerity to express only what the adverse forces suggest or what you feel when you are in a bad condition, full of obscurity […]
02/05/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Source of Doubt

The doubts of the sadhaks more often rise from the vital than from the true mental—when the vital goes wrong or is in trouble or depression, […]
01/31/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Consent is NECESSARY

Whatever the difficulties of the nature, however long and painful the process of dealing with them, they cannot stand to the end against the Truth, if […]
01/09/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Rejection of Desire

The rejection of desire is essentially the rejection of the element of craving, putting that out from the consciousness itself as a foreign element not belonging […]
01/03/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

Self Respect and Superiority

Self-respect and a sense of superiority are two very different things. Self-respect is not necessarily a sign of egoism any more than its absence is a […]
01/02/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Why Gloom and Difficulties

The gloom and other difficulties come from a resistance of inertia in the lower vital and physical consciousness. What you have to do is to prepare […]