Letters on Yoga – III

06/24/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Difficulties of Character

The difficulties of the character persist so long as one yields to them in action when they rise. One has to make a strict rule not […]
06/18/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Method of Divine Manifestation

The method of the Divine Manifestation is through calm and harmony, not through a catastrophic upheaval. The latter is the sign of a struggle, generally of […]
06/09/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The only sensible thing

Sadhana has to be done in the body, it cannot be done by the soul without the body. When the body drops, the soul goes wandering […]
06/08/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Gathering yourself

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 […]
06/06/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The secret of going on

Why get excited over these small things? or let them disturb you? If you remain quiet, things will go much better and, if there is any […]
06/05/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Oscillations in Consciousness

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 […]
06/04/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Struggle

There is always a struggle going on between the forces of Light and the opposing forces—when there is a true movement and progress the latter try […]
06/02/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Worst thing for Sadhana

The worst thing for sadhana is to get into a morbid condition, always thinking of “lower forces, attacks.” If the sadhana has stopped for a time, […]
05/22/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Have Faith !

After one has got to a certain stage the things gained are never lost—they may be covered over but they return—they have only gone inside and […]