Letters on Yoga – III

03/30/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Cosmic Consciousness

Man is shut up at present in his surface individual consciousness and knows the world (or rather the surface of it) only through his outward mind […]
02/27/2024

Unveiling the Psychic Essence

The psychic in the ignorant human being is always behind a veil and can act on the mind or vital but not in its own power, […]
02/25/2024

Embracing True Surrender: The Path of Love and Bhakti

As for surrender, everyone has his own first way of approach towards it; but if it is due to fear, “form” or sense of duty, then […]
02/16/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

This too shall pass

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 […]
02/13/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Is emptiness bad?

Emptiness is not in itself a bad condition, only if it is a sad and restless emptiness of the dissatisfied vital. In sadhana emptiness is very […]
01/21/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Suffering

Suffering is not inflicted as a punishment for sin or for hostility—that is a wrong idea. Suffering comes like pleasure and good fortune as an inevitable […]
11/05/2023

Put your faith on the Mother

Whatever difficulties there may still be in the outer nature, they will not make any difference to the fact that you are now awake within, the […]
10/11/2023
The Mother

An important reminder for Difficult Times

All the difficulties are bound to vanish in time under the action of the Force. They rise, because if they did not rise the action would […]
10/03/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Beware of three fundamental obstacles in Sadhana

There are only three fundamental obstacles that can stand in the way: 1) Absence of faith or insufficient faith. 2) Egoism—the mind clinging to its own […]