Letters on Yoga – IV

06/25/2018

Remain in Tranquility

Aspire always for the mind and psychic being to be filled with the true consciousness and experience and made ready. You must aspire especially for quietness, […]
06/15/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Fix yourself on the goal

Do not let the difficulties you feel or meet from outside overcome or depress you. Keep this one thing in your mind that to come to […]
06/10/2018
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Preserve the True Spiritual Calm of the Self

It is not possible that there should not be stumbles, failures, etc. in the work of self-purification and change, but to feel upset or remorseful over […]
06/03/2018

Reject restless thinking

This [restless thinking] is what we call the activity of the mind, which always comes in the way of the concentration and tries to create doubt […]
05/30/2018

Never fear loneliness

To be alone with the Divine is the highest of all privileged states for the sadhak, for it is that in which inwardly he comes nearest […]
05/04/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in her room

Remain Steady

The one thing wrong [when attacked by hostile forces] would be to allow yourself to be overcome by them. If you remain steady in yourself, you can repel […]
04/30/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Happiness of the psychic

It is that cheerfulness that we want to be always there in you. It is the happiness of the psychic that has found its way and, whatever difficulties […]
04/17/2018

Obstacles – lack of receptivity

These obstacles are usual in the first stages of the sadhana. They are due to the nature being not yet sufficiently receptive. You should find out where the […]
04/03/2018

Remaining Quiet

One must get a knack of remaining quiet and bringing into the quietude the play of the Presence, Force, Light, etc. which is the action of the Sadhana. […]