Letters on Yoga – IV

03/31/2018

Excitement/Disturbance over petty things

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 […]
03/13/2018

Attachment to Food

It is the attachment to food, the greed and eagerness for it, making it an unduly important thing in the life, that is contrary to the […]
03/04/2018

Unnecessary talking

That [feeling of fatigue after talking] happens very usually. Talking of an unnecessary character tires the inner being because the talk comes from the outer nature […]
02/12/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Progress and temperament

There are some who are solid and tenacious in their vital, it is they who can be steady – others are more mercurial and easily moved […]
02/11/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Vital

Yes, that is the nature of the vital. It can make the absolute and enthusiastic surrender as well as cause all the trouble possible. Without the […]
01/31/2018
The Mother Mirra Alfassa of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Keeping oneself open in quietitude

Why allow yourself to be overpowered like that? These fits of despair are quite irrational—there is no true reason why you should feel so despondent. Our […]
01/10/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The mental foundation for sadhana

If you have a growing faith that all that is happening has somehow to happen and that God knows what is best for you,—that is already […]
01/09/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Tackling grief

You should not indulge this sense of grief—remain calm, confident, turned to the one Will in all circumstances; that is the way to secure that each […]
01/02/2018

Difficulties in Concentrating

There is always a difficulty in the beginning to concentrate for more than a short time because it is contrary to the habits of the physical […]