Letters on Yoga – IV

10/02/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Getting rid of random thoughts

To get rid of the random thoughts of the surface physical mind is not easy. It is sometimes done by a sudden miracle, as in my […]
09/11/2024
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Meaning of Psychic Self Control

The psychic self-control that is desirable in these surroundings and in the midst of discussion would mean among other things: (1) Not to allow the impulse […]
09/05/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Interest in outward things – Is it Wrong?

To be interested in outward things is not wrong in itself—it depends on the way in which one is interested. If it is done as part […]
08/11/2024
Sri Aurobindo

How to make mind free?

What you perceive as suggestions or voices, are accepted and felt by people to be thoughts of their own mind. When one practises Yoga and observes […]
08/06/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Three things to shorten Difficulty

There are three things you can do to alleviate and shorten the difficulty: 1) Detach yourself from this vital-physical—observe it as something not yourself; reject it, […]
07/06/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Habbits of Physical and Vital Nature

The habits of the physical or the vital-physical nature are always the most difficult to change, because their action is automatic and not governed by the […]
02/18/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Psychic Self-Control

The psychic self-control that is desirable in these surroundings and in the midst of discussion would mean among other things: (1) Not to allow the impulse […]
09/08/2023

Dealing with the internal voice of doubt

There is always this critical hostile voice in everybody’s nature, questioning, reasoning, denying the experience itself, suggesting doubt of oneself and doubt of the Divine. One […]
08/22/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Recognising the voice of the Adversary

There is always this critical hostile voice in everybody’s nature, questioning, reasoning, denying the experience itself, suggesting doubt of oneself and doubt of the Divine. One […]