Letters on Yoga – IV

12/10/2020

The true quietude

The feeling of loneliness, udaaseenataa, dryness and lack of rasa come very usually when the vital part is disappointed in its desires or tries to give […]
12/08/2020
The Mother with Surendranath Jauhar

Consecration

Consecration means offering and making sacred to the Mother so that the whole vital nature may belong to her and not to the lower nature. Ref: […]
12/07/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Speaking the truth

It is very evident from this inward control which you feel enlightening and guiding you and the resolution of truth-speaking that it made you take, that […]
11/28/2020

Concentration

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 […]
11/22/2020
The Mother with Tara Jauhar

Quietening the mind

How can the mind find out or decide what is the right thing to do for your sadhana? The more it is active in that way, […]
11/21/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Three things to shorten Difficulty

As for the offering of the actions to the Divine and the vital difficulty it raises, it is not possible to avoid the difficulty,—you have to […]
11/16/2020
Sri Aurobindo

Vital restlessness

I have no idea why he wants to change [his work]. If he wants to make himself some day fit for the spiritual life, the first […]
11/08/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Why do blows fall on man?

It is not because there is something bad in you that blows fall on you,—blows fall on all human beings because they are full of desire […]
10/14/2020

Purification of the Vital

Purification of the vital is usually considered to be a condition for successful sadhana. One may have some experiences without it, but at least a complete […]