Questions and Answers 1950-1951

01/10/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Being Plastic in Circumstances

If one is plastic in all circumstances, isn’t it a weakness? But you are not asked to be plastic to the will of others! Nobody asked […]
11/23/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How to control Temper?

If you have a serious difficulty in your character, for example, the habit of losing your temper, and you decide: “I must not get angry again”, […]
02/17/2024
The Mother

Why are there difficulties?

If you look at yourself carefully, you will see that one always carries in oneself the opposite of the virtue one has to realise (I use […]
02/12/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Are you ready for path ? Check for these 3 Signs

Are there any signs which indicate that one is ready for the path, especially if one has no spiritual teacher? Yes, the most important indication is […]
01/25/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

True Intelligence

There is one thing very difficult for the mind to do but very important, according to me: you must never allow your mind to judge things […]
01/22/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

To be modest

Generally people pass from an excessive appreciation of their personal value to an equally excessive discouragement. One day they say, “I am wonderful”, and the next […]
12/27/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Importance of a balance of forces in spirituality

I am not saying this to discourage you, but to give you patience and perseverance—for there is a moment when you do arrive. And note that […]
07/20/2023

Consciousness and thought

Most people say there is “consciousness” when they begin to think—when one doesn’t think one is not conscious. But plants are perfectly conscious and yet they […]
07/19/2023
Sri Aurobindo

Man – the highest being in creation ?

Q:  ..how is it that man is regarded as the highest being in creation? It is the egoistic ignorance of man that makes him think so. […]