Questions and Answers 1950-1951

07/13/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Controlling one’s 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”, […]
07/12/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Inside and Outside

Seekers are always told, “If you want to get rid of something, say that it is outside.” This is only an impression, but it is easier […]
07/11/2021
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Removing fatigue

It is not by sinking below oneself that one removes fatigue. One must climb the ladder and there one has true rest, because one has the […]
07/10/2021
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Impact of reading ordinary books

The subconscient records everything, and if you have the impression that an ordinary book leaves no effect, it means that you are not conscious of what […]
07/09/2021
श्रीअरविंद आश्रम की श्रीमाँ

The power of concentration in work

Generally when men are in a hurry, they do not do completely what they have to do or they do badly what they do. Well, there […]
07/08/2021
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Different types of love

The essential difference between love in aspiration and love in desire is that love in aspiration gives itself entirely and asks nothing in return—it does not […]
07/07/2021

Consecration

“Consecration” generally has a more mystical sense but this is not absolute. A total consecration signifies a total giving of one’s self; hence it is the […]
07/06/2021

Contemplation of the Divine

Do not fall into the very common error of believing that you must sit in an absolutely quiet corner where nobody passes by, where you are […]
05/10/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

An inner harmony to protect from illness

Medical science also now recognises that if you are in perfect vital equilibrium, you do not catch illness or in any case you have a kind […]