Questions and Answers 1950-1951

07/03/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The progress of the psychic being

…the psychic being can progress and form itself only in the physical life and upon earth. As soon as it leaves a body, it enters into a rest […]
05/18/2018

Anxiety only serves to strengthen the difficulty

It is much more difficult to stand back from the difficulty, to look at it as something which does not concern you, which does not interest […]
05/10/2018

Behaving in a reasonable manner

A physical disorder brings suffering, at times much suffering, but there are people who are in such a state of consciousness that their physical sufferings do […]
03/07/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Being in an attentive state of Observation

To perfect oneself, one must first become conscious of oneself. I am sure, for instance, that the following situation has arisen many times in your life: […]
02/23/2018

Surrendering unreservedly to The Divine

The only way of being truly free is to make your surrender to the Divine entire, without reservation, because then all that binds you, ties you […]
01/22/2018

Getting in touch with the psychic being

Each one of you should be able to get into touch with your own psychic being, it is not an inaccessible thing. Your psychic being is there […]
12/17/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Rely on the Divine Alone

There is one thing you must learn, never to rely on anyone or anything whatever except the Divine. For if you lean upon anyone for support, that support will […]
12/14/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Life appropriate to one’s total development

You have been put upon earth, in a physical body, with a definite aim, which is to make this body as conscious as possible, make it the […]
12/13/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Accepting everything Understanding later

The notion of what is good for a being and what isn’t is not the same to his evolved consciousness as to the divine consciousness. What […]