Questions and Answers 1953

11/02/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Changing catastrophes by one’s effort

Q: If you see some catastrophe coming, can you, Mother, by your effort change it? That depends upon the nature of the event. There are many things…. […]
11/01/2023

Mental, Vital and Physical fear

Q: What is the difference between mental, vital and physical fear? If you are conscious of the movement of your mind, the movement of your vital […]
10/31/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Obstacles for sincere people entering a spiritual life

If you come to the spiritual life with a sincere aspiration, sometimes an avalanche of unpleasant things falls upon you: you quarrel with your best friends, […]
10/30/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Origin of superstitions

Generally a superstition originates in an experience. For instance, there is a certain superstition in Europe, and you are told: “Never walk under a ladder, it […]
10/29/2023

Should one work when one feels lazy?

If it is a work that you are doing for the collectivity and not for yourself personally, then you must do it, whatever happens. It is […]
10/28/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Preventing repeat attacks by adverse forces

Q: Sometimes when an adverse force attacks us and we come out successful, why are we attacked once again by the same force? Because something was […]
09/26/2023

Sincerity

Sincerity is perhaps the most difficult of all things and perhaps it is also the most effective. If you have perfect sincerity, you are sure of […]
06/27/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The grace can change everything

An act carried out has always a consequence and this consequence brings along another and so on. And this is absolutely ineluctable. That is universal justice. […]
04/29/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Something to learn…

One’s cocksureness is in proportion to one’s unconsciousness; the more unconscious one is, the more is one sure of oneself. The most foolish are always the […]