Questions and Answers 1953

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
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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
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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
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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
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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 […]
04/01/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Latent Powers

How can one know whether one is capable of doing it or not! By trying. That’s the best thing. And if you do not succeed immediately, […]