Questions and Answers 1953

08/04/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Sources of Inspiration

Inspirations come from very many different places. There are inspirations that may be very material, there are inspirations that may be vital, there are inspirations that […]
08/03/2018

Concentration

When you work, if you are able to concentrate, you can do absolutely in ten minutes what would otherwise take you one hour. If you want […]
08/01/2018
The Mother with Nolini Da

Cure of fear

Q: When one feels frightened, what should one do? A: That depends upon who you are. There are many ways of curing oneself of fear. If […]
05/02/2018

Being unselfish

The unselfish movement, uncalculating, is one of the most beautiful forms of psychic consciousness in the world. But the higher one rises in the scale of mental activity, […]
03/15/2018

Give more, Grow more

For if one were spread out in all things, if all the vibrations which come and go expressed the need to merge into everything, to widen […]
02/25/2018

Pure ideas

Pure ideas are those which are translated into numerous thoughts. One idea may give birth to many thoughts, and can be expressed in many different ways; and yet […]
01/19/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Good health and calmness

When one is quite calm, well balanced, very quiet, one has a solid basis and can receive a large number of forces. If anyone among you […]
01/18/2018
Sri Aurobindo

Yoga and personal satisfaction

You may open millions of hospitals, that will not prevent people getting ill. On the contrary, they will have every facility and encouragement to fall ill. […]
11/14/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Total refusal to deceive the Divine

And you find that there is not a day, not an hour, not a minute when you do not need to intensify, rectify your sincerity — […]