Questions and Answers 1954

03/26/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Controlling Depression

How can depressions be controlled? Oh! There’s a very simple way. Depression occurs generally in the vital, and one is overpowered by depression only when one […]
03/16/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Willing and Desiring

Sweet Mother, what is the difference between willing and desiring? They are not at all the same thing. When you see that something ought to be […]
03/10/2025
The Mother

Preventing mind from Intervening

Mother, how can one prevent the mind from intervening? Ah! First you must will it, and then you must say, as to people who make a […]
02/26/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Self Love

What does “self-love” mean? I think self-love is a pleasant word for vanity. Self-love means that one loves oneself more than anything else; and what he […]
02/18/2025
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Love of Parents

Sweet Mother, what kind of love do parents have for their children?   What kind? A human love, don’t they? Like all human loves: frightfully mixed, […]
01/13/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Accepting the Grace

What is the way to accept the Grace with gratitude? Ah! First of all you must feel the need for it. This is the most important […]
12/10/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Receptivity

Mother, on what does receptivity depend? It depends first of all upon sincerity—on whether one really wants to receive—and then… yes, I believe the principal factors […]
12/06/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Descent of Faith

What are the conditions in which there is a descent of faith? The most important condition is an almost childlike trust, the candid trust of a […]
11/22/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

What is Spiritual Experience

You speak of spiritual experience. What is an experience and how can one have it? It is something which puts you in contact with a consciousness […]