Questions and Answers 1954

07/01/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Compassion of Mahalakshmi to all living beings

Q: Sweet Mother, I didn’t understand this: “This is the power of Mahalakshmi and there is no aspect of the Divine Shakti more attractive to the […]
06/11/2026
The Mother taking classes in Playground at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Puducherry

Divine Disgust

Sweet Mother, what is a “divine disgust”? Ah, my child! (Silence) It is a disgust that is full of a total compassion. It is something that […]
06/04/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

True Method for handling Money Power

The true method of being in the stream of this money-power is … a see of absolute impersonality, the feeling that it is not something you […]
06/02/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Perfect Sincerity

Never to try to deceive oneself, never let any part of the being try to find out a way of convincing the others, never to explain […]
05/30/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

What to do when one has to make a choice ?

When one is perplexed, when one has to make a choice, when one doesn’t know what the right thing to do is—you see, one has to […]
04/15/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Physical Sufferings

Physical sufferings? One thing is certain, you know; I think this was in the system, in the nature, that it was invented as an indicator; because, […]
04/02/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ascetic methods for Self Mastery

Mother, for self-mastery are not the ascetic methods useful sometimes? No! You cure nothing. You only give yourself the illusion that you have progressed, but you […]
03/07/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Refraining from talking

What should be done to refrain from talking? Think! You have only to reflect a little more. If only you make it a habit to think […]
01/31/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Keeping Equilibrium in everything

One must begin from inside, I have already told you this once. One must begin from above, first purify the higher and then purify the lower. […]