Questions and Answers 1954

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. […]
01/28/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The right attitude

It is much more difficult to master one’s impulses quietly, composedly, and to prevent them from showing themselves—much more!—without taking ascetic measures. It is much more […]