Questions and Answers 1954

08/04/2025
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 […]
07/14/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Controlling mental impulses by struggle

Sweet Mother, how can one obtain a mental control of these impulses by a struggle? All educated people do it. Only the barbarian doesn’t do it. […]
07/12/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Getting out of Ego

The surest means is to give oneself to the Divine; not to try to draw the Divine to oneself but try to give oneself to the […]
06/28/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

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 […]
06/18/2025
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Emptying the consciousness of Mixed Contents

Sweet Mother, how can we empty the consciousness of its mixed contents? By aspiration, the rejection of the lower movements, a call to a higher force. […]
06/17/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Conditions of 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 […]
06/15/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Emptying Consciosuness of Mixed Contents

Sweet Mother, how can we empty the consciousness of its mixed contents? By aspiration, the rejection of the lower movements, a call to a higher force. […]
04/28/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Making a happy surrender

Sweet Mother, how can we make our submission gladly? It must be sincere. If it is truly sincere, it becomes happy. So long as it is […]
04/16/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Occultism and Mysticism

What is the difference between occultism and mysticism? They are not at all the same thing. Mysticism is a more or less emotive relation with what […]