Questions and Answers 1954

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
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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
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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 […]
04/03/2025
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Cutting Knot of the Ego

Sweet Mother, how can we cut the knot of the ego? How to cut it? Take a sword and strike it (laughter), when one becomes conscious […]
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
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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
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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 […]