Questions and Answers 1954

03/16/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Removing the veil of ego

..the whole universe moves in accordance with [your] ego: you are at the centre, and the universe turns round you. If you look at yourself attentively, […]
03/05/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Self-perception and the Divine perception of oneself

There is a tremendous difference between what you know about yourself and what I know about you. What I know about you is obviously what you […]
03/04/2024

Perfect Sincerity

Fundamentally, whatever be the path one follows—whether the path of surrender, consecration, knowledge—if one wants it to be perfect, it is always equally difficult, and there […]
03/03/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How can faith be increased?

Q: How can faith be increased? Through aspiration, I suppose. Some have it spontaneously… You see, it is difficult to pray if one doesn’t have faith, […]
01/23/2024
The Mother

Heavy Meal and nightmares

If one eats a heavy meal, why is the sleep disturbed by nightmares? Because there is a very close connection between dreams and the condition of […]
12/10/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Perfect Sincerity

Do you know what perfect sincerity is?… Never to try to deceive oneself, never let any part of the being try to find out a way […]
11/27/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

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 […]
10/05/2023
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 […]
08/30/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

Handling Difficulties

Sweet Mother, when we are faced with a difficulty, does this mean that the Divine is trying to make us conscious of the defects of our […]