Questions and Answers 1954

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, […]
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 […]
07/23/2023

The secret behind how the Divine can take on all pains and blows..

Q: …does this suffering have the same effect upon Him as upon us? That is, does He feel pain and sorrow as we feel them? No! […]
07/18/2023
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 […]
06/28/2023
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 […]
06/26/2023
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 […]