Questions and Answers 1954

03/25/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Fine passivity results in Receptivity

Now, if you want to get true inspiration, inner guidance, the guide, and if you want to have the force, to receive the force which will […]
03/19/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Faith

[We must have] faith that always what is for the best happens. We may for the moment not consider it as the best because we are […]
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
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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
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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! […]