Questions and Answers 1954

06/22/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

What to do when one has to make a choice ?

When one is perplexed, when one has to make a choice, when one doesn’t know what the right thing to do is—you see, one has to […]
06/08/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Refraining from talking

What should be done to refrain from talking? Think! You have only to reflect a little more. If only you make it a habit to think […]
04/05/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ascetic methods for Self Mastery

Mother, for self-mastery are not the ascetic methods useful sometimes? No! You cure nothing. You only give yourself the illusion that you have progressed, but you […]
02/17/2023
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Keeping one’s consciousness high

When one keeps his consciousness on a higher level, naturally it serves as a filter for thoughts and allows only thoughts of a higher nature. But […]
12/30/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Physical Sufferings

Physical sufferings? One thing is certain, you know; I think this was in the system, in the nature, that it was invented as an indicator; because, […]
11/07/2022
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Establishing a settled peace and silence

How can we establish a settled peace and silence in the mind? First of all, you must want it. And then you must try and must […]
10/19/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

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 […]
08/17/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Why Accidents?

Accidents are due to many things; in fact they are the result of a conflict of the forces in Nature, a conflict between the forces of […]
04/30/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Physical Suffering

Physical sufferings? One thing is certain, you know; I think this was in the system, in the nature, that it was invented as an indicator; because, […]