Questions and Answers 1955

05/05/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

Put the force and quietude in the body

Many people say, “Oh, yes, here I am not afraid.” They don’t have any fear in the mind, their mind is not afraid, it is strong, […]
05/04/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Do not want to be ill…

First, not to want to be ill, and then not to be afraid of illness. You must neither attract it nor tremble. You must not want […]
05/03/2021

Stopping the onset of illness

Q: Sweet Mother, when one sees an illness coming, how can one stop it? A: Ah! First of all, you must not want it and nothing […]
02/25/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Being truly intelligent

..if you want to be truly intelligent, you must know how to do mental gymnastics; as, you see, if you want really to have a fairly […]
01/24/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Money

It is a catastrophe to have money. It makes you stupid, it makes you miserly, it makes you wicked. It is one of the greatest calamities […]
01/22/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

True Way

The true way so that it remains is to understand, it is not to learn by heart. You learn something by heart, it is mechanical, you […]
01/15/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How to sleep

..one thing you can do in all security is, before going to sleep, to concentrate, relax all tension in the physical being, try… that is, in […]
01/14/2021

Awakening the Yoga Shakti

Q: Sweet Mother, here it is written: “There is a Yoga-Shakti lying coiled or asleep…” How can it be awakened? A: I think it awakens quite […]
01/12/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Origin of Desire

Q: Where does desire come from? A: The Buddha said that it comes from ignorance. It is more or less that. It is something in the […]