Questions and Answers 1955

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 […]
01/11/2021
The Mother with Tara Jauhar

Horizontal Progress

There is a horizontal advance between abrupt ascents. It is the moment of the abrupt ascent which gives you an impression of something like a revelation, […]
01/10/2021

Purpose of the past

All the past should always be simply like a stepping-stone or a ladder, something to lead you farther; it should not have any other use except […]
01/09/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

True Courage

True courage, in its deepest sense, is to be able to face everything, everything in life, from the smallest to the greatest things, from material things […]
01/07/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Why do some make noise?

In silence they (those who make noise) have to face their own difficulties, they are in front of themselves, and usually they don’t like that. In […]