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01/04/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Integral Idea of the Divine

Sweet Mother, what does Sri Aurobindo mean by an integral idea of the Divine? Everyone forms an idea of the Divine for himself according to his […]
12/31/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Conquering the desire to appear good in front of others

Mother, how can one conquer the desire to appear good in the eyes of others? Oh, Lord!… To appear good in others’ eyes, to have public […]
11/30/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Spiritual Experience

What is ordinarily called a spiritual experience is the intense need for something other than the life one lives, and most often this awakens after difficulties […]
11/26/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Finding the Divine within Ourselves

First of all, you must begin to seek Him, and then that must be the most important thing in life. The will must be constant, the […]
11/20/2025
The Mother

Attitude towards this new Consciousness

Sweet Mother, what should our attitude be towards this new Consciousness? That depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to look […]
11/04/2025
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Sign of Strength

..capacity to remain still when one wants to, to gather all one’s energies and spend them as one wishes, completely if one wants, or to apportion […]
09/19/2025
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Look life in the face from the soul’s inner strength..

What does this sentence mean: “Look life in the face from the soul’s inner strength and become master of circumstances”? That is precisely the opposite of […]
08/29/2025
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Secret Oneness

What is this secret Oneness? It is precisely the divine Presence. Because the Divine is essentially one, and yet He has subdivided Himself apparently in all […]
08/20/2025
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Handling bad thoughts

If you know how to rise to a higher level, simply into a region of the speculative mind which is not quite the ordinary physical mind, […]