Questions and Answers 1957-1958

04/11/2024

Cure

In most cases the use of medicines—within reasonable limits, that is, when one doesn’t poison oneself by taking medicines—is simply to help the body to have […]
04/10/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Not to be discouraged..

Q: Sweet Mother, when we make an effort to do better but don’t see any progress, we feel discouraged. What is the best thing to do? […]
04/09/2024
Questions and Answers

Illness and the cause

No two illnesses are alike, though labels are put on diseases and attempts made to group them; but in fact every person is ill in his […]
04/08/2024

What is sincerity?

There comes a moment when, free from everything, one needs practically nothing, and one can use anything, do anything without this having any real influence on […]
04/05/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Transformative Silence

In fact, if one reads attentively what Sri Aurobindo has written, all that he has written, one would have the answer to every question. But there […]
04/04/2024
Sri Aurobindo

The Truth Consciousness

Everyone has his own idea which is more or less clear, more or less organised, more or less precise, and this idea he calls the world. […]
03/28/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Rising above the cyclone

Instead of falling asleep in an easy quietude and letting things happen according to their own rhythm, if one strains to the utmost one’s will, ardour, […]
03/27/2024

Judging people

Judging people is one of the first things which must be totally swept away from the consciousness before you can take even a step on the […]
03/24/2024

Be quiet and silent – Solution to solving problems

The noise made by all the words, all the ideas in your head is so deafening that it prevents you from hearing the truth when it […]