Questions and Answers 1957-1958

08/03/2019

The Eternal Birth

The question is about the phrase in which I spoke of the birth of Sri Aurobindo—it was on the eve of his birthday— and I called […]
07/29/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Mother’s advice

I was obliged to use words which men understand, but I did it in the most incoherent way possible! in order not to be too mental, […]
05/21/2019
The Mother's Balcony Darhsna

Nothing is useless in Yoga

For someone who wants to follow the integral yoga nothing is useless and nothing must be neglected…. The main thing is to know how to put each thing […]
03/26/2019

Correcting ignorance

Correcting an ignorance is like eliminating darkness: you light a lamp, the darkness disappears. But to make a mistake once again when you know it is […]
10/22/2018

A simple heart and deep faith

It is quite obvious that one of the most powerful means for acting on the body is faith. People who have a simple heart, not a very complicated […]
09/11/2018

Doing one’s best

Let each one do his best and perhaps not many years will have to elapse before the first visible results become apparent to all. Ref: Questions and Answers […]
07/22/2018
Sri Aurobindo

Open yourself

…be concentrated as I have told you, then you open yourself as one opens a door; you see, you have a door here (gesture at the […]
07/21/2018
Sri Aurobindo

Neglect nothing

For someone who wants to follow the integral yoga nothing is useless and nothing must be neglected…. The main thing is to know how to put […]
07/14/2018
Sri Aurobindo

Service

To give oneself, to serve. What is its spontaneous, immediate, inevitable movement? To serve. To serve in a joyous, complete, total self-giving. Ref: Questions and Answers 1957–1958