Some Answers from The Mother

12/09/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Emptying Mind

Sweet Mother, How can one empty the mind of all thought? When one tries during meditation, the thought that one must not think of anything is […]
12/08/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Windows of Human Consciousness

Our human consciousness has windows that open upon the Infinite. But generally men keep these windows carefully closed. We have to open them wide and allow […]
12/03/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How to be free ?

Each one has his ego and all the egos are at odds with one another. It is only when one gets rid of the ego that […]
12/02/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Preserving Thy Gifts

How can one keep what You give? It does not go away, but enters the subconscient and continues to act. To remain conscious of it, one […]
11/28/2025

Being conscious of the help received

Q: Sweet Mother, I have the impression that Your Force responds according to the intensity of our prayer. But my case seems to be different. Or […]
11/27/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Mental inertia

Q: Sweet Mother, Are mental indifference and lack of curiosity a sort of mental inertia? Usually they are due to mental inertia, unless one has obtained […]
11/23/2025

Getting out of mental laziness and inertia

Q: Sweet Mother, How can one get out of this mental laziness and inertia? By wanting to do so, with persistence and obstinacy. By doing every […]
11/16/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Correcting Jealousy and Laziness

Sweet Mother, How can one get rid of, or rather correct, jealousy and laziness? It is selfishness that makes one jealous; it is weakness that makes […]
11/15/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Silence of Physical Consciousness

Sweet Mother, What is meant by the “silence of the physical consciousness”1 and how can one remain in this silence? The physical consciousness is not only […]