Some Answers from The Mother

06/23/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Defects in ourselves

Sweet Mother, Is it because we have defects in ourselves that we cannot tolerate them in others? What is the origin of the shock we feel? […]
06/17/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Knowing the need of others

Sweet Mother, How can one know the other’s need and help him? I was not speaking of external things and mental faculties! True love is in […]
06/15/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

Man’s love for his own Ignorance

What is the origin of man’s love for his own ignorance? It is inconscience. Inconscience is the negation of all effort. Ignorance (that is, the acknowledgement […]
06/13/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Central Knot of Desires

Sweet Mother, Sri Aurobindo speaks of a “central knot of desires” which must be cut. How can one do it, where should one start? The central […]
05/31/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Mental Laziness and Inertia

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 day […]
05/26/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

What constitutes an individuality?

Sweet Mother, Being far from the Truth-Consciousness, must one always remain silent, even though as an individual one is obliged to make decisions and give opinions? […]
05/25/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Mental Inertia

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 this […]
05/24/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Peace in Vital

My dear child, Only spiritual force has the power to impose peace on the vital, for if peace is not imposed on it by a power […]
05/19/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Self Deception

Sweet Mother, Self-deception has a thousand faces and a thousand ways of disguising itself in us. How can one discover it and get rid of it? […]