Some Answers from The Mother

12/04/2023

Fear

Fear is an invention of the hostile forces who have created it as the best means of dominating living beings, animals and men. Those who are pure—that […]
11/30/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The cause of illnesses and accidents

Q: Sweet Mother, Are illnesses and accidents the result of something bad one has thought or done, of a fall in one’s consciousness? If the cause […]
11/20/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Serving Truth

Sweet Mother, What must we do to serve the Truth? Must it first of all be lived? To serve It, you must live it. To live […]
11/16/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Jealousy and Laziness – What’s the Solution?

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 […]
02/04/2023
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Receptivity of the world

Q: Your hands are open to give everything, but I can only receive a small part of it because I am not receptive enough. This is […]
02/02/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The obstacle to overcoming difficulties

Q: I want to overcome a difficulty: it is that when I perceive faults or weaknesses in myself, something tries to justify them or to prevent […]
01/31/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Making the body a Divine instrument

Q: My body is very weak and full of unconsciousness and tamas. How can this body become Your good instrument? At the centre of each cell […]
01/30/2023

Yoga of the body-cells

Unless one practises yoga in the physical being (outer being), it remains ignorant—even its aspiration is ignorant and so is its goodwill; all its movements are […]
01/29/2023

Shielding oneself from wrong vibrations

Q: As soon as I meet or see certain people, certain lower and wrong vibrations arise in me. This is an invariable habit, in spite of […]