Some Answers from The Mother

05/12/2026
Sri Aurobindo Ashram's The Mother Charan

Ownership of Material Things

How can I get rid of the habit of feeling that I own the material things that belong to me? If you belong entirely and totally […]
05/09/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

An absolutely indispensable attitude

Sweet Mother, Each time I have encountered an obstacle in my life, each time I have been deprived of some happiness—some apparent happiness—a consolation has come […]
05/07/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Getting rid of the past

Please tell me how I can get rid of the past, which clings so heavily. To get rid of the past is something so difficult that […]
05/04/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Achieving Unification

We are made up of many different parts which have to be unified around the psychic being, if we are conscious of it or at least […]
04/29/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How to express gratitude

Sweet Mother, What is the best way of expressing one’s gratitude towards man and towards the Divine? Why do you put man and the Divine together? […]
04/12/2026
The Mother at Ayurvedic Section

At a decisive hour on earth

We are at a decisive hour in the history of the earth. It is preparing for the coming of the superman and because of this the […]
04/05/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Increasing Single Mindedness …

Sweet Mother, How can one increase single-mindedness and will-power? They are so necessary for doing anything. Through regular, persevering, obstinate, unflagging exercise—I mean exercise of concentration […]
03/30/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

My friendship

My child, my child, why this great sadness? Is it because someone to whom you had given your friendship has withdrawn for reasons that he thinks […]
03/11/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Role of Soul

Sweet Mother, What is the role of the soul? But without the soul we wouldn’t exist! The soul is that which comes from the Divine without […]