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03/19/2022

The Person

Q: The other day you spoke of the fundamental personality. I couldn’t quite understand you. There are two things here—the personality and the Person— which are […]
03/18/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

What are we?

Q: If everything comes from outside, then what are we? What belongs to us? In one sense nothing belongs to us. The physical is made up, […]
03/17/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Responsive vibrations of the body

Q: X told me once how she used to have a headache which remained just above the head and it was very severe. We used to […]
03/16/2022

Fasting and cure

Q: Can fasting cure diseases too? Yes, if you know the process. That’s why Europeans fast. Sometimes it is the mental idea that works. You start […]
03/15/2022
Sri Aurobindo

Food and energy

Q: How is it possible to be active like this without food? One draws energy from the vital plane instead of depending on physical sustenance. Once […]
03/14/2022

Effect of fasting on Yoga

Q: What is the effect of fasting? The effect of fasting on Yoga? It gives a sort of excitement to the vital being, but the effect […]
03/12/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Surface consciousness of the inner vital

Q: All I can say is that I was having many incoherent dreams and visions—perhaps in the surface consciousness. . The surface consciousness of the inner […]
03/10/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Reasonableness in spirituality

Q: Wasn’t Dr. Becharlal’s fear of illness merely a mental notion? How can one fall ill by sitting a long time in meditation? Not just by […]
03/09/2022
The Mother

Suitable time for meditation

Q: Are day-hours better than night-hours for meditation? I seem to get more concentrated at night. That may be due to the calm and quiet atmosphere […]