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11/19/2021

Resistance in the parts of the being

Q: I was surprised to discover that one part of my being can remain in light and truth while another part remains in ignorance and falsehood. […]
11/18/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Is illness cherishable?

Some sadhaks hold the belief that an illness is a cherishable thing, that it comes from the Divine to test our faith: it makes us remember […]
11/16/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Sensitive Vital

Q: Is it good to have a vital sensitive to others, exposed to others? It is neither good nor bad. It comes like that in the […]
11/15/2021

Quietness of mind in Yoga

Q: Learning languages makes the mind active. Does not the Yoga mean to keep the mind quiet and turn it always to the Divine? Do you […]
11/14/2021

Work and the gunas

Q: When we do work without ego, desire and attachment, what kind of action do the gunas take up? The sattwa predominates, the rajas acts as […]
11/13/2021

Prakriti and Purusha

Q: When the Prakriti is emptied of the action of the gunas, or when it ceases to act, what is left in it for us to […]
11/12/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Need for personal Aspiration

Is any personal aspiration necessary during the state of blankness or self-forgetfulness? I ask this because once you wrote that if the silence is deep there […]
11/11/2021
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Meditation or Reading?

One has to do some physical work as part of the Karma Yoga, also some personal work. Where is the time then to read for one’s […]
11/10/2021

On the different gunas

Q: Are Prakriti, Nature and the gunas quite different things? If so, why do we see them always mixed? Prakriti and Nature are the same thing […]