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Obtaining Mental Silence

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The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram
I am always with you
01/05/2019
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Cutting down sleep
01/07/2019
Published by The Mother on 01/06/2019
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Sri Aurobindo

To obtain mental silence, one must learn to relax, to let oneself float on the waves of the universal force as a plank floats on water, motionless but relaxed.

Effort is never silent.

Ref: Some Answers from The Mother

 

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