04/08/2023
Questions and Answers

Patience of the Divine

Q: I am overwhelmed at the patience and compassion with which you put up with our insincerities, disobediences and loosenesses. Human nature is like that in […]
04/07/2023
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 […]
04/06/2023
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 Is it because someone to whom you had given your friendship has withdrawn for reasons that he thinks […]
04/05/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ascetic methods for Self Mastery

Mother, for self-mastery are not the ascetic methods useful sometimes? No! You cure nothing. You only give yourself the illusion that you have progressed, but you […]
04/04/2023
The Mother

A Prayer

O Lord, my adoration rises ardently to Thee, all my being is an aspiration, a flame consecrated to Thee. Lord, Lord, my sweet Master, it is […]
04/03/2023
Divine Feet of The Mother

Remembering Past Lives

Sweet Mother, How is it possible to remember one’s past lives? It is through contact with the psychic that one gets fragmentary memories of past lives—the […]
04/02/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How to achieve true lasting quietness ?

The quiet mind one gets through meditation is indeed of short duration, for as soon as you come out from meditation you come out at the […]
04/01/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Latent Powers

How can one know whether one is capable of doing it or not! By trying. That’s the best thing. And if you do not succeed immediately, […]
03/31/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Meaning of Compassion

What does “compassion” mean? Compassion is the equivalent of miséricorde. It is a pity full of strength and kindness, a pity that pardons and makes amends, […]