09/19/2022
Sri Aurobindo in his room

What to do when things go wrong

A quietude in all the parts and an intense aspiration is what came to you. In the inner meditation you felt the contact with the Mother […]
09/18/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Quietening the Mind

Dear Mother, I don’t want tamas. Today I worked all day. But my mind does not have tamas; it is always active and runs here and […]
09/17/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Maintaining a high level of consciousness

Naturally, the effort to keep the consciousness at a high level is tiring in the beginning, like the exercises you do to develop your muscles. But […]
09/16/2022

Outward Appearances

In fact, Mother, what is the yogi’s attitude towards the outward appearance? The usefulness of seeing clearly instead of being blind. The usefulness of no longer […]
09/15/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Function of the senses

The senses should be capable of enduring everything without disgust or displeasure, but at the same time they must acquire and develop more and more the […]
09/14/2022

True Aspiration

From the purely psychological point of view, aspiration is a self-giving, always, while desire is always something which one draws to oneself; aspiration is something which […]
09/13/2022

Ideal quantity of sleep

Q: Is six hours of sleep at night enough? Seven would be better at your age. Six is the minimum, at any time except in old […]
09/12/2022
Sri Aurobindo

The Descent of Force

Q: If one feels a fountain of Force rushing into the body, can it be a mere reflection of the inner being’s experience? It can be […]
09/11/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Vital Desires as an obstacle

Q: How do the vital desires supported by the mind prevent the physical from receiving the Peace and the Force? If the mind and the vital […]