04/14/2022
Essays Divine and Human

Progress of humanity

Q: Mrs. Pinto, the English wife of a friend, told me that she was surprised to find that the cow in India is so mild and […]
04/13/2022

Fasting and curing diseases

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 […]
04/12/2022
Sri Aurobindo

The Truth

Q: Nirodbaran was asking: if Reason comes to different conclusions, don’t spiritual experiences also do the same? That is quite another field. What Reason does is […]
04/10/2022

Quietening the Vital Being

Q: Dakshina has had no sleep for three nights. What’s the matter with these people? Why can’t Dakshina sleep? Thinking? Q: No, vital restlessness. He says […]
04/09/2022
The Mother's Balcony Darhsna

Heaviness after meditation

Q: sometimes after meditation one feels a heaviness. What could that be? It may not be necessarily due to Tamas. The descent of the Force into […]
04/08/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Vegetarian Vs a meat-fish diet

Q: Sisir Mitra asks if there is any difference in quality between a vegetarian diet and a meat and fish diet. A meat and fish diet […]
04/07/2022
The Mother with Surendranath Jauhar

Physical consciousness

Q: You said one has to get rid of desires and attachment in order to open the physical consciousness. If I am not deceived it seems […]
04/05/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Beauty Vs Utility – Example of the sari

Q: Nishtha praises the Indian saris and says that our women have a keen sense of colour. She is right. I hope our women are not […]
04/04/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Feeding the poor

Q: Nowadays in many places people feed the poor. On the birthdays of saints and Yogis, there is what Vivekananda called seva of daridra narayana. What […]