01/03/2022
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Detachment

Q: Rejection and detachment when there is a rush of difficulties are good. But I feel they are hardly enough. Something more seems to be needed; […]
01/02/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Manual Work

Q: This morning I felt tired after five minutes’ work. It was only polishing furniture. All manual work is tiring the first few times one does […]
01/01/2022

Bonne Annee – Darshan Card 1 Jan 2022

12/31/2021

The Self

Q: What is called one’s self (not the soul or the psychic being) above the head? Is it individual or universal? I mean, is one’s self […]
12/30/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Descent of knowledge

Q: How is it that the higher knowledge descends only when I begin to write it down? That is because that movement (of the knowledge descending […]
12/29/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Knowledge and Ignorance

Q: What is the use of knowledge when we can’t act according to its light and truth? Knowledge is always better than ignorance. It makes things […]
12/28/2021

Mental work and Sadhana

Q: Is it not possible to do the mental work and sadhana simultaneously as I do with the physical work? It is not so easy to […]
12/27/2021

Sensitivity of the mechanical mind

Q: My mechanical mind has become extremely sensitive. Whenever I project outwards for action — even a necessary one — the mechanical mind takes it up […]
12/26/2021

On the mechanical mind

Q: The mechanical mind is a great obstacle to reconciling my outer work with the inner concentration. It thinks too much and endlessly. There is always […]