09/10/2021

Ganesha

We had a meditation (this was more than thirty years ago) in the room where ‘Prosperity’ is now distributed. There were eight or ten of us, […]
09/10/2021
Sri Aurobindo

On external and internal activities

Q: When the Supermind comes down will it have an expression in external life? What will be the form which such external activity will take? What […]
09/09/2021

Fatigue in the vital being

Q: Can the vital being get fatigued?  Generally the vital being does not get fatigued, if you can draw the force from the universal vital or […]
09/08/2021
Sri Aurobindo

On building a well developed intellect

Q) How can one build up a well-developed intellect? By studying and reading? By training it to see, observe, understand in the right way. Reading and […]
09/07/2021
Sri Aurobindo

On strengthening the nerves and quietening the mind

Q: My nerves are sensitive. Kindly tell me how to strengthen them, and also how to quieten my mind. Solid nerves means patience, vigilance, endurance, capacity […]
09/06/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Intellect and Inertia

Is it true that a person with a well-trained intellect will not have much inertia? A well-trained intellect and study are two different things — there […]
09/05/2021

Advice to a disciple on quitting smoking

Q: I want to say something about smoking. I used to smoke. When I came here I stopped smoking. But when the Xs came slowly I […]
09/04/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Sense organs and the inner centre

Q:  Is every sense organ connected, like the eye, with an inner centre? Yes. After all, the distinctions we make between mental, vital and physical are […]
09/03/2021

On what is to be done in meditation

Q: In meditation the entire mind is quiet. The faculty of forming images disappears and also that of reasoning, of putting out ideas. And I remain […]