08/04/2021

Obtaining Mental Development

Q: How shall I obtain mental development? Can it be had only by reading? A man may have read much and yet be mentally undeveloped. It […]
08/03/2021

On Thoughts and how to handle them

Q: Is it true that no one has his own thoughts? Either they come from the lower nature — from people — or from the higher […]
08/02/2021
Sri Aurobindo

The nature of thoughts, desires and impulses

Q: May I know the nature of thoughts, desires and impulses? How and why do they come into men? This is a thing one feels: one […]
08/01/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Right activity of the Buddhi

Q: What would be the right activity of the Buddhi when it opens or surrenders itself to the Mother? The right activity of the buddhi is […]
07/31/2021

New series to celebrate Sri Aurobindo’s sesquicentenary birth anniversary (August 2021 to August 2022)

August 2020 marks the beginning of the year-long celebrations of the sesquicentenary Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo. Centres of Sri Aurobindo around the world have been […]
07/31/2021

The sacred fire Agni

There is a sacred fire that burns in the heart and envelops the whole being: it is Agni, who illumines and purifies all. I kindle that […]
07/30/2021

Live in the inner consciousness

Do not allow outward events to disturb you or be the cause of suggestions. It is as with the words of people and the suggestions they […]
07/29/2021
Sri Aurobindo

The Inner Being

There is an inner being in man of which he is not usually conscious; he lives in a superficial consciousness which he calls himself and which […]
07/28/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Three things to shorten difficulty

As for the offering of the actions to the Divine and the vital difficulty it raises, it is not possible to avoid the difficulty,—you have to […]