04/23/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Necessities of a sadhak

The necessities of a sadhak should be as few as possible; for there are only a very few things that are real necessities in life. The […]
04/22/2021

The aim of Sadhana

All attachment and ego must disappear.No temptation of power, for power is given only to do the Divine’s work and the power itself is the Divine’s. […]
04/21/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Conquering Fear

One of the great remedies for conquering fear is to face boldly what one fears. You are put face to face with the danger you fear […]
04/20/2021

Abolishing Ego

All human beings are full of ego. If you want to change, you must be very quiet and always aspire for a higher consciousness to come […]
04/19/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Shake off the tendency to depression

The depression again was the cause why everything went wrong and the arrangements made fell through or took a wrong turn. For depression prevents the Force […]
04/18/2021

Combating melancholy

There are three ways of combating it (melancholy). One is to take interest and busy yourself in something else not yourself and to think of your […]
04/17/2021

Happiness

Happiness in the ordinary sense is a sunlit state of the vital with or without cause. Contentment is less than happiness—joy of  peace or being free […]
04/16/2021

Curiosity about lower vital forces

You cannot escape from these lower vital forces by being curious about them. This kind of curiosity only encourages and invites them and keeps them recurring. […]
04/15/2021

Fate shall be changed by an unchanging will

A seed shall be sown in Death’s tremendous hour, A branch of heaven transplant to human soil; Nature shall overleap her mortal step; Fate shall be […]