01/28/2019

Intellect – Its purpose

As for the intellect it is indispensable to man up to a certain point; after that it becomes an inferior instrument and often misleading and obstructive. […]
01/27/2019

Advice to educators

There is one thing that I must emphasise. Don’t try to follow what is done in the universities outside. Don’t try to pump into the students mere data […]
01/26/2019
Sri Aurobindo

The dry coconut – an image of the being

It is said that when one has realised, one becomes like the dry coconut which moves in the shell, which is free inside, no longer attached […]
01/25/2019

Superstition

There is no unlucky number. Numbers all have their powers and why should 13 not have its chance? Ref: Letters on Yoga – III
01/24/2019
Wallpaper of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Mother

Remain Receptive

How is it effective on the outer physical and material plane? One way would be to open oneself to this higher consciousness and remain so throughout […]
01/23/2019

Overcoming subconscient fear

You must not fear. Most of your troubles come from fear. In fact, ninety per cent of illnesses are the result of the subconscient fear of the body. […]
01/22/2019

Power will come

It is not necessary to ask for Power. It is the Mother’s Force that must work in the being and if it is there, all necessary power […]
01/21/2019

The paradox of life

This is life. One stumbles and falls at the first occasion. One tells oneself: “Oh! One can’t always be so serious”, and when the other part returns, once […]
01/20/2019

Conquering Desires

Yielding to desires is not the way of getting rid of them. There is no end to desires—each one which is satisfied is at once replaced […]