04/17/2025
The Mother with Tara Didi

Transforming Pain in Pleasure

Sweet Mother, how can one transform pain into forms of pleasure? Ah! But that’s not something to be done, my children. I shall certainly not give […]
04/16/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Occultism and Mysticism

What is the difference between occultism and mysticism? They are not at all the same thing. Mysticism is a more or less emotive relation with what […]
04/15/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Becoming aware of One’s Movements

One must be clearly aware of the origin of one’s movements because there are contradictory velleities in the being—some pushing you here, others pushing you there, […]
04/14/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

Renunciation of Good Habits

Sweet Mother, You have written: “Of all renunciations, the most difficult is to renounce one’s good habits.” What exactly do you mean by this? Does it […]
04/13/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Perfecting Oneself

To perfect oneself, one must first become conscious of oneself. I am sure, for instance, that the following situation has arisen many times in your life: […]
04/12/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Three Important Things in Offering

(1) Offer yourself more and more—all the consciousness, all that happens in it, all your work and action. (2) If you have faults and weaknesses, hold […]
04/11/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A General Rule

When man becomes a little wiser, he will not complain about anything and will take the things the Divine sends him as a manifestation of His […]
04/09/2025
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Cravings and Desires

These cravings and desires are old habits of the physical which came to it from the universal Nature and which it accepted and took as part […]
04/09/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Psychic Self-Control

The psychic self-control that is desirable in these surroundings and in the midst of discussion would mean among other things: 1) Not to allow the impulse […]