06/11/2018

A detached condition in adversity

… .Meanwhile, in spite of all adverse circumstances, try to get back into this detached condition in which the material things lose their hard reality. It […]
06/10/2018
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Preserve the True Spiritual Calm of the Self

It is not possible that there should not be stumbles, failures, etc. in the work of self-purification and change, but to feel upset or remorseful over […]
06/09/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Work as an offering to The Divine

All work done for the Divine, from poetry and art and music to carpentry or baking or sweeping a room, should be made perfect even in […]
06/08/2018

Developing concentration

Fix a time when you can be quiet every day. Take one of Sri Aurobindo’s books. Read a sentence or two. Then remain silent and concentrated […]
06/07/2018

Never be impatient

There is no need at all to think of other lives; you must strive to realise the Divine in this life itself, and you will do […]
06/06/2018
Wallpaper of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Mother

The Sadhana of inner concentration

…work also is sadhana, if done in the right attitude and spirit. The sadhana of inner concentration consists in: (1) Fixing the consciousness in the heart […]
06/05/2018
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Practise an Inner Isolation

It is not absolutely necessary to abandon the ordinary life in order to seek after the Light or to practise Yoga. This is usually done by those who […]
06/04/2018
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

The obstacles shall be overcome

O Mother divine, the obstacles shall be overcome, the enemies appeased; Thou shalt dominate the whole earth with Thy sovereign love, and every consciousness shall be illumined with […]
06/03/2018

Reject restless thinking

This [restless thinking] is what we call the activity of the mind, which always comes in the way of the concentration and tries to create doubt […]