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 […]
04/08/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Vibration of Good Will

Can one help the world with a vibration of goodwill? With good wishes one can change many things, only it must be an extremely pure and […]
04/07/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Spiritual and Psychic Consciousness

Q: What is the difference between the spiritual and psychic consciousness? A: The Spirit is the consciousness above mind, the Atman or Self, which is always […]
04/06/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Mental Nightmare

What is a “mental nightmare”? When there is a chaos in the brain or a local fever, a particular turmoil in the brain, an overstrain, or […]
04/05/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Playing Tennis

Physical beauty for a woman

What is the ideal of physical beauty for a woman? Perfect harmony of proportions, suppleness and strength, grace and force, plasticity, endurance and, above all, an […]