09/18/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Eliminating the will of the Ego

Sweet Mother, How can one eliminate the will of the ego? This amounts to asking how one can eliminate the ego. It is only by yoga […]
09/17/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Childlike Path

I would like to know about the childlike path that can be taken in this yoga. The childlike path is one of unquestioning trust, total dependence, […]
09/16/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Demand and Desire

Demand and desire are only two different aspects of the same thing—nor is it necessary that a feeling should be agitated or restless to be a […]
09/15/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Accepting Grace with Gratitude

What is the way to accept the Grace with gratitude? Ah! First of all you must feel the need for it. This is the most important […]
09/14/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Desire, Aspiration, Selfishness & Self-Realisation

Sweet Mother, What is the difference between desire and aspiration, and between selfishness and self-realisation? Desire is a vital movement, aspiration is a psychic movement. When […]
09/12/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Suffering and Detachment

No action should be deemed good, no action should be undertaken until we know its immediate and, if possible, its distant consequences, and until it appears […]
09/11/2024
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Meaning of 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 […]
09/10/2024
Darshan Card 15 August 2018 (2/4)

Inner Spiritual Progress

The inner spiritual progress does not depend on outer conditions so much as in the way we react to them from within—that has always been the […]
09/09/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Psychic and Spiritual Change

Sweet Mother, What is the difference between the psychic change and the spiritual change? The psychic change is the change that puts you in contact with […]