12/04/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Imperative Duty

In the difficult hours of life, the imperative duty of each one is to overcome his ego in a total and unconditional self-giving to the Divine. […]
12/03/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Keeping Inner Guard

It is mainly an inner guard that you must keep. At the same time, if you feel unease in crowds it is better to avoid them—except […]
12/02/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Insanity

Insanity is always due to a vital attack, or rather possession although there is often a physical reason as well. Hysteria is due to a pressure […]
12/01/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

Life Energy

What does life-energy mean? It is the energy that creates and sustains life in the physical organism; it is this energy which is used, when it […]
11/30/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A Prayer

Mother Divine, grant that today may bring to us a completer consecration to Thy Will, a more integral gift of ourselves to Thy work, a more […]
11/29/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Talking in Sleep

Sweet Mother, At times I talk in my sleep. It is a sign that the mind lacks control, isn’t it? So what should I do to […]
11/27/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Human Will and Divine Will

Will, as it is usually conceived, is the elaboration of a thought, to which is added a force, a power of fulfilment accompanied by an impulse […]
11/26/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Happiness and Contentment

Happiness in the ordinary sense is a sunlit state of the vital with or without cause. Contentment is less than happiness—joy of peace or being free […]
11/25/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Vital Reactions

A vital reaction means a response of the vital to the touch or pressure of an idea, action, event, person or thing. E.g. if someone speaks […]