08/09/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Human love and Divine Love

The Mother did not tell you that love is not an emotion, but that Divine Love is not an emotion,—a very different thing to say. Human […]
08/08/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Imagination is a knife ?

The imagination is like a knife which may be used for good or evil purposes. If you always dwell in the idea and feeling that you […]
08/07/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Quietening the Mind

The mind can become quiet only when you detach yourself from it and see the thoughts as things that pass. Then you don’t think yourself but […]
08/06/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Three things to shorten Difficulty

There are three things you can do to alleviate and shorten the difficulty: 1) Detach yourself from this vital-physical—observe it as something not yourself; reject it, […]
08/05/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Prayer

O Eternal Master, Thou art in all things like a vivifying breath, a sweet peace, a sun of luminous love piercing the clouds of darkness. Grant […]
08/04/2024
The Mother

Unhappiness Inside : The Cure

My sweet Mother, I feel very tired; some part in me is not happy. I don’t know whether it is inside me or outside; something feels […]
08/03/2024
Sri Aurobindo

The greatest help for others

To concentrate most on one’s own spiritual growth and experience is the first necessity of the sadhak—to be eager to help others draws away from the […]
08/02/2024
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Abandoning the Ordinary Life

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 […]
08/01/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Dependence on outward Things

You should not be so dependent on outward things; it is this attitude that makes you give so excessive an importance to circumstances. I do not […]