01/26/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Fighting against bad thoughts

Sweet Mother, From time to time there is an upsurge of bad thoughts; the mind becomes like a mire of passions and I wallow in it […]
01/25/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

True Intelligence

There is one thing very difficult for the mind to do but very important, according to me: you must never allow your mind to judge things […]
01/24/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Prayer

O thou who art the sole reality of our being, O sublime Master of love, Redeemer of life, let me have no longer any other consciousness […]
01/22/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

To be modest

Generally people pass from an excessive appreciation of their personal value to an equally excessive discouragement. One day they say, “I am wonderful”, and the next […]
01/21/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Suffering

Suffering is not inflicted as a punishment for sin or for hostility—that is a wrong idea. Suffering comes like pleasure and good fortune as an inevitable […]
01/20/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Active and Passive Equanimity

Passive Equanimity: This refers to the aforementioned sense of faith in the divine will which enables one to carry on with a passive endurance and equal […]
01/19/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Working of the Vital

May I know how the vital works? I think it is still full of impurities. Thinking too much about one’s impurities does not help. It is […]
01/18/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Relying on the Divine

One must rely on the Divine and yet do some enabling sadhana—the Divine gives the fruits, not by the measure of the sadhana but by the […]
01/17/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

When the Lord draws nearest..

..when the Lord draws nearest to men to establish a conscious relationship with them, it is then that, in their folly, men do the most foolish […]