Aspiration

04/08/2024

What is sincerity?

There comes a moment when, free from everything, one needs practically nothing, and one can use anything, do anything without this having any real influence on […]
04/01/2024

The right spirit in the face of difficulties

..the right spirit means not to lose courage, not to lose one’s faith, not to be impatient, not to be depressed; to remain very quiet and […]
03/28/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Rising above the cyclone

Instead of falling asleep in an easy quietude and letting things happen according to their own rhythm, if one strains to the utmost one’s will, ardour, […]
03/03/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How can faith be increased?

Q: How can faith be increased? Through aspiration, I suppose. Some have it spontaneously… You see, it is difficult to pray if one doesn’t have faith, […]
12/26/2023

Aspiration

Naturally the more one-pointed the aspiration the swifter the progress. The difficulty comes when either the vital with its desires or the physical with its past […]
08/06/2023

Know Thy Master – Champaklal on his connection with Sri Aurobindo

It is impossible to write anything about my experience on 5 December 1950 [the day Sri Aurobindo left his body], when, holding me in his intimate […]
02/05/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Conditions for transformation

Q: Transformation demands a very high degree of aspiration, surrender and receptivity, doesn’t it? Transformation demands a total and integral consecration. But isn’t that the aspiration […]
01/31/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Making the body a Divine instrument

Q: My body is very weak and full of unconsciousness and tamas. How can this body become Your good instrument? At the centre of each cell […]
12/20/2022
Sri Aurobindo

The right spirit

Q: Sweet Mother, here Sri Aurobindo says, “… the difficulty faced in the right spirit and conquered, one finds that an obstacle has disappeared.” What is […]