Aspiration

12/17/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How to save yourself from Depression in Sadhana

The effort demanded of the Sadhak is that of aspiration, rejection and surrender. If these three are done the rest is to come of itself by […]
12/02/2022
Sri Aurobindo

Emotion and Emotional Desire

Emotion is a good element in yoga; but emotional desire becomes easily a cause of perturbation and an obstacle. Turn your emotions towards the Divine, aspire […]
11/03/2022
Sri Aurobindo in his room

There is no unfitness …

The Mother’s help and mine are always there for you. You have only to turn fully towards it and it will act on you. What has […]
09/14/2022

True Aspiration

From the purely psychological point of view, aspiration is a self-giving, always, while desire is always something which one draws to oneself; aspiration is something which […]
02/10/2022

Bringing down higher things by aspiration

Q: When my consciousness is in silence I try to keep my mind as empty as possible. Then I leave my sadhana and even the thought […]
02/05/2022

How to aspire properly?

Q: Will you not teach me how to aspire properly so that there may be no mental push in it? A quiet prayer or remembrance of […]
11/12/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Need for personal Aspiration

Is any personal aspiration necessary during the state of blankness or self-forgetfulness? I ask this because once you wrote that if the silence is deep there […]
10/18/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Will, Desire and Aspiration

Q: Is it not true that the will becomes or changes into desire when it comes down into the lower nature? It usually does so in […]
09/21/2021

Fighting the dark periods

Q: During these dark periods what do you suggest that I do? There are always two alternatives, either to remain calm and detached and aspire or […]