concentration

10/02/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Getting rid of random thoughts

To get rid of the random thoughts of the surface physical mind is not easy. It is sometimes done by a sudden miracle, as in my […]
04/27/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Power of Concentration: A Path to Intellectual Intuition and Spiritual Growth

When you have a question to solve, whatever it may be, usually you concentrate your attention here (pointing between the eyebrows), at the centre just above […]
12/16/2023

Getting out of mental laziness and inertia

Q: Sweet Mother, How can one get out of this mental laziness and inertia? By wanting to do so, with persistence and obstinacy. By doing every […]
11/13/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

What is concentration?

Q: What is concentration? It is to bring back all the scattered threads of consciousness to a single point, a single idea. Those who can attain […]
09/30/2023
Sri Aurobindo

Dispersion and Sadhana

Dispersion and sadhana are two things that cannot go together. In sadhana one has to have a control over the mind and all its actions; in […]
01/26/2023

Making the nights conscious

Q: May I try to make my nights conscious? I pray for guidance. 1) A short concentration before going to sleep, with an aspiration to remember […]
05/28/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Easiest and Best way for Concenration

Q: I find it very difficult to do the right kind of concentration. Since I can’t concentrate properly, would it not be best for me to […]
04/28/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

In the Mother’s Lap

Q: I find it very difficult to do the right kind of concentration. Since I can’t concentrate properly, would it not be best for me to […]
02/14/2022

Tamas and concentration

Q: When there is much tamas it fatigues the mind and this affects my concentration. I ought to disregard all such reactions and go forward. If […]