consciousness

11/27/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ego at higher spiritual planes

Q: Some sadhaks say that as one enters into higher planes one meets with a greater ego, ignorance and falsehood. How can this be? It is […]
11/06/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Reading as part of Sadhana

Q: One has to do some physical work as part of the Karma Yoga, also some personal work. Where is the time then to read for […]
11/04/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Question-asking

Q: To overcome the obstinacy of the physical mind I had better stop asking you so many questions about the sadhana, and only state what happens […]
11/01/2021

Dealing self-indulgence with consciousness

Q: So many pretensions and excuses are there for self-indulgence. Sometimes they are very subtle and therefore more difficult to deaL with even than hostile forces. […]
10/30/2021
Sri Aurobindo

The coming up of the vital and ego

Q: Does the present coming up of the vital and the ego coincide with the need of my sadhana, i.e. for their transformation? The ego and […]
10/23/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Will as an element of higher action

Q: This morning also the habitual depression tried to enter. But the Mother saved the situation by pulling my consciousness above and using my will-force on […]
09/30/2021

Energy and Consciousness during work

Q: During work, how is the consciousness to be kept within when the energy goes out? Are consciousness and energy really the same thing? If consciousness […]
09/25/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Overcoming difficulties

Q: You have said, “It is a matter of the most external consciousness being sufficiently fortified so that there should be no disturbance even there.” Could […]
09/18/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The reason lower forces attack the yogi

Q: Why do the lower forces attack the yogi? In order to bring him down to the lower level, so as to prevent him from ascending […]