consciousness

10/07/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Signs of freedom from Vital Attachment

If you are anxious for them [material possessions], that means that you have desire and are bound. Ananda is one thing and vital enjoyment is another. […]
10/04/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ego in the Spiritual Consciousness

How can one meet one’s ego in the spiritual consciousness? There is a spiritual ego even as there is a physical, vital and mental ego. There […]
09/27/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Two Different Consciousnesses

There are always two different consciousnesses in the human being, one outward in which he ordinarily lives, the other inward and concealed of which he knows […]
09/25/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Quietening the Mind

The mind can become quiet only when you detach yourself from it and see the thoughts as things that pass. Then you don’t think yourself but […]
09/23/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Difficulties are common to all

All the difficulties you describe are quite natural things common to most people. It is easy for one, comparatively, to remember and be conscious when one […]
09/05/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Interest in outward things – Is it Wrong?

To be interested in outward things is not wrong in itself—it depends on the way in which one is interested. If it is done as part […]
08/28/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How is the instrument choosen?

How does the divine Force choose the instrument in which it wants to manifest itself? Through affinity. For the quality, the nature of the consciousness is […]
07/28/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Patience

It is certain that an ardent aspiration for the Divine helps to progress, but patience is also needed. For it is a very big change that […]
07/24/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Divine Assurance

O Mother, I want to become aware that You are watching over me at every moment. Take one step back from the surface consciousness, enter just […]