consciousness

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 […]
06/20/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

Difficulties in life

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 […]
06/10/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Meditation as a Means

What do you call meditation? Shutting the eyes and concentrating? It is only one method for calling down the true consciousness. To join with the true […]
06/05/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Oscillations in Consciousness

These slight oscillations always happen until everything is open. They are due to one of two causes,—either (1) Some small part or movement of the being […]