depression

06/03/2020
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Compliments and Depression

That is a great error of the human vital—to want compliments for their own sake and to be depressed by their absence and imagine that it […]
12/28/2019
Sri Aurobindo in his own room

Depression and despair

Fits of despair and darkness are a tradition in the path of sadhana —in all Yogas oriental and occidental they seem to have been the rule. I know […]
09/05/2019

Shun Comparisons with others

This is a very common disease with the sadhaks—making comparisons with feelings of jealousy and envy—in some it leads to revolt and self-assertion, in others to […]
08/27/2019
Sri Aurobindo in his room

True Quietitude

The feeling of loneliness, udasinata, dryness and lack of rasa come very usually when the vital part is disappointed in its desires or tries to give them up […]
05/16/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Perfect Equanimity – Sign of true Divine consciousness

All human beings are full of desires; their life is built by desires. The will of man is made of desire, his needs are desires .. He can […]
04/22/2019

Reject negative movements

Be careful to reject always movements (like vexation, discontent etc.) that bring back confusion or depression. One cannot always help these movements coming, but one can reject them when […]
12/17/2018

Depression

Not to be depressed – it is extremely important. Depression is a sign of weakness, of a bad will somewhere, and bad will in the sense […]
10/25/2018

A detached delight

…Delight without detachment would be a very dangerous gift which could very easily be perverted. So, to seek Delight before having acquired detachment does not seem […]
07/08/2018

Brooding over fall in concentration

Fall of the concentration happens to everybody – it has not to be taken as if it were something tragic or allowed to be the cause […]