desire

01/09/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Rejection of Desire

The rejection of desire is essentially the rejection of the element of craving, putting that out from the consciousness itself as a foreign element not belonging […]
12/29/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Real reason of Difficulty

The real reason of the difficulty and the constant alternation is the struggle between the veiled true being within and the outer nature, especially the lower […]
12/19/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Being perfectly Sincere

To be perfectly sincere it is indispensable not to have any preference, any desire, any attraction, any dislike, any sympathy or antipathy, any attachment, any repulsion. […]
12/15/2024
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Real reason of the Difficulty

The real reason of the difficulty and the constant alternation is the struggle between the veiled true being within and the outer nature, especially the lower […]
09/16/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Demand and Desire

Demand and desire are only two different aspects of the same thing—nor is it necessary that a feeling should be agitated or restless to be a […]
09/14/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Desire, Aspiration, Selfishness & Self-Realisation

Sweet Mother, What is the difference between desire and aspiration, and between selfishness and self-realisation? Desire is a vital movement, aspiration is a psychic movement. When […]
12/19/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Sure test to check the absence of desire?

Q: Sweet Mother, How can we know that our acts, our thoughts and our aspirations are not tainted by vital desire, though they may seem right […]
10/09/2023
Sri Aurobindo

Truth Consciousness

Everyone has his own idea which is more or less clear, more or less organised, more or less precise, and this idea he calls the world. […]
07/31/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Finding the Mother in work and action

You must be able to find the Mother in work and action as well as in concentration and silence. It is quite possible even if there […]