detachment
08/06/2024
There are three things you can do to alleviate and shorten the difficulty: 1) Detach yourself from this vital-physical—observe it as something not yourself; reject it, […]
09/14/2023
All thoughts really come from outside, but one is not conscious of their coming. You have become conscious of this movement. There are different ways of […]
02/03/2022
Q: During these dark periods what do you suggest that I do? There are always two alternatives, either to remain calm and detached and aspire or […]
01/03/2022
Q: Rejection and detachment when there is a rush of difficulties are good. But I feel they are hardly enough. Something more seems to be needed; […]
12/02/2021
Q: Some sadhaks hold the belief that an illness is a cherishable thing, that it comes from the Divine to test our faith: it makes us […]
05/29/2021
As for the offering of the actions to the Divine and the vital difficulty it raises, it is not possible to avoid the difficulty,—you have to […]
08/03/2019
Calm, discrimination, detachment (but not indifference) are all very important, for their opposites impede very much the transforming action. Intensity of aspiration should be there, but it must go […]
05/14/2019
Detachment is the beginning of mastery, but for complete mastery there should be no reactions at all. When there is something within undisturbed by the reactions […]
03/08/2019
From the Yogic point of view one ought to be indifferent and without sense of ownership or desire of fame or praise. But for that one must have […]