difficulty

06/13/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Depression: An obstacle to Sadhana and the way to make it disappear

Q: I am again feeling that depression, but I cannot find out its cause. I feel a burning pain inside me and then some part in […]
09/21/2025
The Mother

Why the path is so difficult?

Sweet Mother, Why has the Divine made His path so difficult? He can make it easier if He wants, can’t He? First of all, one should […]
07/24/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Difficulties in Yoga

The nature of your difficulty indicates the nature of the victory you will gain, the victory you will exemplify in Yoga. Thus, if there is persistent […]
06/24/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

An Important Principle

The difficulty must have come from distrust and disobedience. For distrust and disobedience are like falsehood (they are themselves a falsity, based on false ideas and […]
04/20/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Progressive Opening

Openness is not always complete from the first―a part of the being opens, other parts of the consciousness remain still closed or half open only―one has […]
03/02/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Keeping Concentration in Outer Activities

When one is outwardly active, how to keep the concentration?… Oh, this should not be very difficult. Truly it should not be very difficult. For me […]
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 […]
12/15/2024
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 […]
11/23/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How to control Temper?

If you have a serious difficulty in your character, for example, the habit of losing your temper, and you decide: “I must not get angry again”, […]