01/03/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

Self Respect and Superiority

Self-respect and a sense of superiority are two very different things. Self-respect is not necessarily a sign of egoism any more than its absence is a […]
12/09/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Getting rid of Ego

Everybody has the ego and it is impossible to get rid of it altogether except by two things—the opening of the psychic within and the descent […]
12/04/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Imperative Duty

In the difficult hours of life, the imperative duty of each one is to overcome his ego in a total and unconditional self-giving to the Divine. […]
11/18/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Inferiority Complex

Sweet Mother, I have a habit of blaming myself, of making myself responsible for all misunderstandings; this is a weakness rather than a virtue, for I […]
11/13/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How to get out of the Ego?

What attitude should one take to get out of the ego? Attitude? It is rather a will, isn’t it? You must will it… What should one […]
10/04/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ego in the Spiritual Consciousness

How can one meet one’s ego in the spiritual consciousness? There is a spiritual ego even as there is a physical, vital and mental ego. There […]
09/18/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Eliminating the will of the Ego

Sweet Mother, How can one eliminate the will of the ego? This amounts to asking how one can eliminate the ego. It is only by yoga […]
09/02/2024
The Mother

Sensitivity

Sweet Mother, When one is very sensitive, one easily suffers. Since this sensitivity is the sign of a strong ego, how can one eliminate the ego? […]
07/30/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Giving oneself to Divine

The surest means is to give oneself to the Divine; not to try to draw the Divine to oneself but try to give oneself to the […]