06/02/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashrm with Tara Didi

Difficulties

Difficulties always arise from the ego, that is, from your more or less egoistic personal reaction to circumstances, events and people around you, to the conditions […]
05/28/2025
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Overcoming Ego

What is the most effective way to overcome the ego? The simplest and most effective way is to offer it to the Divine; the more sincere […]
04/18/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Super Ego

Sweet Mother, what is a “super-ego”? A super-ego means an ego that’s enlarged, swollen, made more important, even, than it can be… Super-ego means an ego […]
04/03/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Cutting Knot of the Ego

Sweet Mother, how can we cut the knot of the ego? How to cut it? Take a sword and strike it (laughter), when one becomes conscious […]
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 […]