faith

05/06/2024

Faith and Trust

Q: If one has faith in the Divine and also trust, what is the difference between faith and trust? Faith is something much more integral—that is […]
04/29/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Meaning of “To Live for the Divine”

To live for the Divine means to offer all that one does to the Divine without desiring a personal result from what one does. Certainly at […]
04/25/2024

Faith: The role of personal effort

Q: Sweet Mother, can faith be increased by personal effort? Faith is certainly a gift given to us by the Divine Grace. It is like a […]
04/01/2024

The right spirit in the face of difficulties

..the right spirit means not to lose courage, not to lose one’s faith, not to be impatient, not to be depressed; to remain very quiet and […]
03/20/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashrm with Tara Didi

Watching over one’s faith

Certainly a personal effort is needed to preserve one’s faith, to let it grow within. Later—much later—one day, looking back, we may see that everything that […]
03/19/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Faith

[We must have] faith that always what is for the best happens. We may for the moment not consider it as the best because we are […]
03/03/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How can faith be increased?

Q: How can faith be increased? Through aspiration, I suppose. Some have it spontaneously… You see, it is difficult to pray if one doesn’t have faith, […]
03/01/2024

Nurturing the Divine within

Let your faith be pure, candid and perfect. An egoistic faith in the mental and vital being tainted by ambition, pride, vanity, mental arrogance, vital self-will, […]
11/07/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Faith during moments of trial

In moments of trial faith in the Divine protection and the call for that protection; at all times the faith that what the Divine wills is […]