Inertia

10/03/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Beware of three fundamental obstacles in Sadhana

There are only three fundamental obstacles that can stand in the way: 1) Absence of faith or insufficient faith. 2) Egoism—the mind clinging to its own […]
05/25/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Mental Indifference and Lack of curiousity

Sweet Mother, Are mental indifference and lack of curiosity a sort of mental inertia? Usually they are due to mental inertia, unless one has obtained this […]
04/16/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

What to do when sinking of consciousness happens?

An occasional sinking of the consciousness happens to everybody. The causes are various, some touch from outside, something not yet changed or not sufficiently changed in […]
09/10/2022

Getting rid of Inertia, Ego and Desire

Q: Why don’t the inertia, ego and desire decrease in spite of our sustained effort to change them? It needs time, persistent will and effort and […]
09/09/2022

Resistance and Inertia at the physical level

Q: Today I tried to take a walk. It was so tiring that my right leg ached! I had to suspend my normal painting work! All […]
08/23/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The will to rise

Q: Rising above, one rarely thinks of bringing anything down oneself. For one always thinks it is enough if one can dwell there up above and […]
02/07/2022

Dealing with an obstinate inertia

Q: How is one to deal with such an obstinate inertia? The first means is not to get upset when it comes or when it stays. […]
12/24/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Consciousness and Energy

During work, how is the consciousness to be kept within when the energy goes out? Are consciousness and energy really the same thing? If consciousness and […]
12/18/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

On the lower nature and tamas

Q: During the movement of transformation, I find the lower nature has a freer play in the emptiness than in the fullness. In all, the lower […]