Inertia

09/06/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Intellect and Inertia

Is it true that a person with a well-trained intellect will not have much inertia? A well-trained intellect and study are two different things — there […]
05/20/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Two Principal Things

There are two principal things. This, the capacity for enthusiasm which makes one come out of his greater or lesser inertia in order to throw himself […]
03/10/2020

Obstacles on the path of Progress

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 […]
04/26/2019

Inertia – a tremendous force

Inertia is a tremendous force – one of the biggest world – forces. Ref: Letters on Yoga – IV
04/17/2019

Slowness

It is as you say and there is a certain element of inertia in it; the slowness of the mind and the nature to seize something […]
02/06/2019

Inertia

A certain inertia, tendency to sleep, indolence, unwillingness or inability to be strong for work or spiritual effort for long at a time, is in the […]
09/16/2017
The Mother on passivity

Passivity – Perfection of Inertia

A great passivity is needed for the Force to be able to pass through quickly and reach the body. I see that each time there is […]
08/10/2017
Questions and Answers

Connect with the universal vibrations – Through effort

  It is only effort, in whatever domain it be—material effort, moral effort, intellectual effort—which creates in the being certain vibrations which enable you to get connected […]