Letters on Yoga

10/07/2022

The Two first Agents

Experience in the sadhana is bound to begin with the mental plane,—all that is necessary is that the experience should be sound and genuine. The pressure […]
10/04/2022
Sri Aurobindo

Only Experiences are not enough

Merely to have experiences of the higher consciousness will not change the nature. Either the higher consciousness has to make a dynamic descent into the whole […]
09/22/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Secret Power

Do not allow any discouragement to come upon you and have no distrust of the Divine Grace. Whatever difficulties are outside you, whatever weaknesses are inside […]
07/16/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Changing one’s nature

To change the nature is not easy and always takes time, but if there is no inner experience, no gradual emergence of the other purer consciousness […]
07/11/2020

The energies that act in the being

It is not possible to give a name to all the energies that act in the being. They are put into several classes. First are the […]
03/17/2020
Sri Aurobindo

The inward movement

The movement inward is all to the good—for going inward if one goes far enough brings one to the psychic. The more peace there is the better; even […]
09/22/2019
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Occult Power

You need not think about the occult Power. Let the Mother’s consciousness grow in you and her Force work; occult powers are not indispensable, but if they are […]