meditation

03/10/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Reasonableness in spirituality

Q: Wasn’t Dr. Becharlal’s fear of illness merely a mental notion? How can one fall ill by sitting a long time in meditation? Not just by […]
03/09/2022
The Mother

Suitable time for meditation

Q: Are day-hours better than night-hours for meditation? I seem to get more concentrated at night. That may be due to the calm and quiet atmosphere […]
02/08/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Dynamic peace and silence during meditation

Q: The peace and silence is there all the time during meditation. But what is its value unless it becomes dynamic? It has a great value […]
11/21/2021
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Concentration with Eyes Open

I find it rather difficult to concentrate with my eyes open. How am I to cultivate this habit? It is so with everybody — unless they […]
11/11/2021
Darshan Card Sri Aurobindo Front

Meditation or Reading?

One has to do some physical work as part of the Karma Yoga, also some personal work. Where is the time then to read for one’s […]
10/24/2021

Approaching the Divine – Work or Meditation?

Q: Did not the old Yogas always say that the approach to the Divine is more easy and direct through meditation than through work? They wanted […]
09/13/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Position during meditation

Q: My body feels the effects of the heat. These days I was tired. Also, I did my meditation lying down. Is there any objection to […]
03/08/2021

Solace in the most unlikely place

When I was asleep in the Ignorance, I came to a place of meditation full of holy men and I found their company wearisome and the […]
11/05/2020

Meditation

Meditation by the way is a process leading towards knowledge and through knowledge, it is a thing of the head and not of the heart; so […]