obstacles

02/21/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Negative Side of Sadhana

It is a mistake to dwell too much on the lower nature and its obstacles, which is the negative side of the Sadhana. They have to […]
01/08/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

A Prayer

Let us shun the paths that are too easy and ask no effort, the paths which give us the illusion of having reached our goal; let […]
08/18/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Three Fundamental Obstacles

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 […]
06/25/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Mother’s Help

The Mother’s help is always there but you are not conscious of it except when the psychic is active and the consciousness not clouded. The coming […]
11/05/2023

Put your faith on the Mother

Whatever difficulties there may still be in the outer nature, they will not make any difference to the fact that you are now awake within, the […]
10/31/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Obstacles for sincere people entering a spiritual life

If you come to the spiritual life with a sincere aspiration, sometimes an avalanche of unpleasant things falls upon you: you quarrel with your best friends, […]
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 […]
09/18/2023

Sri Aurobindo and The Mother on Lord Ganesh

Ganesh is at once the god of wisdom and the remover of obstacles. Ganesh is the devata of spiritual Knowledge… – Sri Aurobindo  (Ref: Letters on Yoga […]
07/11/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Keep your will and trust

It is no use giving way to depression or self-distrust, they are only obstacles to the change you want and which the Mother is working at […]