obstacles

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

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 […]
09/01/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Overcoming obstacles to the sunlit path

Q: What still comes in the way of Mother taking me on her sunlit path? If the ego is gone and the full surrender is there, […]
07/25/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Will Mother Accept ?

Q: If a Sadhak even after a long time cannot fully open himself to the Mother owing to obstacles in his nature, does it mean that […]
05/15/2022

Obstacles as checkpoints to progress

Q: In The Life Divine there is a quotation where you have said, “May the restrainers tell us to go to other fields and conquer them.” […]
01/11/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Veil in the heart

Q: Is there a veil in the heart also? Yes, a veil or wall of the vital being with its surface consciousness and emotional disturbances. One […]
04/10/2021

Sincere aspirations – always fulfilled

Since you want the Divine Life so much, you need not be afraid of failure, for a sincere and sustained aspiration is always fulfilled. Make a […]
04/15/2020
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 […]
12/27/2018

Face obstacles with equanimity

In Yoga, as in every great or serious human effort, there is always bound to be an abundance of adverse interventions and unfavourable circumstances which have […]