patience

01/11/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The first…

The first condition is not to have one’s own personal interest as a goal. The first qualities needed are boldness, courage and perseverance. And then to […]
07/28/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Patience

It is certain that an ardent aspiration for the Divine helps to progress, but patience is also needed. For it is a very big change that […]
07/13/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A Prayer

Patience, strength, courage, calm and indomitable energy…. Let the mind learn to be silent, let it not be eager to profit immediately by the forces which […]
11/25/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Finding one’s own path

All paths lead to the goal provided they are followed with persistence and sincerity. It is best for each person to find his own path, but […]
04/08/2023
Questions and Answers

Patience of the Divine

Q: I am overwhelmed at the patience and compassion with which you put up with our insincerities, disobediences and loosenesses. Human nature is like that in […]
03/01/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Patience

Do not be impatient, because full knowledge does not come to you at once. In quietude of mind keep the contact, let the true Light and […]
11/01/2022
Sri Aurobindo

Aspire intensely without impatience

Aspire intensely, but without impatience…. The difference between intensity and impatience is very subtle—it is all a difference in vibration. It is subtle, but it makes […]
01/12/2022
Sri Aurobindo

Acquiring peace, joy, light and power

Q: We request you to tell us how to get all that peace, joy, light, power. The secret is to want it and nothing else. (Smiling) […]
07/14/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Tackling the recalcitrant parts of our nature

Q: How to persuade the recalcitrant parts of our nature to surrender? A: Try to make them understand, as one does with a child who does […]