realisation

05/23/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Is the reason always right?

Is the reason always right in its own domain? Reason? Yes. If it is really reason, it is right. It is not absolutely right if one […]
02/17/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Types of Prayers and Aspiration

There is the purely mechanical, material prayer, with words which have been learnt and are mechanically repeated. That does not signify anything much. And that has […]
11/15/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

All are Divine

The Divine is the goal, the path and the one who treads the path. But isn’t a person who is not advancing towards the Divine also […]
07/23/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Realizing the Divine

Sweet Mother, What does it mean, really, “to realise the Divine”? It means to become conscious of the Divine Presence in oneself or on the spiritual […]
04/22/2024

The four great instruments of Yoga-Siddhi

Yoga-Siddhi, the perfection that comes from the practice of Yoga, can be best attained by the combined working of four great instruments. There is, first, the […]
02/17/2024
The Mother

Why are there difficulties?

If you look at yourself carefully, you will see that one always carries in oneself the opposite of the virtue one has to realise (I use […]
07/29/2022

Realising the Divine Consciousness

Q: What will happen if one realizes the divine consciousness? First thing, you will become calm, quiet; secondly, there will be the feeling of strength, I […]
10/15/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Durga Puja – Victory Day, 1953

Today was truly a day of victory, victory over all that yet remained human in the physical consciousness. O Nature, I bring to thee force and […]
10/14/2020

Purification of the Vital

Purification of the vital is usually considered to be a condition for successful sadhana. One may have some experiences without it, but at least a complete […]