Sadhana

01/14/2026
The Mother Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The real reason for obstacles and difficulties

The illnesses you have are the signs of the resistance of your physical consciousness to the action of the Divine Power. If you cannot advance in […]
12/20/2025
The Mother with Surendranath Jauhar

Difficulties from Relatives

The difficulty which you experience from relatives and others is always one that intervenes as an obstacle when one has to practise the sadhana in ordinary […]
12/19/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Outward Things

To be interested in outward things is not wrong in itself—it depends on the way in which one is interested. If it is done as part […]
11/27/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Mental inertia

Q: Sweet Mother, Are mental indifference and lack of curiosity a sort of mental inertia? Usually they are due to mental inertia, unless one has obtained […]
11/10/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Yoga and Sadhana

Yoga is union with the Divine, sadhana is what you do in order to unite with the Divine. You have to get away from the ordinary […]
10/31/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Getting through the difficulties

An always intense aspiration, an unswerving and unwavering will turned to the one thing only, help to get through the difficulties without discouragement or falling into […]
10/13/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Yoga, Sadhana and Dhyana

Yoga is union with the Divine, sadhana is what you do in order to unite with the Divine. You have to get away from the ordinary […]
08/24/2025
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Fluctuations in Aspiration and Sadhana

These fluctuations in the force of the aspiration and the power of the sadhana are unavoidable and common to all sadhaks until the whole being has […]
07/05/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Avoiding Crowd

It is mainly an inner guard that you must keep. At the same time, if you feel unease in crowds it is better to avoid them—except […]