self-mastery

10/14/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ascetic Methods for Self mastery

Mother, for self-mastery are not the ascetic methods useful sometimes? No! You cure nothing. You only give yourself the illusion that you have progressed, but you […]
04/05/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ascetic methods for Self Mastery

Mother, for self-mastery are not the ascetic methods useful sometimes? No! You cure nothing. You only give yourself the illusion that you have progressed, but you […]
01/22/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Achieving self-mastery

Q: In order to achieve self-mastery, should one follow the method of “widening the consciousness”? Widening the consciousness is necessary for all who want to live […]
07/18/2017
TheMother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Overdoing ascetism

I agree that asceticism can be overdone. It has its place as one means—not the only one—of self-mastery; but asceticism that cuts away life is an exaggeration, […]