selfishness

09/14/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Desire, Aspiration, Selfishness & Self-Realisation

Sweet Mother, What is the difference between desire and aspiration, and between selfishness and self-realisation? Desire is a vital movement, aspiration is a psychic movement. When […]
09/01/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Human Affection

Human affection is obviously unreliable because it is so much based upon selfishness and desire; it is a flame of the ego sometimes turbid and misty, […]
11/16/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Jealousy and Laziness – What’s the Solution?

Sweet Mother, How can one get rid of, or rather correct, jealousy and laziness? It is selfishness that makes one jealous; it is weakness that makes […]
09/16/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Difficulties in Yoga

The nature of your difficulty indicates the nature of the victory you will gain, the victory you will exemplify in Yoga. Thus, if there is persistent […]
01/20/2021
Divine Feet of The Mother

Achieving peace and harmony

Shake off all narrowness, selfishness, limitations, and wake up to the consciousness of Human Unity. This is the only way to achieve peace and harmony. Ref: […]
09/15/2019
Sri Aurobindo

Nationalism – Dharma of the age

Self-sacrifice involuntary or veiled by forms of selfishness is, however, the condition of our existence. It has been a gradual growth in humanity. The first sacrifices are always […]