silence

11/15/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Silence of Physical Consciousness

Sweet Mother, What is meant by the “silence of the physical consciousness”1 and how can one remain in this silence? The physical consciousness is not only […]
10/30/2025
Sri Aurobindo

Absence of Thought

The absence of thought is quite the right thing—for the true inner consciousness is a silent consciousness which has not to think out things, but gets […]
10/28/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Emptiness

Emptiness is not in itself a bad condition, only if it is a sad and restless emptiness of the dissatisfied vital. In sadhana emptiness is very […]
08/28/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A Prayer

O Lord, O eternal Master, my thought lies mute and powerless before Thee but my heart calls to Thee; awaken all my being that it may […]
07/01/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Awakening of Inner Being

There is a stage in the sadhana in which the inner being begins to awake. Often the first result is the condition made up of the […]
06/12/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A Prayer

O my sweet Master, eternal splendour, I can only unite with Thee in silence and peace, saying that Thy Will may be done in every detail […]
05/16/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Training the mind

Q: How is one to get intuition? By calmness of mind? Calmness is not enough. The mind must become silent. Q: Then it will take a […]
03/19/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Achieving Silence in the Classroom

What can I do to achieve a silent atmosphere in the classroom? Be completely silent yourself. Bring a piece of cardboard with you, about one metre […]
01/06/2025
Sri Aurobindo

A Prayer

Thou art the one and only goal of my life and the centre of my aspiration, the pivot of my thought, the key of the synthesis […]