silence

03/25/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Secret to Rejecting Thoughts and Influences

All these thoughts and influences come really from outside, from universal Nature—they create formations in us or get habitual responses from the individual being. When they […]
03/16/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Handling bad thoughts and influences

All these thoughts and influences come really from outside, from universal Nature—they create formations in us or get habitual responses from the individual being. When they […]
01/06/2026
Sri Aurobindo

The First Necessity: Detachment and Inner Silence

To be able to detach oneself from the action of the mechanical mind is the first necessity; it is easier then for the quiet and peace […]
12/09/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Emptying Mind

Sweet Mother, How can one empty the mind of all thought? When one tries during meditation, the thought that one must not think of anything is […]
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 […]