Sri Aurobindo

12/27/2021

Sensitivity of the mechanical mind

Q: My mechanical mind has become extremely sensitive. Whenever I project outwards for action — even a necessary one — the mechanical mind takes it up […]
12/26/2021

On the mechanical mind

Q: The mechanical mind is a great obstacle to reconciling my outer work with the inner concentration. It thinks too much and endlessly. There is always […]
12/22/2021

Restlessness of the mind

Q: There is a constant turmoil in the mind, which can’t rest without some activity. Usual restlessness of the physical mind. It does not like to […]
12/21/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

About memory

Q: Why do we sometimes fail to remember certain things even though we try our best to recollect them? It is the nature of the physical […]
12/20/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Absentmindedness and emotions

Q: If one shuts out emotions, doesn’t one become absent-minded? Absentmindedness has nothing to do with emotions, it has to do with mind, memory and thoughts. […]
12/19/2021

The mind and the vital

Q: My mind does not remain vigilant all the time. Perhaps it is because it has not the vital’s assistance. It is the mind’s business to […]
12/18/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

On the lower nature and tamas

Q: During the movement of transformation, I find the lower nature has a freer play in the emptiness than in the fullness. In all, the lower […]
12/17/2021

Influence of people

Q: Among the people I mix with I do not know whose influence is adverse for me. Would you kindly point it out? You have to […]
12/16/2021

Sadhana and inner consciousness

Q: If my physician asks me to take a diet of rice, meat, fish, eggs etc. (as I used to eat these before) and to cut […]