Sri Aurobindo

10/27/2021

Personal initiation in work

Q: Does personal initiation mean to mix up our own individual work with the Mother’s work. which brings desire. ego and other lower elements into the […]
10/25/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

About the way to work

Q: How many times the higher action has stopped just when it is becoming powerful, simply because I have to attend to the outer work! Can […]
10/24/2021

Approaching the Divine – Work or Meditation?

Q: Did not the old Yogas always say that the approach to the Divine is more easy and direct through meditation than through work? They wanted […]
10/23/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Will as an element of higher action

Q: This morning also the habitual depression tried to enter. But the Mother saved the situation by pulling my consciousness above and using my will-force on […]
10/21/2021
The Mother

Helplessness and the Will

Q: The difficulty of managing the mechanical mind is part of the human constitution. But I find it more active and burdensome in me than in […]
10/20/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Standing up against opposing forces

Q: I lack the requisite energy to stand up against the opposite forces. Where does my difficulty lie? In the indolence of the will which does […]
10/18/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Will, Desire and Aspiration

Q: Is it not true that the will becomes or changes into desire when it comes down into the lower nature? It usually does so in […]
10/17/2021

The Will and Energy

Q: What is the will? The energy which dictates the action or prevents a wrong action is the Will. Q: By energy is meant the life-force. […]
10/16/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Surrendering to the Divine – expectations

Q: When one learns to leave things to the Divine, isn ‘t He bound to answer all our real needs? The Divine is not bound to […]