Sri Aurobindo

07/03/2022

Yoga and the lower sexual impulses

Q by a Sadhika: — who said in her letter that “her husband was trying to justify the lower sexual impulse by quoting Shastra and also […]
07/02/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Doing work that is expected

Q: There are times when one cannot do work that is expected of one. Of course, one can’t do what others demand of one. The question […]
07/01/2022

Outer Action in Yoga

Q: Can one not take up the outer action — say. political — in the yoga? Sri Aurobindo: External action can also be taken up in […]
06/30/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

How does marriage affect a person seeking spirituality

Q: Suppose a person aspiring for spiritual life marries, what would happen to him? If such a man marries three things might happen: 1. If it […]
06/29/2022

Sushupti condition

Q: What is the Sushupti condition? It is a state of consciousness with reference to which your mind is not awake, your mind is Sushupta — […]
06/28/2022
Sri Aurobindo

On gossip and criticism

Q: Can you explain why these poisonous shafts of criticism are thrown at me, without any reason at all? Imagination + inference + joy of the […]
06/27/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Divine and Hostile forces

Q: Even the forces and their attacks are, perhaps, like the working of the left hand of God; it helps the Yogi to rise higher. With […]
06/26/2022

Attack of the lower forces

Q: Why do the lower forces attack the Yogi? In order to bring him down to the lower level, so as to prevent him from ascending […]
06/24/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

On the Gayatri Mantra

Sri Aurobindo: Do you know the meaning of the Gayatri Mantra? Vyas: It is a great Shakti — power — but I do not know the […]