surrender

04/28/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Making a happy surrender

Sweet Mother, how can we make our submission gladly? It must be sincere. If it is truly sincere, it becomes happy. So long as it is […]
03/18/2025
Sri Aurobindo Ashram's The Mother Charan

Surrender and Sacrifice

Is not surrender the same as sacrifice? In our Yoga there is no room for sacrifice. But everything depends on the meaning you put on the […]
12/17/2024
Sri Aurobindo

Stay Hopeful

There is no reason why you should abandon hope of success in the yoga. The state of depression which you now feel is temporary and it […]
12/09/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Getting rid of Ego

Everybody has the ego and it is impossible to get rid of it altogether except by two things—the opening of the psychic within and the descent […]
10/15/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Communing with the Divine

You said that you want to commune with the Divine with your whole being, including your physical consciousness, and for your body to be conscious of […]
09/02/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram with Dyuman

Reason for all Trouble

There is one thing everybody should remember that everything should be done from the point of view of Yoga, of Sadhana, of growing into a divine […]
07/09/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Being firm towards goal

Whether by tapasya or surrender does not matter, the one thing is to be firm in setting one’s face to the goal. Once one has set […]
05/30/2024
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The personal effort needed …

The personal effort required is a triple labour of aspiration, rejection and surrender,— an aspiration vigilant, constant, unceasing—the mind’s will, the heart’s seeking, the assent of […]
03/17/2024

Surrender – The Victorious attitude

As I told you, the great secret to get rid of all nasty things and to remove the veil between you and the Divine, is Surrender, a […]