We know of so many people who are facing impossible situations and problems and they are helpless. They do not know what to do or whom to ask.
This is a dedicated site for those who are searching for answers, who want to break from their present repeating circles of life and looking for answers that will understand them, help them find a new way-a new solution towards life beautiful and Divine.
Recently, I read a brief article comparing Karna and Vibhishana. How Karna remained faithful to his friend despite knowing that Duryodhan was in the wrong, while Vibhishan betrayed his brother because he understood that Ravan was in the wrong. It was quite an interesting comparison and it raised several questions in my mind. 🏹😐🙏🏻🌻🌄[…]
The actual story is very simple. As Sri Krishna explains in the Gita one has to be faithful to the Truth or to the Guru
Dear Sir, in your talk, you have said that in the early days, when you first read the mahavakya that “All life is Yoga,” and something positive happened, similarly, when I first read that “Man is a Transitional Being”, it was a Bingo, an Epiphany. Of course, my experience was according to my level of evolution. ❤️🔥😊🙏🏻🌼📜[…]
Sri Aurobindo writes in Savitri. ‘A casual passing phrase can change our life.’ The phrase coming from a great inner height worked like a mantra
How can one transform the Vital? Could you please provide some examples of Transformed Vital? 😊🙏🏻🌼🦋
A transformed vital is free from the clutch of desires and the strong hold of the ego that keeps it at the service of itself.
Dhurandhar Movie is popular in the Spiritual Circle. Everyone is saying that it is a must-watch. But even the poster and trailer feel uncomfortable with the smoking scene and intense violence. It is adult-rated and there is a warning for torture scenes. 🎬🍿🤔🦋✨[…]
If we go by these standards of Gandhian non-violence then the Ramayana and the Mahabharata would be banned because all these things and more are
In one of your videos, you said that many Souls are called for Yoga and very few are chosen for this Path. Sir, can you explain the difference in a little detail? 😊🙏🏻🌻🌄
By called it means that they are offered a possibility but it is left upto them to accept and take it or refuse it, for
On training the willpower. The Mother says that willpower is trained by using it. I am a very systematic person and would like to take a systematic approach to everything I do.❤️🔥😊🙏🏻🌷[…]
It is desires and impatience that weaken the will, especially the sense of urgency to gratify an impulse.
By not acting impulsively, by postponing
One of my close relatives is requesting me to let my 17-year-old daughter join the intuition courses of ‘Art of Living’. What is this pave the Way? 👧🏼❤️🔥😐🌻
I have never attended the Art of Living so I cannot say what exactly is taught there. In general however Adolescence is a period of
Namaste Alok Da. Is there any chance of World War 3, looking at the Present Condition of the World? Please share your views on the possibility. 🪖⚠️😥🙏🏻🌻
No likelihood of World War 3 for a number of reasons. World War becomes possible when either a gigantic ambition or a hardcore fanatic ideology
The Peace and Quietude within me is increasing day by day, but I’m having to protect it like a precious Flame. When I work, it’s fine, mixing with others is fine (in small doses), and all the other outer movements I’m finding ok. 😣❤️🔥😊🕊️🌼[…]
It is certainly important to guard this precious treasures that are gifts of the Divine Grace, more important than guardian material treasures. Don’t we safeguard
Recently, I had a dream where I was travelling with my wife to Skardu in PoK. It was a very beautiful place with snow-capped mountains, scenery, and rivers. But then I saw us travelling a narrow road leading to the dangerous side of the place. ⛰️🌄🙂🙏🏻🌷[…]
It is certainly not imagination but the symbolic representation of an inner battle going on within you. What is however interesting is that Skardu is
With respect to Society, how important is work and a brand name, or a company or a group name? Is that also a Western concept/idea? Is chasing this, or a so-called legacy company, or an age-old established business family, also conditioning? 🏢🏡👨🏼💼❤️🔥[…]
All these ideas of people with good karma being born in wealthy families is nothing but populist notion. False pride and vanity can never be
Alok Sir, what should we do, according to you? I want to do my studies or any work with full commitment and love. And I don’t want to I don’t want to spoil my mouth with harsh language. 🙄🌻🍃🦋[…]
Then it is best to take up some work for the material sustenance and do it in the spirit of the Divine Service. It is
What do Black Holes represent? 🌠💫😊🙏🏻🌷
They represent the Inconscience where the Light and Force of the Divine Consciousness is held back.
Some days back, I had a dream where I saw a lion who became very happy on seeing me and started playing with me. However, playfully, he started biting my left hand. […]🦁🙂🌼🍃
Seeing a lion in the dream normally indicates the Divine Mother’s power of protection against adverse forces. His playful bites were possibly its attempts to
Alok da, can you please suggest which books on Ramayana and Mahabharata one should read, as there are many versions? 📙🏹😊🙏🏻🌻
For the Ramayana, my personal fascination is with Ramacharitmanas by Tulsidas, if one can connect with the language. For the Mahabharata the standard volumes by
“Teach the vital to obey”. Obey what? And how? If it’s the Mother to obey, how will one know, really, that my Vitals are obeying Her, or simply feeling? How to know for sure that the Vital obeys? 🦋🤔🌼✨
The vital is full of unruly instincts, desires and impulses. It must first be brought under the control of the mind and reason. It must
How to open to the Mother and Surrender to the Mother? I understand the meaning and have read and listened to Talks on Surrender and Opening to the Mother. Could you please guide on a practical way of doing it in everyday life for the common man? 🌄🙂🙏🏻🪷
For Opening to the Mother:
1. Read Her works, especially Prayers and Meditations.
2. Read Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri, The Mother with Letters on The Mother.
I was reading The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky, and in the chapters “Rebellion” and “The Grand Inquisitor”, Ivan raises certain points that actually shook me to the Core. For me, they had an impact similar to Yama’s arguments in Savitri. 📗📖😊🙏🏻🌷[…]
This is a question that has vexed every sensitive heart since the awakening of self-consciousness in man. Animals don’t suffer from the gift of reflection