How should I deal with someone who repeatedly asks for my advice, insists on it even when I say no but then always ignores it and does the opposite of what I suggest🤨? [conti]

Namaskar alok Da, Considering that Sonam Wangchuk – the Climate Activist – who is in jail, has drawn inspiration from Sri Aurobindo’s autobiographical account of his year-long detention in Alipore Jail (as detailed in ‘Tales of Prison Life’), – how do you assess the way the current government is addressing environmental issues and engaging with activists — and on what basis can one evaluate who is “Right” or “Wrong” in the government-versus-activist dynamic?” 🌿

December 2, 2025

First about the facts. Mr Sonam Wangchuk is not inspired by Sri Aurobindo. There is nothing even remotely common between him and Sri Aurobindo whose name he has used as if he is going through a similar process. It …

“There is no criterion, but one can easily distinguish if one is in the inward condition, not sleep, in which most visions take place, by the nature of the impression made. A vision in a dream is more difficult to distinguish from a vivid dream-experience but one gets to feel the difference”- from Letters of Yoga. Alok Da, can you please explain the last line written by Sri Aurobindo? 🌄

December 2, 2025

A vivid dream experience is generally of a symbolic nature that reveals a deeper truth through the sign language of dreams. A vision, on the other hand is an…

Can AI gain Consciousness? Is AGI possible? 🦋

December 2, 2025

It cannot gain consciousness in the sense that human beings do. AI can learn and behave like a human being. But can it consciously evolve into a saint or a seer? Certainly no. But it can be used by beings of a higher as well as…

ASK ALOK DA

AT THE FEET OF THE MOTHER

Ask Alok da

How should I deal with someone who repeatedly asks for my advice, insists on it even when I say no but then always ignores it and does the opposite of what I suggest🤨? [conti]

Related Posts

Can AI gain Consciousness? Is AGI possible? 🦋