Yes, this is an interesting trend, mostly in India. Essentially it implies that God is moving out of fixed formats and entering into the crowded marts and the commonplace lanes of life. Overall it is something good, for the moment it is good. It is the equivalent of the hippie movement in the sixties about which the Mother observed that they are the ‘barbarians of the New World’ who broke the existing systems and opened the doors to new ways of approaching the Divine Reality. Here too the traditional distinctions between the sacred and the profane are being blurred out and a more wide opening to the spiritual life is taking place. It is not without its dangers but a risk that has to be taken by the advancing, evolving spiritual impulse in man.
After listening to your lectures, I came to know that The Divine is always with us. But why couldn’t I feel the presence in my heart? At that time, I felt very lonely, expecting someone to listen to me. How can I live with the confidence that Sri Maa Sri Aurobindo are always keeping watch over me? 😊🙏🏻🪷
September 25, 2026
The Divine is in the heart can be felt very intuitively. When we address ourselves as I where do our hands naturally go? To the centre of the chest, isn’t it? Something in us feels that our true centre is there. Also despite the challenges of life we keep striving for some kind of an ideal state, ideal love, perfect knowledge, true harmony and peace and all the rest. We seek these things in ourselves and others even though nothing…
