Will a time come when the hostile forces will be there no longer?
When their presence in the world is no more of any use, they will disappear. Their action is used as a testing process, so that
Straightforwardness
Straightforwardness means simply to be honest with oneself and with the Divine and not to be crooked in one’s ways. Self-justification is unwillingness to recognise
What is the place of training or discipline in surrender? If one surrenders, can he not be without discipline? Does not discipline sometimes hamper?
Maybe. But a distinction must be made between a method of development or discipline and a willed action. Discipline is different; I am speaking of
“If we are to attempt an integral Yoga, it will be as well to start with an idea of the Divine that is itself integral. There should be an aspiration in the heart wide enough for a realisation without any narrow limits. Not only should we avoid a sectarian religious outlook, but also all one-sided philosophical conceptions which try to shut up the Ineffable in a restricting mental formula.” – Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga, SABCL, Vol. 20, p. 76 […]
Everyone forms an idea of the Divine for himself according to his personal taste, his possibilities of understanding, his mental preferences, and even his desires.
Earnestness
In the major part of your being you are very much in earnest. But of course there are always parts or rather parts of parts
When we are concentrated in mental movements or intellectual pursuits, why do we sometimes forget or lose touch with the Divine?
You lose it because your consciousness is still divided. The Divine has not settled into your mind; you are not wholly consecrated to the Divine
What is the nature of dreamless sleep?
Generally, when you have what you call dreamless sleep, it is one of two things; either you do not remember what you dreamt or you
