I often visit Pondicherry, but my aspiration feels weak when I’m there. At the Samadhi, I feel blank and don’t feel like sharing my problems to the Mother—it just doesn’t come naturally. I struggle to share everything. I feel like I go there to relax, even though I can easily connect with the Mother because the whole atmosphere is filled with her presence. But when I’m away from Pondicherry, I listen to your talks, read books, and my aspiration feels stronger. I write to the Mother my problems, good and bad days. It’s confusing why I don’t feel more aspiration when I’m in Pondicherry 🙄? Why does this happen?

I had a dream at night, where I first saw the house in which we live now. Then, after that, just like this house, there is a slightly different house which is lying vacant, and there is no door on one side. 🏚️⛈️🦎[…]

February 22, 2026

The dream signifies that you are able to enter your inner being which is now safe from the assault of the world forces to which the outer being is prone. The lizards denote the capacity to devour harmful lower vital energies.

When I start with “The Upanishads” by Sri Aurobindo, intellectually it drags me more and more into the ocean, with the Divine waves pushing me with a huge force, that I suddenly pull myself out, unable to bear the breathlessness. 😵‍💫💫🌻😇✨[…]

February 22, 2026

But they are two very different works with very different purposes. As far as the equivalent of Bhagawadam and Ramayana is concerned one has to read Sri Aurobindo, his life unique or else Tales of Prison life or the ultimate …

How to deal with psychological fears while doing yoga. I am vulnerable to it. I stop my surrender process if suddenly a fear comes in that, “your body won’t be able to take the Mother’s energy”. It says, “This yoga is only for powerful people and you are unfit to realise the divine in this birth.” 😰🌼❤️‍🔥

February 22, 2026

These doubts and suggestions come to many who take up the yoga, paradoxically even more to those who are marked for the spiritual life. You can neutralise them by giving a counter-suggestion that you are the Mother’s …

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