The conflict is coming due to too much focus on the outer form. But there is no reason to be conflicted. Sri Krishna and the Mother are in very good terms. In her early visions when she would see Sri Aurobindo she would call him Krishna without any outer awareness of who he is and what he represents. Later Sri Aurobindo completely identified with Sri krishna. The Mother herself had a number of beautiful experiences with Sri krishna whom she would say was often Sri Aurobindo’s way of showing himself. Here is what the Mother herself mentioned about her first meeting with Sri Aurobindo.
‘How I Became Conscious of My Mission
When and how did I become conscious of a mission which I was to fulfil on earth? And when and how I met Sri Aurobindo?
These two questions you have asked me and I promised a short reply.
For the knowledge of the mission, it is difficult to say when it came to me. It is as though I were born with it, and following the growth of the mind and brain, the precision and completeness of this consciousness grew also.
Between 11 and 13 a series of psychic and spiritual experiences revealed to me not only the existence of God but man’s possibility of uniting with Him, of realising Him integrally in consciousness and action, of manifesting Him upon earth in a life divine. This, along with a practical discipline for its fulfilment, was given to me during my body’s sleep by several teachers, some of whom I met afterwards on the physical plane.
Later on, as the interior and exterior development proceeded, the spiritual and psychic relation with one of these beings became more and more clear and frequent; and although I knew little of the Indian philosophies and religions at that time I was led to call him Krishna , and henceforth I was aware that it was with him (whom I knew I should meet on earth one day) that the divine work was to be done.
In the year 1910 my husband came alone to Pondicherry where, under very interesting and peculiar circumstances, he made the acquaintance of Sri Aurobindo. Since then we both strongly wished to return to India—the country which I had always cherished as my true mother-country. And in 1914 this joy was granted to us.
As soon as I saw Sri Aurobindo I recognised in him the well-known being whom I used to call Krishna …. And this is enough to explain why I am fully convinced that my place and my work are near him, in India.’
Pondicherry, 1920
So don’t worry or let confusion come up due to fixed mental conceptions. Follow the natural course as your heart prompts you.
Email send by shinny
Her previous question was about 2 dreams she asked
Your answer:
Dear Shiny,
The first dream indicates your coming in contact with the Mother through the mediation of devotees. The second dream indicates that the Mother is watching over you as you go through the ups and downs of life. It also indicates that while people around you do not understand yet She has come to you. The third dream indicates that She is holding you tight and close through some aspect (not obvious in the dream but possibly the vital being, the vital purusha) of your soul. Such dream often indicates or confirms that you have been initiated by Her into this Yoga.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
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Please describe the concept of KULDEVTA
Asked by 41 year male
Kuladevata or Kuladevi refers to a family deity to which the family or the clan has been praying for generations and hence has developed a special bond with the being behind it. In turn the kuladevata is supposed to provide help and support when needed. These are generally beings of the higher vital world and can sometimes clash with kuladevata of other clans.
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Any correlation between purusha being dismembered to create the world and the material world being food? Is the scenario of wild dogs devouring a deer and all the natural processes of life feeding upon life a renactment of that original primal sacrifice in an inverted way? I remember reading Upanishadic sages talking about everything in the world from physical to the spiritual processes being a sacrifice. Can we see even the world history from being isolated tribes dispersed throughout the globe to the global unit that is the earth today as reintegration of dismembered purusha through the wars and battles of history?Sri Aurobindo wrote a piece on kala purusha the devourer of legions and the opening of brihadaranyaka upanishad has the imagery of devouring of creatures the moment time came into being and western occultism has this image of chronus the father of time eating his own children.Sri Aurobindo also also mentions about agni being the flame of time and death and everything is his food.I know it’s a lengthy and complicated question but really want to get some clarity on the enigmatic purusa sukta and how it’s broader implications operates in the cosmos
The sacrifice of the Purusha as described in the Purusha Sukta of the Rig Veda as well as the sacrifice of the Divine Mother as described in the Devi Suktam are an ind8cation of the thread of oneness and the deep interconnectedness of all that seems separate. It means that the sense of separateness and the assertion of a separate life which leads to the devouring of other lives ends up by a rebound from All-life in a way that the eater eating himself is eaten.
Yes annam refers to food as well as all this material existence which is constantly being devoured by Time and brought forth again. One of its practical implication is that no life can support itself in isolation or by excluding others. It is a reminder to serve as a corrective to our excess egoism. Secondly it means that the whole universe is being recreated at each moment and, if we will, we can take advantage of this and recreate ourselves each minute.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
