AT THE FEET OF THE MOTHER
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Last night I had a dream that lasted for a very long time, but I remember a little bit. I was writing something, and I had a photo of Shiva near me, then suddenly there was a very loud roar, and that photo turned into a living Mother who had two faces, one behind the other, who was fair in colour, and from her face her tongue was sticking out. ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ”ฑ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿชท[…]

The Mother is revealing to you that She is Shiva and Gauri and Kali and Hanuman and all the gods besides whom one worships.

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Recently, I heard that people who visit Baba Dham (Baidyanath Dham, Deoghar, Jharkhand), take ganja as prasad of Shiva Ji. I felt so bad that Hindus have made a mockery of their religion. Instead of understanding Lord Shiva, the Adiyogi, people have limited Him to their pleasure and linked Him to bhang and ganja. ๐Ÿ”ฑ๐ŸŒ™๐Ÿ™[…]

Yes, it is painful to see that the once mighty Aryan culture and Sanatana Dharma have reduced itself to such absurdities. It is painful to

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Thank you for your previous response regarding the Mind and Consciousness. Could you please explain how to differentiate between the two? I would appreciate further clarification on how to identify which aspects of my personality belong to the Mind and which belong to Consciousness. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒป

Consciousness is a fundamental fact. Mind is only an instrument built by Consciousness to express itself in ways that are tangible. For example, as the

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I am quoting from your answer: “This implies a constant practice of equanimity as well as a complete faith in the Divine that whatever is needed will come.” – You mean to say then one need not even think of his bodily needs, like eating, drinking, and a place for living, a sleeping bed, health care, etc., if one has complete faith. ๐Ÿฅธ๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŒป[…]

The Gita, speaks to sarvasankalpasannyasi and Yogakshemavahamyaham. These are not mere words or hollow promises. At least such has been the experience of those who

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What if the desire to hold on โ€” the attachment โ€” isnโ€™t rooted in pride or the need to show ownership, but rather in a deep sense of care? A quiet protectiveness, born not from materialism, but from love. What if itโ€™s not about clinging to possessions, but about holding close the people who matter most โ€” not out of selfishness, but from the fear of loss?๐Ÿค”๐ŸŒผโœจ[…]

Yes, attachment and care are not necessarily a negative movement. They are indeed a form of Sattwic love which is certainly higher than the gross

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Why do I feel a massive weight in all of my nerves mind and body when I read Sri Aurobindo even for a single page, a single page of a poem like Ilion or a single page of Synthesis of Yoga or the Life Divine as if this pouring out from a too vast a source and I cannot hold it, this unease doesn’t even come when I sit down with any of my tough academic books. ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿซฃ๐ŸŒ…๐ŸŒป[…]

What Sri Aurobindo is giving us is a complete roadmap, the entire truth, the broad idea and the total landscape of the human evolutionary journey

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