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After hearing the detailed description of Samadhi during a talk on Yoga-Samanvaya (The Synthesis of Yoga), a question arose in my mind: the place at the Pondicherry Ashram that we call Sri Aurobindo’s Samadhi—is that perhaps the most fitting name for it? Please kindly share some insights about that indescribable place, drawing upon your own realization. 🌸🙏🏻

The Samadhi sthal in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry is not a Samadhi in the conventional sense but much more. Ordinarily, a state of Samadhi

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Connecting the dots began when Their words gave meaning and touch to my life. When adverse forces rushed in and urged me to escape the cosmos, Sri Arvind and Sri MA anchored me with the truth that Her work is to be done right here on Earth. I learned that true understanding does not lie in the mind’s synthesis, but in quietude and inner union. First Union with the Divine, then Work. 🌸🙏🏻

Yes, I understand. What I have understood as the essence and crux of this yoga is opening and surrender to The Mother. The whole secret

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Can the ego be converted? If so, how? Psychic individuality is the need. Even if the ego is converted, will it allow the Psychic to come forward and take over ? I was told i am ruled by my ego. Its been difficult for me to understand and also find my true identity amidst various identities within, without any concrete individuality. 🌸🙏🏻

Conversion of the ego means that instead of turning towards the satisfaction of desires and being at the mercy of every stroke of nature it

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