There are quite a few other similarities. Sri Krishna was brought up in a foster home away from his parents and so was Sri Aurobindo.
Nature has created this world in a many-tiered way. The animal plan is its beginning, the animal humanity and the higher humanity are the middle,
The first thing to understand is that the Divine who chose to plunge into the ignorance with the full knowledge of the aftermath of suffering
What is called as the subconscious mind by these authors is generally the subliminal that is to say below the threshold of our awareness. The
God’s Name has indeed a great power. Any Name, any Form with which you associate the Divine is good but certain names such as of
In short, India had a long unbroken history of over 12000 years plus of being ruled by great Hindu Kings and Emperors who followed the
Vaitarani (the river that frees you from mortal remnants) known in Greek mythology as river Styx is a stream of energy that supposedly flows in
Yes, it is only possible to master it through the intervention and constant action of the Grace supported by our persistent faith and will. …
Yes, it is due to an instability in nature. Psychosis itself is the result of this instability that arises because the consciousness has got centered
Yes, of course, reading and writing prepare the ground, they are not a replacement or substitute for direct experience which comes through the meeting of
He has already answered this as you have correctly indicated, through the svabhava. Svabhava is the Divine Impulsion in creation that generates karma. It is
Yes, I understand the sense of lost opportunities that come sometimes when we look back at life. It is inevitable because human beings live in
Yes, your intuitive insight is quite correct about much of the present humanity. The Mother and Sri Aurobindo herself cautioned about this in several places.
Matter is the jada tattva of which all earthly life is based upon. Its nature is obscurity, inertia, darkness. It carries its own truth within
These longings are normal and natural at your age. There is nothing wrong in going through these aspects of life consciously, offering it all at
Yes, that is what I meant about the complications that married life brings. However it is also a good preparation as it opens the heart’s
Beautiful question. You can give her some examples of material things that cannot be killed or destroyed by knife, for example water, air, fire, space.
Choosing the parents happens when the psychic being is developed and able to chose the conditions of earthly life into details. Until then it is
