I can’t say because I never believed in academic approach. I wrote extensively but never consulted books. Wrote through inspiration and reflection. This original thinking
Records of Yoga were actually never meant to be read by anyone. They are Sri Aurobindo’s personal notes and neither the Mother nor Sri Aurobindo
Why should one want to become street smart? Perhaps there is some feeling of inferiority which comes from comparison with others. The best way to
The true basis of relationship between the Guru and the disciplle is the seeking for Truth or Wisdom and Light. This seeking formulates itself in
If one were to summarise it in one sentence then one can say, in the deepest mystic sense, that the world has forgotten the Divine
It will depend upon the mantra as well as the wish, desire or aspiration, as it may be, in the heart of the sadhak. There
As far as I am concerned everything else dropped naturally, effortlessly. I was anyways not much into rituals and knew that many of these things
It means you should be careful about people, even with good intention such as helping them. There are influences people cast using truth to vindicate
Yes sometimes when a part of our being opens fully, another part, that is like a shadow dormant in the subconscient rises to resist vehemently,
Doing good is one thing, Mukti is another. Doing good or more specifically engaging in Sattwik acts helps prepare us for Mukti unless we get
Sadhana is not done by personal effort alone. Always there is the Grace behind and the whole trick is to rely more and more upon
Guilt belongs to the world of the ego and not to the soul. The soul is untouched by guilt. It takes all experiences, pleasant and
There is nothing wrong in earning money. On the contrary it is much better to earn money through one’s own efforts than rely on someone
These images generally arise from the subconscient. There might be some forces at play trying to create mischief. It is difficult to say where these
I don’t know why you switched from nothing can happen to everything can happen. Surely the Divine Grace protects else this world would have been
Sri Aurobindo has described them in great detail about the working of these four great goddesses or feminine powers of the Divine Mother. In simple
First things first. The first necessity of any and every human being is to arrive at his maximum possibility, to realise his or her highest
I understand the difficulty. The Vedas speak of basically two operating systems to which we are subject. The first is when we are being schooled
