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Namaste Sir. In one quote, the Mother has said: “Give up trying, give up the will to progress, give up the aspirations for realisation, give up everything and say to the lord in all sincerity, let thy will be done.” If we give up everything, what will make us to work and search for the divine? 🙏🏼🕊️✨

It is the penultimate stage of sadhana somewhat like Sri Krishna’s final injunction to Arjuna, sarvadharmanparityajya, to give up all Dharmas and take refuge in

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Lately, I have been experiencing vivid dreams and waking visions featuring well-known cultural figures and intense scenarios—ranging from sudden surges of immense wealth and public adulation to dramatic confrontations where I find unexpected strength while chanting and remembering the Divine.🌙🧠✨[…]

You did the right thing by leaving the typically highly competitive stressful environment which is generally not conducive to inner growth. From what you describe

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Is thought really opposed to action? How to achieve spontaneity in action cos I am struggling with this problem of being decisive and sticking to a plan and rather burden myself with so many permutations and combinations of various scenarios that are gonna play out if I follow a course of action and, in the end, come to doubt the very plan itself. 🧠⚡🧭[…]

The difference between thought and action is a most common difficulty. Its reason is not that the physical mind gets into an obsessive mode. It

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I had a vivid dream after a long time, but I only remember parts of it. After reading Tales from Shakespeare, I had a layered dream: losing track of time at a cinema, then being taught acting by two friends while spontaneously translating Homer’s Odyssey, alongside vivid imagery of a bizarre zig-zag skyscraper and strange facial distortions that woke me once I questioned them. 🌙📖🎭[…]

The dream was, in all likelihood triggered by the reading of Shakespeare’s book giving you a glimpse into his mind which is the many tiered

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