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I had a dream where I was on the verge of committing suicide, but I was delighted and was imagining my future life. Then suddenly I got reminded of my parents, which gave me a shock of what I was doing, and I started weeping when I woke up, but I was still weeping then. Does it indicate my attempt to annul my ego, which I couldn’t do due to my attachments? 😶‍🌫️😣🌻🦋🍃

April 11, 2026

Suicide never annuls the ego. It only kills the body. The ego is not a physical, material principle but a subtle psychological one. The first

When I listen to your speeches or read Sri Aurobindo, I often get emotional and my eyes automatically well up. Why did this happen to me? 🥹🙏🏻🌷❤️‍🔥[…]

April 11, 2026

The tears are of course tears of bhakti, tears of longing and joy as the soul feels the touch of The Divine Mother and recognises

On weekdays, I also sometimes deliberately extend my work or make plans to meet a long-unseen friend. Deep down, I feel I am doing all of this mainly to stay away from Home and Family. 😣❤️‍🔥🌻🦋🍃[…]

April 11, 2026

The emotional being, unhappy with its present emotional environment and relationship, either turns towards other persons (the usual course) or else it turns towards some

How can I protect myself from someone’s blackmail? I mean, I know my father’s nature. Even after telling him everything and explaining things, he’ll use the same tactic: “I’ll kill myself if you don’t get married…” etc. Sometimes he even hurts himself. How can I stop all this? This isn’t right, is it? 😥🥀❤️‍🔥🍃

April 11, 2026

Nobody can stop anyone and nobody is responsible for anyone else. You are responsible only for your own life. And you should decide based on

Any trainer or exercise enthusiast nowadays says that carbohydrates need to be apportioned and meals should not be predominantly laden with carbohydrates. My friends have reduced a lot of Rice and Roti also. They have introduced Proteins like Soy, Mung, Besan and Eggs in their Diet. Some even go to the extent of taking extra Protein via Supplements. 🫛🫘🍛🫓🥚🤔🌾[…]

April 10, 2026

The scientific world measures and is obsessed with quantities. It calculates the amount of energy and the actual requirement. What it misses, since it cannot

I have been trying more and more to steal time for writing. I find out that it soothes me when I get in the zone and just let the words flow. I have also finally started therapy. I can only do bi-weekly sessions due to work, but it’s a start, which I hope will be helpful. ✒️❤️‍🔥😊🙏🏻🌼[…]

April 10, 2026

One can progress in many ways but courage and faith are indispensable. Faith is most important out of the two as doubts (self doubts, doubts

I often hear you mention ‘Equanimity’ in many of the talks. But I am still not able to have a clear picture of exactly what Equanimity means and how I should practice it in my day-to-day life. Please elaborate with examples, if you can. 🤔🪴😊🙏🏻🌷✨

April 10, 2026

Peace and Equanimity are the strong foundations of the Yoga that includes works and the world in its scheme of things. Even as such these

What is the Help? And how can we help? This is regarding Mother’s lines: “The world is preparing for a big change. Will you help?” (New Year Messages – 1970) 😊🙏🏻🌻🌄

April 10, 2026

By choosing the luminous future that has been brought to earth by Sri Aurobindo rather than refusing it because of doubts and fear. By being

Whenever I am doing any work or riding a bike or even in the busiest schedule, in some corner of my mind, I am remembering the Divine. Or I am getting thoughts of the Divine. But when I sit for Meditation that time I remember only useless things. And all the Thoughts jumble up in my mind. 🧘🏼‍♂️❤️‍🔥👷🏼‍♂️🌷✨[…]

April 9, 2026

Yes it is a common phenomenon in the beginning. It is easier to remember the Divine when the surface mind is engaged in some mechanical

Telepathy, I don’t know much about it, but a spontaneous/intuitive thought came that I should play a little bit with it, a kautuk, and use my little power(Her Grace) of the WILL to do Telepathic Communication through Mind (by focusing through the Eyebrow Centre). 💫😊🙏🏻🌻✨[…]

April 9, 2026

If the inspiration has arisen naturally and you are careful about the safeguards against the ego you may practice it. Know however that all powers

Dear Sir, I had a Dream where I was in a relative’s house. There were known faces, and I had interactions, but with a disinterested attitude towards them. Suddenly, in that home, lots of cute domesticated animals appeared. 🏡🐅😊🙏🏻🦋✨[…]

April 9, 2026

It means that there is a resetting of balance in your life. There is a detached indifferent outlook towards the relatives, a growing love for

While reading Savitri (which I read at a very slow pace and loudly, giving each word its own tone according to its meaning and context, and with a rhythm, which I try, it is refining gradually, more by listening to you sing and also the rhythm and style that the Mother used. My family members often ridicule me for singing out loud English poetry. Well, that’s their loss. I don’t care. I am here to please my Soul.), various kinds of experience I often get, in my mind, vital and also in physical.📖🗣️😊🙏🏻🪷✨[…]

April 9, 2026

The effect of reading or listening Savitri is indeed wonderful. Though the degree and depth of impact depends upon the inner preparation and receptivity of

Alok da, in my house, there is Renovation going on and my Mom and I have a Dust Allergy. I keep coughing and my Mom’s voice is gone. My father is keep on insisting to shift to Nana Nani’s home. 👴🏼👵🏼🌻🏠✨[…]

April 8, 2026

We should decide things based on what is good and the right thing to do, not on the basis of likes, dislikes, boredom etc. You

Clearly, Superman is superior to Sithita Pragya of the Bhagavad Gita. Right? 👨🏼🪷📙🌄

April 8, 2026

Very clearly since Superman has many other things besides Wisdom. Even the yoga of the Gita goes far beyond Stitha Pragya, let alone the Superman.

Dear Sir, I am a huge Cinephile, although I avoid low-grade Cinema like Horror, too much Gore and Violence, Vulgar and other such Genres. 🎞️🎬😊🙏🏻🌻🦋[…]

April 8, 2026

It is quite true that one can learn a lot from Cinema as it does provide a Kaleidoscopic experience of life, though often exaggerated and

Dear Sir, why does Nightfall happen? I know, I am asking a Teenager’s question in my thirties, but I sincerely don’t know the cause. I think I am not sincere enough, and I have hidden lust, which causes this to me. 🛌🏼🥱🦋🌷✨

April 8, 2026

Nighfalls occur because the sexual fluid needs an outlet. It has five possible outlets. One is through physical relationship with a woman which is its

Dear Sir, there is a difference between the Rama of sage Valmiki’s Ramayana (not read, but heard in bits and pieces) and the Rama of Tulsidas’s Ramacharitmanas (read/heard the whole, many times, love it), I prefer Tulsidas’s version. Please share your thoughts. 🏹📙😊🙏🏻🪷🌄

April 7, 2026

The Rama of Valmiki and the Rama of Tulsidas are the one and the same Rama, except that both see from a different vantage point.

I am sorry to say this, but in general, your generation is the most confused gen. It was the first gen where, in general, the majority of middle-class families got their first college grads. In doing so, they left home for studies in urban areas and did services in a modern environment. 👨🏼‍🦳🧔🏼‍♀️👨🏻‍👩🏻‍👧🏻‍👦🏻🏡🌷[…]

April 7, 2026

Personally, I never identified with any generation or the social milieu then or now. I believe one should think independently, reflect, discern and then make

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