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Sir, I have a question: Whenever I see someone in pain, I help them, believing that perhaps God wants to help them through me. And since my financial situation is not very good, I mostly help them through my own physical effort. Sir, should I not perform this work with this attitude? Please help me, I know nothing about this. πŸ˜’πŸ«΄πŸΌπŸ˜πŸ™πŸΌπŸŒ·

The impulse to help others can stem from any of the four states, with resultant different effects. Help done under tamas is an unthinking help

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Just two days ago, it dawned on me that I no longer felt only the presence of a Guru. I wanted to experience the vast Sri Krishna and the Divine Mother, who transcends Form and Name. I prayed for this. The very next day, while reading Book 4, Canto 3 of Savitri, these lines came to my mind: πŸŒŒπŸ“–πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸΌπŸŒΉ[…]

The whole mystery of the Divine Incarnation is there. The Divine assumes a Name and Form so that by the help of their Name and

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Dear Sir, why do we sleep? Why is it a necessity? Why do we not stay awake 24 hours? I read somewhere that Sri Aurobindo recommended 8 hrs of sleep. I am experiencing a drastic reduction in my sleep. I am not an insomniac( as far as I know), I feel I can sleep whenever I want, but why sleep? πŸ₯±πŸ˜΄πŸ’€πŸŒΌπŸƒ[…]

Yes, a conscious sleep as you describe is the right thing. Sleep is needed for our consciousness to go within and come in contact with

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Respected Alok da, please tell us in detail about Overmind Planes, which activities are being done by the Gods and Godheads in the Earth environment. Are the Gods and Goddesses still on Earth, except the Goddess Mahadurgā? Whether human beings can become Godlike, uplifting in the Overmind domain, although now no need to be… πŸŒ„πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸΌπŸŒ»

The gods have always been there, in fact they have been labouring even before the material creation came into existence. It is the gods and

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My birth took place on the Seventh Day of Sharadiya Navratri, and my Nakshatra is Mula. Actually, a few days ago, I learned about my Nakshatra, and a Guruji had mentioned that it is Challenging. When I searched, I found that it is associated with the resolution of Past-Life Karma and Transformation. πŸ“•πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸΌπŸŒŒβœ¨[…]

Astrology, jyotish, stars etc do not control or govern our destiny. If this was true then the law of karma and the Divine working would

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