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As we open Facebook and Whatsapp of various groups to which we are tied or are at times forcibly included because of past associations, there are postings against activities of other religious groups, which are depicted as anti national😡 or against our religion. We know that age of religion is over. But we also don’t like which go against our cultural heritage or say philistine in nature. What should be our attitude to or reactions to all such postings?

September 2, 2024

It is for each one to decide. One can try to understand if there is a truth in what is said. Or one can choose

Why people when they get some better option reject someone whom them are with for so long time? How to be careful with such people who treat other’s as an object of their pleasure😞?

September 2, 2024

People do so because they are driven by the whiplash of desire. It is not a question of better option, – after all how does

My parents call me a child, I am 13 now, I am a grown up why they calling me a child? I think I should not be called a child now 😛

September 2, 2024

Who told you that, my dear? There is a child in everyone. As long as you feel you have to grow up, as long as

My class teacher says I need to increase my concentration, how can I do that🙃 ?

September 2, 2024

Concentration involves three things, – Awareness, observation, sustained attention.

Our awareness is diminished if we are tired, poor diet and poor sleep. Observation is affected

Why do we usually use sweets as a gift and why are sweets used to greet people? I do not like this, especially during Diwali 🪔 can this not be changed?

September 1, 2024

Yes, I agree it a silly tradition. So then what are gifts that we can give to others? Why not give happiness and joy to

How to keep the aspiration grow🔥 and keep it alive?

September 1, 2024

By feeding the fire with thoughts of the Divine; by reading books that are full of spiritual light and fire such as The Gita, Sri

Why alcohol is connected to freedom? These days, just to prove a point people, specially women too have started drinking in the name of freedom 😡 but isn’t real freedom not needing a drink to be happy ? Isn’t real freedom that I don’t need a drink to forget my problems because like an adult one has solved them or faced them ?

August 31, 2024

Yes the sign of an adult is that one faces the challenge, tries to understand the real problem and finds healthy ways of dealing with

What should we do when we are 80🙄?

August 31, 2024

Let me make it a little more concrete.

When people grow old, many people eventually pass away. I don’t like to use the word death,

How to deal with changing seasons of life? How to prepare oneself with the last season❄ that is old age?

August 29, 2024

In ancient Indian tradition we had the system of these four ashramas. Initially it was the brahmacharya ashram when you gather yourself, that is what

How to use one’s Discerning Mind in certain Situations like Heart break or Dealing with loss events?Most often we know certain thing is not good for us but still why we can’t use Discerning Mind over Our Emotions😏 and what’s the way to use it? Please Explain.

August 29, 2024

The discerning mind is able to turn inwards and upwards instead of the discursive mind that rushes outwards and leaps at appearances. The first thing

What is true freedom ? Can you explain it’s difference from the western concept of doing whatever you want in the name of freedom😏. Example parents not taking care of their children and the same children not taking care of them, people breaking marriages or not committing in the name of freedom, children getting confused about their gender which is a biological aspect in the name of freedom, people abusing their self with alcohol and drugs in the name of freedom. Is this really freedom?

August 29, 2024

Freedom essentially means the freedom to make choices. However this does not mean that there will be no consequences of our choice. Each and every

My room mate and I were talking today😟.His points are:(1) Modiji is worst.(2)He don’t support even congress.(3) He comes from Aadivasi background, and he looks at everything from the POV of the oppression done on backward classes, and even today whatever is happening, only rich are getting rich, and wealth is horded by one section of the society largely.(4) The police force kills and attacks the innocent tribals, in the name of terrorists.(5)Both BJP and Congress has done nothing to help tribals, and only Communists like CPIL,CPL, and other Student unions like AISA, SFI of JNU, only they have stood up for the backward communities.(6) Dharma has no meaning for him, bhookha vyakti adhyatm ka kya karega, isliye he supports communism. Now I don’t argue with him, I listen everything he says very carefully and peacefully with equanimity. I just want you to throw light on this.

August 29, 2024

Actually this is the propaganda of the Communists to lure young people. But it is not supported by facts. It is likely that excesses are

If once a person passed on and its been many years since they have passed. So then they must have taken a re-birth, so does that mean that we never meet them again😪?

August 29, 2024

We meet those who deeply love each other but the form is not the same. One has to recognise inwardly.

Affectionately,

Why some people need to suffer 🥲for the mistakes of others? Is it because they suffer because they are good? How can we change this?

August 28, 2024

Well we suffer in such situations because of attachment with people linked to us through birth and circumstance. There is also somewhere a need for

This question has been lingering in my mind since many years, its about Mahabharata. Arjuna was a great warrior, a bhakta yet had 4 marriages. So did he marry due to attraction or were these marriages done for a political purpose or where they done out of love?And if the marriages were done out of love then would it not be adharma towards his first wife🤨?

August 28, 2024

The ideal of one marriage is a relatively modern idea. In ancient times, the ideal of one marriage was mainly advocated for the priestly class

Can Sri Aurobindo’s Integral synthesis be considered as a new darshana (making Sad Darshana into Sapta Darshana) or would it be a new school of Vedanta (along with mayavadic advaita, dwaita, vishitadvaida, say, as a Purna/Integral advaita)? Would appreciate if you can please elaborate on this🤔. Thank you.

August 27, 2024

Sri Aurobindo used the term Realistic Vedanta as well as synthetic Vedanta so we can call it as saptadarshana which is of the nature of

If you meet someone in the dream who was very close to you and he feels so real but that person has passed on, then how is it possible to meet him as you know that it has been years and you know he has taken a rebirth so is that person symbolic or you have indeed met the person? and if you have then why did I meet him in the old form🤔?

August 27, 2024

These forms are embedded in our memory and can spring up from there due to a subconscious wish. Or some part of the person may

Dear Sir, I want to know whether can I visit Sri aurobindo’s and Mother’s room 😇on my birthday? I am very eager to visit their rooms and sit for sometime. If not then on which dates can we see their rooms?

August 27, 2024

Sri Aurobindo’s room is no more accessible on birthdays. However it opens on the 15th August, 24th November, 05th December and the 24th April. On

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