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Father represents the mind which believes it knows. But it makes mistakes and sometimes dangerous ones, possibly under the influence of desires. But the Divine

What role does mind plays in Lord Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga🤔?

September 7, 2025

The mind is not an instrument of knowledge but it has a great formative power that is needed to organize life. Its first role therefore

Bhaiya, I get easily irritated, especially when my mother compels or pressures me to do something that doesn’t come naturally to me. At times, I also feel the same way with other people who try to exert too much authority over me. I know I shouldn’t let this affect me, but it disturbs my peace of mind and takes me considerable time to recover 😥

September 7, 2025

The irritation is understandable because one feels compelled. The source of this compulsion is a conditioning that we need to conform to or do what

Why does it happen that once we finally get something we once wished for, we no longer feel the same joy in it? For example, buying a new phone or a new car. What is the lesson behind this😦?

September 7, 2025

It is the very nature of desire self that the more it gets, the more it demands. That is why you will observe that people

In the Light of recent world order events, India and US, which developed coldness in their relationship due to their individual global market policies. The present scenario shifting of Brics Alliance especially, India, Russia and China seems to me unnatural or incompatible alliance, Sanathan joining hands with Communist , Swabhava of India does not gel with them 😐[conti]

September 6, 2025

It is evidently a time of tremendous global shifts. The geopolitical shifts we are witnessing are clearly part of the process wherein men, nations, continents

A simple query- why Savitri 🕊️ begins with the process of creation?

September 6, 2025

The opening Canto of Savitri has been used by the Master poet as a symbol making it clear that the poem is not just the

Dear Sir, as there is Re-birth so the People around us our family, friends, Colleagues etc will they take birth with us or we take birth with different soul.? Kya ye log phir se hamare sath hi birth lenge ya phir nhi? Please explain🤔

September 6, 2025

One of the purposes of rebirth is to experience the infinite on a finite basis. This is generally done by changing the outer circumstances of

1. How can I stop getting irritated and frustrated over small things in general, and especially when someone doesn’t behave the way I expect😥?

September 6, 2025

Live in the wideness. When we are identified with the body as the self and our mind is centered around small things such as physical

Sorry. I don’t understand the connection of the ruchas ( shlokas) from Rugveda to the quote from Savitri Reading. Will you pl. Elaborate for me.

September 5, 2025

Actually these ruchas and the lines were chosen by Sunil Bhattyacharya ji who has composed the music. He did not chose the lines in Sanskrit

What is the place of romance in a relationship—kissing, hugging, showing love, and talking about it? Is that the only form of romance? I feel that in my relationship we have already experienced that part, and now I would like to connect more intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. But sometimes my partner says I’m boring 😥[conti]

September 5, 2025

Romance is more like the courtship dance in animals. It attracts the boy and the girl through mutual charm and attraction. But as love grows

I am interested in trying to practice physical exercise as a means of making the body more conscious. How to do say, say in swimming🏊‍♂️, so that instead of doing it routinely one does it in a conscious way?

September 5, 2025

Observe a few moments of inner silence before starting the exercise.

Offer the exercise to the Mother with prayer to make the body more

I don’t feel that Jawaharlal Nehru was the right prime minister of India and India did many blunders during his term. He even mentioned himself that he was the last British to rule India. But both Mother and Sri Aurobindo had very positive outlook towards him. Can you please elaborate on it 🤨?

September 5, 2025

The Divine takes human beings as they are and uses them for what they yet can do in terms of pushing the Divine Will further.

Sir, how can I feel the supramental consciousness in the atmosphere while visiting a relic centre🤔?

September 5, 2025

To find and feel the Divine one has to be very quiet within. The mind should stop being restless and the heart full of devotion

Whether sadhana ends at Supramentalism or goes above? Is there something according to Sri Aurobindo🤔?

September 4, 2025

If we mean by sadhana a methodized effort towards the Divine Perfection then surely the necessity of personal effort diminishes as we progress in surrender

what is the future for India China relations? We are so different and yet have the history of invasions and oppression ; and are 2 great civilisations. Should we be enthusiastic about the recent news about the meeting between the two leaders? What was Sri Aurobindo’s and Mother’s vision of China?

September 4, 2025

The Mother and Sri Aurobindo both foresaw the danger from Communist China which cannot be ignored as long as Tibet and Aksai Chin are controlled

Alok da, Mother has said never scold a child , now I never scolded my son now he is 11. Due to this two things have happened one he is on his adolescence and he just does not listen like if I tell him to pick up his clothes or put his shoes in its place from the living room now when I sternly tell, pick it up right now after 4-5 reminders then only the work is done and on the other side since he is not use to scolding at home if he faces a strict teacher or some bully in school he starts crying … so I know Ma can never be wrong but please advise in this situation 😥

September 4, 2025

The Mother was not against being firm to help the child form good habits and discipline. Scolding, especially with anger distorts a child’s consciousness. He

How to deal with the worries and fears about a possible future difficulty, that may or may not come? I think my psychosis is magnifying my worries many times. Sometimes, I am unable to divert my attention from these worries, dear Alok da. I am praying to the Divine, which comforts me sometimes, but not always. I want to remember the Divine most of the time, but with these worries, it feels as if I am living in a mental hell. I want to take Refuge in the Divine, and so, be free of all worries, but I think my psychosis is not allowing me to nestle much in the Divine’s arms. I want to talk and pray to the Divine, both by speaking and writing to Him, but I am unable to come out of these worries, which is making it difficult even to talk to the Divine. I try to reason out the worries by mental analysis, but that is not helping either, perhaps because of my psychosis, dear Alok da. I want to connect to the Divine most of the time, but these worries are very painful😕

September 4, 2025

Don’t keep thinking of the difficulties and the worries. They only increase by it. As to psychosis take whatever treatment you may have been advised

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