alokda, Author at Ask Alok Da

Sri Aurobindo did not discard Karmkand but bypasses it. His starting point is the Vedantic philosophy that there is One Reality behind all appearances. He

Why some people suffer so much in their lives both physically and mentally while others get everything smooth both mentally and physically? Yesterday I went to meet my 82 year old neighbour who is suffering from cancer for the past four years. Her treatment is going on and she was fine till June 2024 but now she has become very weak and suffering from multiple myeloma. One can see pain and suffering in her eyes. After meeting her I felt it is better to die than to live in this condition😭. Is this suffering due to what we call prarabdh or is it something else? And why not death comes and take lives of such persons who are suffering a lot because it is very painful to live in such condition?

October 16, 2024

That earthly life has its burden of suffering is obvious. The difference exists in theories about the cause of suffering. The wise say its root

Why was this world 🌏 made? You explained it beautifully, but I’m an atheist and don’t believe it was created by a power. If I did, I wouldn’t be asking this question.

October 16, 2024

Normally one would this question only if one believed that there is a Conscious Being or Power that has gone into the making of this

What were the events that turned the following wars? Ramayana, Mahabharata, World War 1 💣and World War 2. I believe the World War 2’s turning point was Dunkirk or was it when Winston Churchill became Prime Minister or I might be wrong? Please explain.

October 16, 2024

All these three or four major wars took place during the time of the three Avatars who had come to establish dharma consistent with the

Ye shrishti kisne banayi aur kyun? Why was this world 🌎 was made?

October 15, 2024

In making anything for the first time, we require these four things to happen.

There must be someone who can create, has the potential

Following para is from the book Shakti & Shakta by Sir John Woodroffe, Page#418 & 419-Chapter XXI-Hindu Ritual: The Wave of Bliss🌊, citing Samaya Tantra, says: “By the worship of some Deva, liberation is with difficulty attained, and by the worship of others enjoyment is to be had, but in the case of the worshipper of the Mother, both enjoyment and liberation lie in the hollow of his hands.” But, unless prayed to, the Mother or Devī does not, give fruit, and naturally so. FOR THE DEVI IS MOVED TO ACTION THROUGH THE PRAYERS OF THE WORSHIPPER. ESSENTIALLY THE WORSHIPPER IS THE DEVĪ HERSELF, AND UNLESS SHE IN HER FORM AS THE WORSHIPPER IS MOVED, SHE IN HER ASPECT AS THE SUPREME LORD—“OUR LADY” DOES NOT MOVE. I am struggling to comprehend the above lines in capital letters. Request your kind guidance.

October 15, 2024

It means that All is the Divine Mother. The forms She has built by HER power of limiting Maya are Herself in disguise. The power

How do we know that the events described in the scriptures 📚actually happened in the past? What evidence do we have to support their authenticity, and why do we trust the writings of the Rishis? While I understand that these writings display incredible imagination, why do we worship what may essentially be their imaginative creations?

October 15, 2024

There are three kinds of Scriptures. First type do not describe events but spiritual experiences that occur in inner subjective space and often belong to

Mother speaks in her Agenda, “The most difficult thing in the material world, here, is to fight against the result of all those millennia of experiences that have created a sort of pessimistic and defeatist consciousness—a general consciousness, you know, like this (gesture enveloping the earth). It isn’t formulated in words, but for that consciousness it can be expressed thus, “Yes, we don’t deny the existence of all those divine things, but they aren’t for us, they’re for …” (gesture to the heights)”(1) What exactly is this defeatist 😦consciousness? It is the general resistance from humanity to Truth, as it has always been?

October 14, 2024

1) Yes it is the general resistance to the possibility of anything ever changing the earthly life. Almost all the spiritual sects I know deny

Why did Sri Rama 🏹killed Vali from hide and not from front?

October 14, 2024

The short answer was that Sri Ram was focused on his work which included removing Vali, the brute beast like humanity out of the way.

All around I see people who party together and enjoy and call themselves best friends👫, I don’t think this is true friendship, can you please explain what true friendship is?

October 14, 2024

Partying together and engaging in all kinds of superficial activities together is hardly friendship. At best it is escaping from loneliness, at worst it is

In one of your talks – Kamakhya Devi, you said that Daksha Prajapati denies Shiva portion in his Yagna 🔥 which did not go well with Goddess Sati. My question is why do gods need a portion in Yagna by humans and other beings like Daksha?

October 13, 2024

Yagya is a means of interchange between the human and the divine powers. Whatever is given to the Divine, in whatsoever form and name, is

I wish to pursue my hobbies like music🎵, sports🏏. But due to the pressure of getting a job by my parents, I must only focus on studying. What to do?

October 13, 2024

Since your parents are perhaps not supportive of your interests, the first thing necessary is to become financially independent. You should look for a job,

Who invented the spoon🥄? I do not like to eat with the spoon and I like eating with my hands and then everyone tells me to eat with the spoon because of table manners specially when people are around or I am in a restaurant

October 13, 2024

The spoon is a gift of the British to the Indian people. In principle there is nothing wrong in eating with hands provided we keep

Please tell us something about what Durga Ma and her story represents?

October 12, 2024

The story of Durga is revealed in the Devi Mahatamya of Markandeya Purana as well as the Devi Bhagawat Purana. Traditionally associated with the Victory

Alok da , I am always confused and indecisive🫣.. this led me to always having big dreams and achieving nothing nor effectively studying since I was 12 and I’m close to 30. I give up like anything. Either I don’t like this or that about this job or that job or this exam or that exam or I’m scared of job profile as a girl or it’s in my state and I want to explore and it’s the same in all aspects of my life. And I never give 100% effort. I feel like I will end up a loser if this keeps going and after all this thinking I again end up watching random web series. The only good thing in life is the 10-20 minutes I spend talking to image of Ma and Aurobindo in the book. But by making mistakes which I know are mistakes, Isn’t that just pushing me more into darkness? Am I rushing or hurrying too much? It’s like I’m sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss of old habits and I don’t know where and what to conquer and stick to it. I’ve watched everything all cures but do nothing for long. Then a thought comes why am I worrying about all this when it’s all god’s plan and then again fall into the cycle in a day or two. I don’t understand anything. You’ll guide me and I’ll not even follow that for more than three days. Can I possibly do anything to grow and rise to a balanced living?

October 12, 2024

I have a simple suggestions for you.
Sit quietly for 10 min everyday and think about the purpose of your life.
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Is it useful to have separation of Purusha from Prakriti in Integral Yoga. Also is it necessary to attain this Purusha Consciousness before one can live in Supramental Consciousness 🧐. If yes then what are the steps to attain the Purusha Consciousness in Integral Yoga? If one only surrenders to Mother, can he also attain Purusha Consciousness and then Supramental Consciousness. Kindly discuss elaboratively on this Purusha Consciouness in the light of Sri Aurobindo and also in the light of Gita. Why Gita put more importance on surrender rather than having separation of Purusha from Prakriti. It will be nice if you can provide refences from Sri Aurobindo’s writing on this.

October 12, 2024

Separation of the Purusha from Prakriti by cultivating and deepening the Sakshi bhav (witness Consciousness) is indeed described as one of the first important steps