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I do understand what you said about the surgery. But my confusion is still there. I know both Sri Aurobindo and The Mother were against surgery. They were both working on their own bodies. Even in last days Sri Aurobindo registered medicine. Were they against surgery on themselves or for every one?๐Ÿค’๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ›Œ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฉบ

The Mother and Sri Aurobindo generally adviced against surgery to all their disciples. Of course there were those who went ahead with it due to

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I don’t understand anything. On one hand, I’m meditating on Gurudev and the Mother, and on the other, I’m receiving your help. And I’m ignorant, I can’t understand what’s going on? And in the yoga of transformation, along with the Mother’s power, do practitioners who have reached a very advanced state in yoga also help and how are they helped?โšก๐Ÿชท๐Ÿ›โžก๏ธ๐Ÿฆ‹

It is only the Divine who helps. But He can use anything, any person, any form to reach out to the seeker. Of course if

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A few days ago I was listening to one of your recent talks on Auromaa. There you mentioned that according to The Mother, darkness and suffering were the results of an accident. I have a few questions on this. How and why did this accident take place? Who is the practical joker whom Mother had mentioned? What was the role of the psychic beings and why did they consent to go through this suffering?โ›“๏ธ๐Ÿฅ€๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿฉน

Yes this is mentioned in one of Her talks of 1957. Let me first give the full passage.

‘Perhaps, when one knows it is a

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I find that I have a strained or tense and cautious attitude towards The Mother, as if it is a fragile relation which I could ‘mess up’ due to the impurities in me. I think I know that if I were to love Her truly one day, then I would not be cautious or reserved, I’d trust entirely and wouldn’t want to spare even a thought or a feeling for myself. I aspire to that, but I’m so very far away from it. I feel it would be helpful to start with an honest, real and open attitude and take small steps with Her towards a loving unity eventually…๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿค๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒธ

Beautiful state. Pray to the Mother and open to Her more and more. The more you open the more everything will come and develop. Do

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Why is it that I have these phases when I feel uncomfortable or uneasy, standing in front of Lord and Mother? As if they would be disappointed in me or ashamed of me. I understand that they’re not human parents and that they don’t emote like we think. It’s just how I feel.ย Honestly, that’s just my constant state of mind, I always feel that everyone is disappointed in me. I think that seeps into all my relationships, whether it is with family, or friends or even the Divine.ย ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ’”

Yes we tend to project our inner state and feelings upon others, including the Divine. It is a form of the ego that closes itself

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Two questions today, two years ago I had a back surgery, which went wrong. I remember even when they gave me anesthesia I was taking Sri Aurobindo and The Mother’s name, and had left everything to them. Now again they are talking about another surgery, saying that I have a cyst that has to come out and fuse L2 to L4. L5 S1 is already fused about 11 years ago. this will be 3 to 4 hour surgery. I think I am having some faith problem…๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿฉบ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ™

Sri Aurobindo and the Mother were never in favour of surgery. So we can’t be doing something that they themselves have advised against and then

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Is nirbeej samadhi and universal realisation or spritual realisation the same thing and realisation of sarvam khalvidam brahma is also called the same?And my second question is whether nirbeej samadhi is the intermediate link in the process of divine transformation or it has to be avoided?โ˜ธ๏ธโžก๏ธ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐ŸŒŒ

They are all different things. Nirbija samadhi is a state of the mind being completely absorbed in the Brahman consciousness. If one stays in it

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