It is clearly a sign of the working of Her Grace that has not only shown you the absurdity of being driven by ambition and
Sri Aurobindo wrote this essay around 1915 or 1916. The context was the justification given by the British that we are required to govern and
These things such as what job one should be applied for etc are a kind of subliminal intuition that do not necessarily come from the
The Mother has clearly said that the Divine does not usually guide us about these events, at least not the way we think it to
First of all my appreciation that you are able to see through these people who, under different names, are trying to destabilise the country, hurt
Here is the full statement of The Mother written to one of the Capatains in the Ashram Physical Education Department in response to his prayer.
Cobra represents the urge to evolve or the beginning of the evolutionary process. It is obviously a good sign. Snakes in general represent fear, fears
Absolutely true. I look upon it as trying to bribe the gods which is so absurd. A true god is much more happy when we
A yogi is someone who aspires for the Divine in some aspect or the other. Prayers etc are means. One may or may not use
Of course it is a very personal decision. But if I were in your place I would go by what The Lord has hinted in
Absolutely true. There is nothing better than being an instrument of the Divine Mother, a living example of whatever we can conceive of the Divine.
Human birth is not the ultimate. It is the peak of creation in ignorance. In human beings the Ignorance becomes a consciously seeking Ignorance. It
What better remedy for a devotee than the name of the Divine Mother and faith in Her Grace. How does the remark and criticism of
As we see in the poem itself, Sri Aurobindo describes these two aspects of Sri Krishna. One is the Universal or Cosmic Divine hidden in
One can never be lost enough as to not connect with Her. In fact, the more we feel lost, the more we should call Her
One cannot deny that there is some truth in the statement. When machines took over, the labourer and the workers were threatened. When big Corporates
Human beings are a bundle of contraries. All of us carry these contradictory aspects which takes time to be reconciled or bridged. The process of
In the image of the Gita, buddhi is like the charioteer that holds the reins of the Mind or, if you use a modern image,