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Is eating milk and white bread for breakfast with a dash of sugar a bad thing? Modern food guidelines are making too much of white bread and sugar. They have almost declared them as human toxins, to the point of cutting some food sources completely from one’s diet. And I believe in eating everything in moderation. Where is the truth behind such regulations? 🥛🐄🥗🤔

August 18, 2026

Cow Milk has been the staple diet of many Indians through generations. It is also regularly provided in the Ashram Dining Room. Chemically it comes

Mother says not to have an ordinary outlook on things. How to develop a spiritual outlook on everything- circumstances, people, etc.? 🙄🙏🏻🌻

August 18, 2026

The simplest of ways to develop the spiritual outlook is Swadhyaya and Satsang, reading of books that carry the authentic spiritual vibration and the company

I’m telling the truth when I say I just know for a fact that, despite my limits and flaws, I know I want The Divine enough to do whatever I need to do. When I was sharing that I have doubts, I was observing the hesitation in parts of me in order to acknowledge and overcome it instead of hiding it; I was not choosing or identifying with those doubts. 😊🙏🏻🌸❤️‍🔥[…]

August 17, 2026

I know that and there is no question of doubting any of it. I know your love for Them is genuine and so is your

Alok da, what is the real significance of Marriage in one’s life? I feel the social and societal cause is too much of an extra emphasis. What’s the truth? 👰🏼💍🧑🏼‍💼🪷

August 17, 2026

Marriage is meant to represent the occult truth of Purusha and Prakriti. It is the coming together of the masculine or passive and ideative with

Sir, during the last few months, in a certain study circle, there was a discussion regarding a certain subject. After that, that person scolded me indirectly several times. 😣🌼🦋[…]

August 17, 2026

One should grow strong, first, to bear the shocks of life, secondly, to master and conquer them. One should be able to discuss things without

As Sri Krishna says in the Gita, there are 4 categories of seekers. 1) arta 2) artharhi 3) jigyasu 4) gyaani. I am 50% in the arta category and 20%in artharhi category and 30% in the jigyasu category. 😊🙏🏻🌻[…]

August 17, 2026

I feel it is too early or rather you are still young to enter a path right now. It is good to read spiritual literature,

How is the Inner Self different from the Psychic and what is the relationship between them? ❤️‍🔥😊🙏🏻🌸

August 16, 2026

There is an outer self which relates to our physical surface personality and all that constitutes it. This outer personality is largely a product of

Please differentiate between the Spirit and the Soul? 🔥😊🙏🏻🪷

August 16, 2026

The original meaning of the words were simple. The soul refers to the portion of the Divine in the individual. It is the Jivatma. The

I was just listening to your talk on ‘overmind and supermind’. I have listened to a few of your other talks referring to the same subject, which makes me ask a few questions about this. Didn’t the Overmind consciousness manifest on Earth while Lord Krishna himself was on Earth? 🌍🦚🪷🤔

August 16, 2026

Sri Krishna took his station on the Overmind just as Sri Rama from the Illumined Mind and Sri Aurobindo from the Supermind. It was the

Sir, I had one question related to depression and healing. Are there any spiritual methods or books to help us get rid of these issues? 😥💔🌾🌾

August 16, 2026

The method that the Mother recommends to come out of depression is to stop thinking about oneself and replace it by thinking about the Divine.

Sir, Sri Aurobindo talks about the descent of peace, light, force while doing above-head concentration. he also speaks about higher planes of consciousness, e.g., higher mind, intuitive mind, etc., and the ascent of consciousness into these planes. What is the correlation between these two explanations? 😊🙏🏻🌀🌸

August 15, 2026

Ascent means that the consciousness begins to operate in a new mode. It is somewhat like a child going from school into graduation wherein he

I visited somebody’s house (some rich businessman) and he had, I believe, 11, 12, or 13 entrances into his house (I forgot the exact number). And each of those entrances was guarded by a small fluffy dog of the same breed (very beautiful). 💭🐍🐕‍🦺🏡🌾[…]

August 15, 2026

From your description it seems to be some place in the vital world, some benevolent being of the mid-worlds that holds wealth. The dogs are

There is mention of Agni in the Veda is that same Psychic Being in Integral Yoga. 🔥😊🙏🏻🌸

August 15, 2026

Agni in the Vedas is the leader of the human march. It represents the Divine Will and Wisdom that has built the worlds and hence

We know the date of the descent of the Overmind and Supermind on the physical body of Sri Aurobindo. Sir, when Overmind and Supermind descend on the physical matter of the Mother? 😊🙏🏻🪷🌄

August 15, 2026

In fact it is The Mother who brought down the descent of the Overmind as well as the Supermind, on the …

Alokda, how should I understand Sat and Asat? Where should I refer to in Mother and Sri Aurobindo’s work? Please guide me. 😊🙏🏻🌼❤️‍🔥

August 15, 2026

You will find this in The Life Divine especially in the Chapter on the One Existent. It is used in two ways with a difference

Achilles saved the Greeks but couldn’t save himself, whereas Odysseus had all of his companions killed and himself saved. Why is that and what contrast in their qualities is Homer trying to convey? 🤔⛵🪷

August 14, 2026

Achilles didn’t exactly save the Greeks. He is no doubt the hero of the Trojan War as portrayed in the Iliad. Though the greatest of

In the context of Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s teachings, I have three questions regarding the future manifestation of Sri Krishna’s divine abode on earth. 🌏🦚😊🙏🏻🪷[…]

August 14, 2026

1. When the plane of Bliss, Anandamaya loka manifests here, as eventually it must some day, then it will not be exactly as there. If

What was Mother’s view of classical music? I mean, were there composers that she believed could really be uplifting spiritually? I am interested, as it was around the turn of the 20th century, in her young age and youth, that a coarser movement in music came to evolve. 🎶🎼😊🙏🏻🪷[…]

August 14, 2026

If we go through the writings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother we shall see that they had a great regard for classical music. The

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Mother says not to have an ordinary outlook on things. How to develop a spiritual outlook on everything- circumstances, people, etc.? 🙄🙏🏻🌻

Alok da, what is the real significance of Marriage in one’s life? I feel the social and societal cause is too much of an extra emphasis. What’s the truth? 👰🏼💍🧑🏼‍💼🪷

Sir, during the last few months, in a certain study circle, there was a discussion regarding a certain subject. After that, that person scolded me indirectly several times. 😣🌼🦋[…]

As Sri Krishna says in the Gita, there are 4 categories of seekers. 1) arta 2) artharhi 3) jigyasu 4) gyaani. I am 50% in the arta category and 20%in artharhi category and 30% in the jigyasu category. 😊🙏🏻🌻[…]

How is the Inner Self different from the Psychic and what is the relationship between them? ❤️‍🔥😊🙏🏻🌸

Please differentiate between the Spirit and the Soul? 🔥😊🙏🏻🪷

Sir, I had one question related to depression and healing. Are there any spiritual methods or books to help us get rid of these issues? 😥💔🌾🌾

I visited somebody’s house (some rich businessman) and he had, I believe, 11, 12, or 13 entrances into his house (I forgot the exact number). And each of those entrances was guarded by a small fluffy dog of the same breed (very beautiful). 💭🐍🐕‍🦺🏡🌾[…]

There is mention of Agni in the Veda is that same Psychic Being in Integral Yoga. 🔥😊🙏🏻🌸

We know the date of the descent of the Overmind and Supermind on the physical body of Sri Aurobindo. Sir, when Overmind and Supermind descend on the physical matter of the Mother? 😊🙏🏻🪷🌄

Alokda, how should I understand Sat and Asat? Where should I refer to in Mother and Sri Aurobindo’s work? Please guide me. 😊🙏🏻🌼❤️‍🔥

Achilles saved the Greeks but couldn’t save himself, whereas Odysseus had all of his companions killed and himself saved. Why is that and what contrast in their qualities is Homer trying to convey? 🤔⛵🪷

In the context of Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s teachings, I have three questions regarding the future manifestation of Sri Krishna’s divine abode on earth. 🌏🦚😊🙏🏻🪷[…]