AT THE FEET OF THE MOTHER
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Alok da, I wish I could ask this of you in person and I really miss being in your presence at this time, as it made me feel healed the very instant. This is the point when everything in my life seems to be falling apart. My family is facing a financial crisis; I’m putting in efforts to solve that. 🌅💛[…]

I understand the challenges you are going through. Probably the anger that rises towards your friend is simply a compounding effect. When things are difficult

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I’ve been intoxicated/moved by this bhajan(Hirna) of Kabir Das ji since the time I heard it at the camp for the first time. This might not be the best transliteration & translation, but could you please help briefly explain these verses in the light of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s Yoga? What does the deer denote, and what are the 3 forests, 5 hunters, 5 deer and 25 does? Thank you! 🦌🎶🙏🏻 […]

Yes it is a beautiful bhajan and was sung in a soulful way in the Camp. Here is the deeper mystic sense of this poem

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This evening, while doing parikarma at the Ashram, my friend called me on the phone. He is also a Sri Aurobindo devotee and requested that I pray at Samadhi on his behalf for help in his sadhana, as he told me that he is currently encountering trouble in his spiritual practice. Spontaneously, I agreed and did so. Please guide me on how to approach such situations. 🙏🏻🕊️

We can certainly pray for someone wherever we are or may be. Though prayer is a privilege given to everyone, it is true that prayer

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How can I purify my relationship with the Mother? Asking the Divine for too many things seems selfish and at the same time, if I make a promise to myself that I will not ask for unnecessary things and face difficulties myself, it seems not to be the right thing to do. I feel my relationship with Mother is the most valued thing in my life, so how do I make it pure? 🪷🙏🏻

Surely we can ask the Divine Mother for what we need. Only our relationship should not be confined to that. One should learn to give,

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