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Peace is not an absence of disturbance. Even inertia is free from disturbance. Peace is something positive and powerful, a fundamental foundational status of the

My sister is pregnant and has entered her ninth month. Because she has a low-lying placenta, the doctor has recommended a C-section and suggested dates around August 14th or 15th. When I learned about the dates, I suggested August 15th because it is Sri Aurobindo’s birthday. 👶🗓️[…]

October 3, 2026

Trying to find an auspicious date, hoping for a better future through the limited means given to man, stepping back from the first impulse and

During meditation, I observe how bodily senses and the vital nature constantly stir restless activity, while true guidance emerges only as an inner voice heard in deep silence. 🧘🌸[…]

October 3, 2026

As to inner experiences there are plenty, and as you said, mixed true and false. As to the senses, yes it is quite possible to

After a difficult period adjusting my medications, I am now stable on a working treatment plan and preparing to attend the Sri Aurobindo Birthday darshan. 🙏🌿[…]

October 3, 2026

Usually these things come because of fear as well as some hereditary predisposition. What helps is sincerity and humility. The one practical method is taking

After a person’s death, many rituals and ceremonies are performed with the belief that they help the departed soul attain atma sadgati (a peaceful and progressive onward journey). These practices have been followed for generations and are deeply rooted in religious and cultural traditions. 🕊️[…]

October 3, 2026

The rituals prescribed for the departed are only for the period after death as far as the Rigveda and the Atharva Veda goes. Their purpose

How to strengthen the weak vital & nervous plane causing social anxiety, panic attacks, sleeplessness, sleep disturbance, difficulty in living & doing duty? Does psychiatric medicine strengthen vital & nervous plane? Can medicine for sleep be taken for a month or so? 🌿🧘

October 3, 2026

Medicines help cutting down the surface symptoms and thereby give us time and energy to engage in ways to change our attitudes and lifestyles. The

I have one question. If Maa is doing everything, then what is my role? I prefer letting life unfold naturally rather than following a rigid blueprint, but the lack of a clear direction often leaves me feeling restless and scattered.🙏🧭 […]

October 3, 2026

Sri Aurobindo and The Mother never asked anyone to believe that The Mother does everything. If that were the case then the Mother would be

Why would the material, vital, despite its inertia and resistance to change, strive upward? 🌱✨

October 3, 2026

Even the most material substance aspires because despite the principle of inertia and unconsciousness there is yet within the Divine Presence. And since matter itself

What is the best way to maintain friendly and distant relationships, Alok da? Not too personal and close – don’t share too much emotional stuff, but keep it healthy: just meet and greet once in a while, occasional conversations. 🤝🌿 […]

October 3, 2026

One should be like the dew drop. It enhances the beauty of everything wherever it settles but it sticks to nothing, is attached to nothing.

Dada, what is the actual meaning of Goodness? 🌸💛 […]

October 2, 2026

Goodness is the ability to see good and do good regardless of outer circumstances. It is to be able to see the ‘positive’ hiding behind

Respected Sir, Sri Aurobindo had once wrote in a letter to Barin in 1920 about the “ten limbs of the body of this Yoga”. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, in his famous book, “Sri Aurobindo: A Biography and a History,” has also dedicated a chapter on the subject in Chapter 23. I want to know precisely actually what does it mean. 🧘📖

October 2, 2026

The ten limbs have intrigued many as he didn’t expliitly mention the details of the ten limbs. What he did write in detail was the

Today I dreamed of a very cute domestic black cat living in my house. She wanted to explore outside and jumped out. After taking only a few steps, however, ants began biting her paws. Seeing her vulnerability, I picked her up, gently petted her, and brought her back inside the house. Could you please tell me what this dream might mean? 🐈‍⬛🌙

October 2, 2026

Black cat means occult forces or occult powers that may be developing in you. The ants represent the lower vital energies from which you should

I wanted to discuss something that has been happening to me quite frequently, especially while I am studying or sometimes when I am doing other normal activities. At times, I suddenly get into a strange state where I start questioning very basic things, such as: “Who am I?”, “What exactly am I doing?”, or “Who are these people around me, including my family members?”🌿🔍 […]

October 2, 2026

These feelings can arise sometimes during stress as a way of dissociating from the outer situations. However one can make use of them by going

Here are my long questions. If “good” and “bad” are human moral constructs and all cosmic energy ultimately dissolves into the Divine, why is virtue prioritized for spiritual realization? 🌱🧭 […]

October 2, 2026

The sense of good and bad is given to man by our nature. Animals don’t have it nor do the gods act based on our

What is the best way to maintain friendly and distant relationships, Alok da? Not too personal and close – don’t share too much emotional stuff, but keep it healthy: just meet and greet once in a while, occasional conversations. What is the best way to handle/deal with people? 🤝🌿

October 2, 2026

Long distance friendship is the norm today as it keeps the relationship healthy and free of too much vital encroachments and expectations. The only thing

What is the relationship between rhythm and the Word? How does Rta assume the form of the Word? I feel this process may be analogous to the process of creation itself. 🎵✨

October 2, 2026

Rta is the Will in creation that sets the true rhythm by the pressure of true Will. The Word is the Rhythm itself. Rta is

I recently listened to your talk about the Odyssey. It was a very enjoyable talk. There, you read some lines from Illion, which made me question. We know that vital love and vital relations are said to be ugly and deformed. ❤️📖 […]

October 2, 2026

Psychic and spiritual love is anyways very rare. But vital love, as we see in the story of Urvasie and Pururavas, Ruru and Pramadvara, or

The uncertainty regarding AI and its impact on human existence has spread everywhere. Everyone is chatting about it. Nobody truly knows what it will do to humanity. Some believe that employability will be severely affected and are not sure if we are going to be financially secure in the future. 🤖🌱[…]

October 2, 2026

AI and even greater technology is bound to emerge as the human mind progresses towards greater frontiers of knowledge. The question is human consciousness as

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