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In the present modern time no one wants so-called liberation (moksha). Every civilized person having little knowledge about the Hindu concept of life will desire a blissful, strong and meaningful life for himself and family. How can we live such a life when we have so many weaknesses, fears and ignorance? I know we have to overcome them but how to do that? I don’t find myself capable of overcoming those things😳. [Conti]

May 30, 2025

Pray to Her with faith in Her Grace and surrender to Her Will. The Divine Mother acts in Her infinite freedom and Wisdom. She is

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When I finish work I can’t seem to switch off. I end up thinking about lots of things I missed in the chaos of hospital as we’re often seeing 2-3 sick patients at a given time. Then it affects my sleep, and I focus very hard at work, I make sure to get enough sleep, I read, walk, have quite a balanced external factors. But fresh out of graduation it’s inevitable things gets missed here and there, and if mistakes are picked up by seniors then they threaten to sue you🫨 [Conti]

May 30, 2025

First thing is to cultivate an inner quietude as it is only in a peaceful inner state that one can see better, think better, act

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Sir, is there any arrangement in the ashram to volunteer for a short time? I wish to take a break of a week from work and come to Pondicherry (whenever it’s possible). Will I be assigned work? Also, I have never been in Pondicherry for more than a few hours. Whenever I come for a day’s visit, what is the best way to spend my time😊 ?(apart from Pranam and meditation at the samadhi which the first priority naturally) [Conti]

May 30, 2025

There is generally no such arrangement for a week-long volunteering since one needs to learn the work first. It will be better to come and

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I’ve developed mutual romantic feelings for my cousin. We’re not very closely related, but not too distant either. Some of my muslim friends say there’s nothing wrong with it, also I feel a strong physical attraction toward this person. I’m wondering if this is wrong, especially if we end up getting physically involved😥.

May 29, 2025

It is quite likely a physical attraction alone. Regardless of being a cousin and setting aside moral notions, physical relation before marriage comes with a

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One feels the basis of all good work in a solid peace that nothing can disturb. Just when you think you have attained some foundation in peace, something or the other attacks you and disturbs it all. How does one cultivate a peace independent of outward circumstances?  What are those required qualities or actions that need to be done🤔?

May 29, 2025

Yes thinking about it almost soon enough makes us vulnerable. Over the years the one perfect remedy I have felt and known is to shift

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I wanted to know who carried which warrior’s blood to Druapadi for her to rub it in her hair so that she could, at last wash and braid it once again, according to her pledge. I can’t find it anywhere. Duhsasana has been killed and his blood drunk by Bhima. Duryodhana is about to be killed. This is an important event which I am missing, without which I can’t proceed. As usual, please help me😳.

May 29, 2025

Bhima killed Dushasana and as promised to Draupadi smeared his face with Dushasana’s blood and then took it to Draupadi to braid her hair. Though

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Why isn’t The love and daring of seafaring that you see in European history and culture right from the homer’s epic of odyssey to Vasco De Gama to the British mastery of the ocean in creating a world empire isn’t anywhere nearly as visible as it is in Indian culture except for chola expeditions? They went so far as to even ban sea travel in medieval ages and seafaring fishing communities are often placed very low in the social order from Gujarat to Kerala. Like Sri Aurobindo said regarding the village republics on how irrespective of the march of empires in the country they were undisturbed and hibernating in their own villages for centuries without any curiousity. As I understand it too much obsession with the order and not embracing love of chaotic flow of oceans and it’s unknown vasts as it is visible in European naval history and literature is an inevitable evolutionary decline in spirit. I was a bit disappointed recently knowing that when European merchants reached in medieval times Japan the Japanese were very curious and quick to enquire about their map making and cartographic equipment while none such Indian records exist,there are many foreigner traveller records of them coming to India and writing the records of their observations of India while there’s no Indian who went to foreign lands and wrote such observations and records cos the foreign lands are inhabited by mlecchas and it makes you impure entering them. What explains such close mindedness, Is this what Sri Aurobindo meant by decline in thought power that happened🤔?

May 28, 2025

The India you are comparing with the modern European is the India of the dark ages. But even till the last few centuries, Indians also

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As you said, choose the career as per swabhava and swadharma. I have concluded that my nature and temperament best fits for, a professor in university. I don’t want to get added in the rat race of MBA and UPSC people. I want a peaceful life, lots of time, exploration, travel, and a platform from where I can bring some changes. I can see myself doing best as a professor in future. This is my highest aspiration. But not with my subject commerce, I can go with psychology, philosophy, history but not commerce😊. 

May 28, 2025

Basically into teaching. So you can shift to graduation in a subject of your choice such as philosophy or ….

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In letters on yoga Sri Aurobindo said theres the vital which brings us outward and downward and theres the psychic which is aways close to Mother. Then there is the witness purusha which has to choose where it sides and has to stand with the psychic and reject the lower movements. What is the difference between the witness purusha and the soul, are they the same thing? How does one make the witness purusha stand on the side of the psychic🤨?

May 27, 2025

The Witness Purusha is the inner being, mainly the inner mental that can separate itself and stand back from the workings of outer nature. This

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