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It is said that Sri Aurobindo’s yoga begins where all other yogas end. It is said that the Goal of all other yogas is Moksha/ Nirvana/ Liberation. If my understanding is right, having attained Moksha, the individual has now internalised all other yogas – Bhakti, Jnana, Karma and Raj seamlessly. πŸŒ„πŸ¦š[…]

By attaining Moksha one does not necessarily internalize all the other paths as the nature of realisation is different in each path. It is somewhat

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What is the significance of the Hanuman Chalisa, Ganapati AtharvaΕ›Δ«rαΉ£a, the Vishnu Sahasranama and other various Chalisa, Stotras, and similar texts? Are any of these required when one comes to the Mother and Sri Aurobindo? If they are not required, then what is the Significance of all these Practices? πŸ“œπŸ”₯

Devotion to the Deity towards whom one is naturally drawn is one of the means of drawing closer to the being, the consciousness, the power

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Sunita Williams’ space travel is a thrill, clearly exceeds the bodily human limitations. Even the designing of the spacecraft and its functions are marvellous outgrowing example of the human brain. There are many such cases where human capabilities of body, will, and intellect cross human limitations to a great extent. πŸ‘©πŸΌβ€πŸš€πŸ›°οΈβœ¨[…]

In ancient India there was no such dichotomy. Let me give a few examples. Arjuna and Bhisma both were yogis and had mastered the art

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Alok Da, in the poem ‘Love and Death’ – I felt Ruru made a wrong choice; if he had become a Rishi, he could have led a race, but here he chose his own vital love. Well, in Savitri, it was different. She chose to come back with him because their work was unfinished … What do you think?Β πŸŒΉβ€οΈβ€πŸ”₯

Yes. But perhaps he became a yogi pursuing the path of love transmuting the vital love into psychic by pursuing the law of sacrifice. Once

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What do you think about the CA course? It may help me achieve my material goals also. My Wish of exploring the world, getting my bike, and travelling the Himalayas, all this cannot be achieved by a 9-5 Govt Job.Β Isn’t it a good idea? I know, I have asked you so many times about my career, but I don’t want to regret it in the future. So I have to clear all my doubts, and hope you are OK with this. πŸ‘¨πŸΌβ€πŸ’ΌπŸ—ΊοΈβ›°οΈ

Where there is a will, there is a way. In my fairly vast experience I have seen that the job one does hardly matters. What

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There are a few rituals we perform for a departed person, like Asthi Visharjan, 13/40 days, and doing meditation in our Ashram here in Pondicherry. Do these rituals really help the Departed Soul, or is it more for the satisfaction of friends and relatives of the departed soul? What do the Mother and Sri Aurobindo say on these activities that we appear to take quite seriously? πŸ™„πŸ™πŸ»πŸͺ·

The ancient rituals for the departed were based on an occult knowledge that has now been lost. Its purpose was to dissolve the vital sheath

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Even if there is Maya dragging us away from the Divine, instead of shunning and running away from it, why don’t we face it as A Divine Power by dipping all the Vishayas (Rasa, Roopa, Gandha, Sparsha, Shabda). into The Divine Rasa, and make them Divine, and enjoy them as Divine Prasad with the mind offered to The Divine? ❀️‍πŸ”₯

Yes, we should experience it as the Divine experiences these objects. Enjoying them as Divine Prasad, and be ready to leave them if He so

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