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I was just reading Karl marx’s Short essay on the power of money, he wonders about this bewildering engimatic force which shapes our life and history and he quotes many of Sri Aurobindo’s favourite poets like Shakespeare and Goethe on how this mysterious force turns things upside down, Sri Aurobindo in Savitri covers everything about the cosmos even if it’s just a few lines but there’s isn’t anything about money if I am not wrong. Why is this so? Why is such a gigantic subject ignored🤔?

March 19, 2025

First of all there are a few presumptions there. Though Sri Aurobindo has appreciated Shakespeare and Goethe his appreciation of them is part of a

If a person is too casual in making a sexual relation with others. What is the spiritual consequence of this on him as well as on his partner and Are such people should be considered for long term relationships or Marriage🙄?

March 19, 2025

It is the sign of a weak and restless vital. Naturally such people are inherently incapable of forming deep and lasting bonds as is needed

I had a question on a particular phrase in Savitri. “The universe is an endless masquerade: For nothing here is utterly what it seems; It is a dream-fact vision of a truth Which but for the dream would not be wholly true, A phenomenon stands out significant Against dim backgrounds of eternity; “What exactly is a “dream-fact vision of a truth”? Either we have dreams, or we have facts, two different order of realities🤔.

March 19, 2025

To think of the language of Savitri, it feels like Sri Aurobindo has stretched the bounds of the finite to the utmost, by capturing the

Goddess Gayatri is my Ishta Devata. I chant Gayatri mantra regularly for a bright future for my family. Till now I believed that Mother Gayatri bestows wisdom, prosperity and strength on her sadhaka so that he can live a happy meaningful life. I used to meditate🧘‍♂️ like this during Gayatri Japa which was as advised by my parents & guru. …

March 19, 2025

You can deal with this dilemma in two different ways. First is that though each god or goddess has a certain limited function, the overriding

“Follow your passion” some people say. I am stuck a little. I have a broad direction in which I want my life to develop — in service of the nation. At the same time, the scope of different careers is so wide that I don’t know what is best for me! A part of me wants to study something very practical which will enable me to realise this vision even if I don’t like the subject in and of itself (for example, studying finance). Another part of me wants me to do something that I would intrinsically enjoy studying (for example, music or history). However, I doubt whether choosing this path will enable me to develop the skills or knowledge that will be of much use when it comes to making impactful change in society. Can you suggest how I can develop clarity on this? I definitely agree with people who say that you can only succeed in and be happy doing something that you feel passionate about. But isn’t this idea slightly overrated? Shouldn’t one be able to enjoy and succeed in whatever one does, no matter what it is? Even if it’s not something one enjoyed doing as a child or doesn’t have a natural predisposition towards😠?

March 18, 2025

We should first differentiate between what we are naturally drawn towards by our innate temperament and predilection. It is more of an inborn inclination whose

Few days back there was an incident in Baroda when a youth has consumed substances and crashed his car, when he came out of the car he did not even realise what had happened, videos have come of completely intoxicated and shouting, in all this a young person died, now i am asking from other side, i have read somewhere, Ma says that there are no accidents so then what about the person who died with no fault of his? how can one console his family😰?

March 18, 2025

The Mother says that the cause of accidents is unconsciousness. We call it accident and mean by the word that it is something that is

In the lines –‘Almost that day the epiphany was disclosed Of which our thoughts and hopes are signal flares;’, What exactly is this epiphany🙂?

March 18, 2025

The revelation of the New Manifestation that is hinted in our thoughts and hopes of a beautiful diviner life….

Da as we know this is the very critical and crucial time for all human beings on earth. The pandemic has already grasped all over the World. We can consider it as the instructions of the Divine action to separate the falsehood from truth. This alarming situation on the earth instructs everyone to cling to the truth. It is the action of supramental force. But Dada is it the only way to give a lesson to the world. The Mother once eradicated the Devil behind Spanish flu. But again this corona pandemic arrived. As we know from Ramayana and Mahabharata and many other stories the victory of the good will happens always and the Asuras are killed. But still then they are alive. The bad will has been now multiplied. What is the permanent solution of this crisis? What should we do now😪? Please da kindly reply it .

March 18, 2025

The Asuras cannot be killed for good since they hide themselves in the human heart and we help them do so. Therefore if the Divine

Why do we have exams📝?

March 17, 2025

Because we as human beings have this unfortunate need to standardise everything with the help of numbers. We wrongly believe that we can judge the

While I was watching your talk on the Worship of Beauty, a question came to my mind. Why is it that our bodies are unable to reflect our inner reality? There are people who are not physically very beautiful but are very beautiful on the inside. Likewise, there are attractive people who are mean and cruel. This is probably the Divine’s Play but again, it does not answer anything. So why is beauty here so out of place? In the future will the outer reality reflect the inner reality of a person🤔?

March 17, 2025

Very pertinent observation. The reason of course is a lack of translation or correspondence between inner Reality and outer truth in general. The material world

I was listening to one of the talk where you mentioned about a book written by Anirvan which is on Gita. Can you please give the name of that book📖?

March 17, 2025

Anirvan translated The Life Divine in Bengali. You are probably referring to Anil Baran who has written the Bhagavad Gita with English translation and appropriate

Alok da, how should one behave when your parents are getting old but they are acting like children😥?

March 16, 2025

Yes because they start losing certain faculties, especially the sharpness of the senses and the mind. Hence one has to be very patient with them,

Alok Da, when we find ourselves caught in a series of situations which are not so pleasant and not a result of our actions, but we have to face them, during such situations, what do we do to stay calm and peaceful? How do we call upon Her force to act? Please guide 🌺🙏

March 16, 2025

The first thing to practice is stepping back. It is to take a step back from the situation by an inward movement. Instead of engaging

My partner is not willing to accept my connection with the Ashram, the Mother, and Sri Aurobindo. He is opposed to the idea and keeps telling me not to follow such things. He questions how I came across all this, suggesting it happened only because I was alone. He believes that if I had the right people around me, I wouldn’t feel the need for such a path. According to him, I’m drawn to it only because I’m depressed and not surrounded by the right kind of people. I told him that I genuinely like going there, but he still doesn’t understand or accept it😠.

March 15, 2025

Obviously he is limited by his own conceptions and, like most people, shut in the bubble of his own understanding. May be you should not

I would really appreciate your guidance on the following issue which is greatly bothering me 😭and I feel it’s not good for my spiritual progress. This is about my relationship with my son, which is getting lost and becoming irrecoverable since the last 2 yrs. Short story, we were a dysfunctional family, and I carry guilt about many things I failed to do for him in his childhood as his Mother due to my being lost in my issues. In spite of all spiritual knowledge,

March 15, 2025

Guilt has no place in spiritual life. What is done is done. One cannot go back and change things. But we can surely learn our

Alok Da, Bad dream: I was forever alone somewhere 😰I don’t remember much but there very tall grey buildings no windows not even one garden and I was all alone even Mother was not there, then I got up crying

March 15, 2025

But the Mother is everywhere. It is the same fear, especially since now you have started sleeping alone. Everytime fear comes in any form say

I’m preparing for medical entrance examinations. But sir I can not understand what is reality behind all these things? An unknown thought kills me always😨. I can not keep balance in between my mind thoughts and my heart suggestions. But I firmly believe in The Mother. I know she will definitely guide me on me life path. But always I feel guilty that am I doing anything wrong. I can sometimes identify my mistakes but can’t overcome them. They always trap me with here and there thoughts. Sir what should I do. I want to read more and more but the real things. I read my study books but can’t link them. I don’t get the real joy of study. Sir please give me some suggestions

March 15, 2025

First of all there is no place for guilt. We constantly grow and as we grow we re evaluate life and learn and improve. This

Da, can I know the eternal truth of life? I and my family are suffering from many types of worries. Probably we forgot how to get rid of all these pains suffering. It is so disappointing that we can not know what we are doing. Especially I can’t understand myself. I have a lot of queries. What should I do at this time? All the vital forces trapped me and my family. Please show me the right path😥

March 14, 2025

If you are besieged with difficulties then try to go deep and understand their nature. Difficulties are in fact concealed opportunities for growth. they challenge

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