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I have a question about effort. What does it mean when we wish for something very much and put a lot of effort into it but we fail? For example, as a child I wanted to grow tall and tried all sorts of things to grow taller. Then during one medical checkup the doctor told me that I will not be able to grow taller. I was in denial and I still kept trying. Ultimately the doctor was right and I felt very sad. Thankfully now I’m ok with it but I just want to know why this happens. Is it the will of the Divine or does he want us to persevere? Also how can we know when to persevere and when to quit😥? 

When efforts fail as they do fail sometimes it is to help us grow in strength and patience, perseverance, fortitude, even a deeper faith and

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Integrity to soul vs integrity to somebody else. I feel it’s a fine line and vulnerable to misuse in the name of soul integrity. But supposing somebody is following a higher call of the soul which comprises integrity to somebody else resulting in having to hide, lie, conceal etc. One side – there is following the true need – but does not lying, concealing etc. lower the consciousness ? Should we not always speak truth, be honest 🫤? Supposing the person you’ve lied to comes to find out – will that not results in a deep hurt and scars? Where is the line between selfishness and following a higher call and need ?

Absolutely true. Lying, deception etc are as far from the true soul life as earth from the heaven. It is also true that all scriptures

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At times (in Aurobindo’s early poetry) there are flashes of a mysterious woman, an unidentified lady, not dark but cosmic…Who was the lady before the eyes of the passionate teenage scholar? Biographers have failed in their research. ”Ghosal, ‘Aurobindo’s Poetry’ Came across someone posting this, any inputs into who this mysterious figure is? Is this something symbolic/spiritual or a literal person🤔?

Sri Aurobindo was very much identified with Kali in the early part of his life. He has described her in several places in his poetry

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Sometimes, you eagerly wait for a difficult situation to end because it feels exhausting and overwhelming. You keep wondering when it will finally be over. But when it does, instead of feeling relieved, you experience an emptiness, as if you’ve lost something meaningful. You might even start longing for that situation again, despite the struggles it brought, forgetting how difficult it actually was. Why does it happens😥?

It is because the vital energy was engaged in it. When the situation is over, the energy is released but then it is not directed

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Generally speaking, I don’t tend to pay much attention to what people say about me, or hurtful things etc.. Because when they do, I just think they’re entitled to their own opinion and what they say doesn’t really pierce my heart because I can see they’re just angry or perhaps just want to hurt me intentionally – so I just offer it and move on swiftly. Like I couldn’t care less most of the time😠. [Conti]

It is a sign that you are inwardly quite developed. With this inner development, some people, develop a suprasensitive nervous system. What is needed is

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For the last two months my things are getting lost in very quick speed, even the things I have not touched for the past six months, also one thing that was lost got found in an extremely strange place, I don’t know what should I do ? Mumma is saying now keep a watch on your things more vigilantly… what should I do ? And how does this happen🥹?

This happens when our mind gets distracted and we are doing things without due attention. The remedy is to do things consciously. Another thing is

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