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There is a saying in the words of many saints that the human birth is attained after going through 8.4 million other animal births. Is there divine truth in this? And my second question is, after attaining human birth, can a person fall back into the animal kingdom? If so, what could be the reasons that lead to this downward journey🤔?

February 2, 2025

I think this has been answered earlier. Both Science and Vedantuc Scriptures tell us that man is presently, so far at least, the last product

Can you share about the last years of Sri Krishna and what happened to his wives😇 ?

February 2, 2025

Sri Krishna’s main work of securing the reign of Dharma and establishing a unified Bharatvarsha was over with the Mahabharata War. When the gods asked

I wanted to ask is about your statement that wanting to marry someone is considered lust. I don’t fully understand that concept—if you love someone and want to be with them, how does that equate to lust🫤?

February 2, 2025

I don’t mean to say that marriage is an expression of lust. It is an institution meant to regulate unbridled sexual activity and to ensure

I feel very insecure in relationships and friendships. I have a strong need to know every detail about my partner and friends—their actions, decisions, and daily activities. If they don’t share things with me, I tend to fight. I also get jealous when they talk to others. I struggle to understand their need for privacy. I want to learn how to deal with these insecurities and build healthier relationships🙄.

February 1, 2025

Insecurity in relationship arises if there is a certain degree of emotional dependency upon the friend or partner. There is a fear of losing the

In my dream is saw a sculpture of Nandini🐄 being made in light yellow colour? What does that mean?

February 1, 2025

She is that aspect of the Divine Mother that gives milk to any extent to anyone. She is regarded as wish fulfilling but milk is

There are four very great events in history, the siege of Troy, the life and crucifixion of Christ, the exile of Krishna in Brindavan and the colloquy with Arjuna on the field of Kurukshetra. The siege of Troy created Hellas, the exile in Brindavan created devotional religion (for before there was only meditation and worship), Christ from his cross humanised Europe, the colloquy at Kurukshetra will yet liberate humanity. Yet it is said that none of these four events ever happened. Can you please explain this, The Mother has explained it but did not understand the whole thing and how they are connected🤔?

February 1, 2025

Hellas is the name given to Greece given by the Greeks themselves. The name has been given after Helen who, much like Draupadi, became instrumental

What is transformation according to The Mother and Sri Aurobindo? What are the process and difficulties of transformation😇?

February 1, 2025

Transformation implies a complete and radical change of the human into the Divine. This change implies the following main steps and stages. First the genuine

I have this thing where I am good at holding conversation, I can talk to people if required. For example to friends, family, professional settings. But I feel silence communicates so much more. I feel talking is fine if the other person requires it, but I feel mutual silence or atleast my silence/quietude is able to express and convey so much more than outward speaking. Does this hold truth? Obviously I don’t want to be a monk and not speak, but I just feel people are missing out big time on the peace and grandiosity of expression through mute conversation or at-least limited conversation. Is this even possible or is it just in my own head? I feel like I’m just conversing due to the other person’s inability to understand my lack of words…so I just do it to make sure they feel cared about. But, personally, I feel conversation definitely has its own purpose and utility, but majority of the time it’s a useless means for people trying to find a way to show friendship, affection, and a means of reassuring the other person of their care…thoughts🙃?

January 31, 2025

In complete agreement with you. Though the faculty of speech is the highest so far, it is an evolutionary gift to mankind. Its purpose is

My son who is about 11 have a problem if my husband hugs me or shows affection, he use to do it even as a toddler and we though it was a passing phase but he still does it and not just my husband who is a very gentle person never has he shown any aggressive actions towards me and yet our son does not like it, if anyone out of affection touches me he will scream, what to do Alok da 😅?

January 31, 2025

That is very sweet of him, possibly relating towards you with a protective brotherly or a possessive fatherly instinct. I am sure he will understand

Where is the place of the Pitru Lok? Is it the Prana Lok or the Manomaya Lok? How long do the ancestors reside there? Do they remain in forms similar to how they were on the physical plane, related to their families? Is it possible for those who go later to attain liberation before the ancestors who have been there for a longer time🤔?

January 31, 2025

Pitru loka is located in the vital world. It contains three kinds of beings. Those who are beings proper to the domain and take care

As you guided me that vital is equivalent to pranamaya kosh, then what are the other terms used in Sri Aurobindo’s work which can be related to anamaya, manomaya, anandmaya and vigyana Maya kosh🙂

January 31, 2025

Annamaya kosha is the physical sheath, the sthool sarira, the body. Pranamaya kosha is the vital sheath or the sookshma sarira (though some include the

What I explored today when there were scoundrels harassing us in a park, that while focusing on getting Gyaan, I have ignored Shakti. I don’t have courage. I should have turned that man upside down. And is not the Mother’s protection with me? Then why didn’t I have any urge to fight anyone. I ignored those rascals without getting disturbed. But Why? They deserved to be beaten up. Understand my points please and Guide me😬.

January 31, 2025

As to Shakti, I agree. We have become too much seekers after philosophical knowledge and too much of emotional bhaktas. Both these things are no

Yesterday I had a dream where a golden bald man was driving an open yellow car through a crowded chaos and trying to make his way…🤔, Can you please explain this..

January 31, 2025

Seems like some being from the higher mental worlds pushing his way through the crowded vital realms, the lower vital …

I remember you saying in one of the talks that Shiva is Prajnya. However in many places Sri Aurobindo mentions Shiva as the Tapas-Force aspect of the divine. How would you integrate these two aspects in Shiva? Please explain Prajnya & Tapas in detail for better understanding. Also how can we relate prajnya and tapas with Shiva’s consort Parvati🤔?

January 30, 2025

These are two different but interconnected systems. In the image of the Upanishad, Brahman is fourfold, Virat is material existence with Brahma as the Godhead.

From the 19th century onwards here is this perception that kala purusha invaded the world like never before, right from railways and airplanes shortening distances of the entire globe, static paintings or camera pictures being replaced by moving images like cinema, being able to send messages across continents in micro seconds, one big historical event is immediately faded out into memory by the other one, no solidified identity in terms of occupation or even nation is possible, novels and films with non linear storytelling have erupted, theories about time in physics and studies of evolution in biology, and disciplines like geology etc.. are all deeply intertwined with time flux, there’s a sentence that “everything solid melts into air” in this modern time-era, and with social media humanity is living moment to moment in it’s lowest type, Sri Aurobindo also wrote a piece on kala purusha, How to understand this phenomenon in both it’s good and bad aspects😥?

January 30, 2025

What we are witnessing is an accelerated evolution at an unprecedented pace. It happens when the Spirit of Time, Kalpurusha, is turning a new page.

I had a dream few days back, I was at this beautiful place it was so fresh, trees were red yellow glimmering and snow was there and there was so much peace and then suddenly a place got filled with rowdy crowd and they started waving red triangular type flags and called then selves mujahideen, I was not at all afraid as i looked at everything as a witness as if I knew the ending of the story, then later I had a lover who was caught as one of them and he was shot dead, even then I was not shocked and was at peace. People asked me how I was and told them that he is gone but it’s new start for him and that end of a tragic life, can you explain me this dream😬?

January 30, 2025

The calm, peaceful place is the inner being closer to the soul. The red flags and IM are symbols of adverse forces trying to invade

May I please request you to offer some guidance on what does it mean to expand our consciousness, and some suggestions to practice it in everyday life😇?

January 30, 2025

In the integral yoga we don’t use these terms or practice. Here the goal and the methods are very different. Expansion of consciousness is a

What does The Mother say anything about Valentine’s Day💖 ? In my opinion every day should be Valentine’s Day….but is there anything special about this day that she’s used?

January 29, 2025

The Mother and Sri Aurobindo spoke about love in its truest, deepest and highest sense. Valentine’s Day is more about celebrating romance which is quite

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