Learn to do the work for the joy of work, with the eyes fixed on progress, learning more and more, doing it better and better.
Food and sleep are two of the activities that are done most unconsciously as they are rooted in the most unconscious part of our being,
Start by practicing and developing concentration on the one activity that naturally engages and arouses interest. Start with small steps such as reading one passage
As far as job is concerned any job can be made part of the Divine Work by doing dedicating it inwardly to the Mother. When
It is quite natural at your age. Best is to go through sanyama which means to regulate rather than nigragaha or forced repression. Take the
Each one has to find their own aim. The smaller the aim, the lesser the effort needed but also lesser the joy of life. Those
It happens because you are sensitive to the difference between the notes of music and can feel their effects in the very body. Music and
School is meant for a certain kind of mental progress. They do not directly help in the spiritual progress but developing the mind helps in
The degree of refinement of our senses depends upon the quality of our consciousness. At the same time if the senses indulge in crude pleasures
Good and bad is obviously a question of perspective and hence cannot be the arbiter. One person’s good may be another person’s bad given exactly
Not any swing but a rhythmic movement helps induce sleep including music and a lullaby. Wakefulness with all things pulling us in multiple directions disturbs
Exercises are a very good means to sublimate our aggressive energies just as art music and poetry sublimate our sexual energies. Physical sports help us
Nothing happens randomly. Only we do not know the process and hence call it random. What happens is that everything we perceive and experience is
Time is not an illusion but a subordinate power of the Eternal that helps in the unfolding of the Divine Will. It is somewhat like
Not at all. Happiness is what the average person seeks. There are people who seek knowledge, others who seek love, still others who seek harmony
Everything can be changed. There is no such inevitable iron law or absolutely fixed determinism. Yes, by and large things follow a certain pattern, a
One should ideally read the book with which one feels naturally engaged since it answers our inner need. A good combination is The Synthesis of
Yes because most people believe that the path of life they have chosen is the best or the only true path. Besides every life has
