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Food Science is relative because it does not take into consideration the local conditions, the general occupation, and the mental / genetic / heredity conditioning

Dear Alok da, my colleague believes there is nothing like a “purpose or aim of one’s life”, and it’s only people running for needs. A poor person is in need of money, so he thinks his aim is to earn money and runs towards it. 🪙🌳🤑💵

May 22, 2026

These are his beliefs and not rational propositions.

Flawed logic number one.

If one wants to earn money because of poverty then the logical

Different people have different opinions about banana shake. Modern science and gym goers consider it a good source for weight gain, whereas Ayurveda says that the combination of banana with milk is not good for digestion! So, Dada, should we drink banana shake or not?🍌🍽️😌

May 21, 2026

Banana is very good for gaining weight. In the Ashram Dining Room here Banana and milk are given everyday and hence I suppose it is

How to give service and consecrate ourselves to divine service?🛠️🪷🫴✨🧹

May 21, 2026

That is a big subject. I would suggest you to read the Gita and hear the talks on Essays on the Gita. But the most

Is it wrong for me to feel bad when I listen to movie songs often? I mean in hindsight my mind says you’re letting your vital take over blah blah blah but it’s just me enjoying the song and dancing to it. My music’s genre is crazy. I adore and soak in the Bhakthi songs, ragas, flute music and I know how to dance and enjoy the movie songs too. So what’s your view on this? 🎶🎵🎧📻

May 21, 2026

It is natural at a certain stage for those endowed with bhakti to cry at certain songs that suggest beautiful love. It means that love

I am in corporate where I was working on X topic before. I have been re-assigned to a team to work on a particular topic which I find uninteresting or probably consider so. I still have a desire/ passion to work on X and hence searching for opportunities to change to work on that. But, Mother has said that we should not have preferences/ attachments and it is always better to do what is assigned as an offering to increase plasticity. If I move to some other team to work on something I consider interesting – will it be satisfying my desire discarding an opportunity of spiritual progress to overcome an attachment? How should I approach this situation and make the decision?🏢💻👔📅

May 21, 2026

There is nothing wrong in seeking a work that is more aligned to your inner temperament and which engages you deeply. What the Mother is

I am asking Mother to purify my vital, and lately keep coming across talks and books on female codependency as if She is trying to show me what I need to examine and eradicate. I have never really understood what the term is. To me, this is a desire to fix others’ problems, to give emotionally or financially too quickly, or too much, without stepping back and asking the Divine what to do-it feel it comes from a vital egoic place that has been conditioned in women?💎🛡️🌊💧

May 21, 2026

The urge to help, to give, too soon and too much as you say comes from a large and generous vital. It is not necessarily

What is the difference between remembering via ‘mental memory’ and remembering through ‘states of consciousness’. Mother says the latter is best since mental memory can be wiped out anytime but consciousness remembers always. I did not fully understand how one remembers through consciousness. I thought even our Vedic oral tradition employed mental memory alone. I seem to be missing Mother’s higher level insight.🧠🗄️💭⏳

May 21, 2026

Now, there is another aspect also. Outside the mental memory, which is something defective, there are states of consciousness. Each state of consciousness in which

I read in AuroMaa, ‘It is given to man as a unique privilege to share His kingdom and His delight, not by indulging in but rather by renouncing pleasure.’ Kindly explain what is expected of us as part of ‘renouncing pleasure’. Does it mean we don’t take joy or pleasure in any activity? How do we fulfil this condition?🙌☀️✨🥰

May 21, 2026

Pleasure, joy and delight are three steps to the recovery of greater and greater degrees of Bliss that has gone into the origin of creation.

Dear sir , In the 1960s, physicists found that electrons act like waves when unobserved but like particles when watched — as if they ‘know’ we’re looking. This raises a profound question: is reality objective, or shaped by our observation? Do we discover it, or create it by looking?⚛️⚡🧪🥽

May 21, 2026

Yes, this is the well known conundrum which different scientists try to explain in different ways. Perhaps the Reality is a little bit of both,

Dada, these days two different situations are developing within me. On one hand, sometimes worldly matters attract me, and sometimes they irritate me. But one thing I am experiencing is that if anyone uses a mobile phone nearby, it causes me great irritation and I feel like going somewhere quiet and alone. On the other hand, I start getting emotional about everything.🧘‍♂️⚖️🏔️✨

May 21, 2026

It is a stage through which every aspirant passes through. The old world begins to lose its shine though something is still attracted by force

Please help me, is work life balance just a myth?? Or is it my attitude towards life? I earn so I can have financial independence and spend quality time with family and have some luxury in life, but seems I’m not getting that..⚙️🔋🏡☕🌱

May 21, 2026

There are number of presumptions about money and life which need to be set right. As you can already see, money can buy you neither

My question is, is it right or wrong to celebrate someone’s birthday after their death? If so, why is this so? And did Mother say anything about this kind of debt in the Ashram, or is this all just something we made up?🕊️🎂✨🎈

May 21, 2026

What is meant by living and what is meant by dead. There are many who are living but whose life is so meaningless, so purposeless

My uncle is investing some money in some work and I have to take care of that work, so should I do business or not because I am confused about how many days I will be able to do this work if I have to prepare for the life of an Ashram?💻📁⌨️💼

May 20, 2026

To be able to take up any work and do it well even if it is not so interesting is a very good preparation for

Can destiny move in two directions? I am asking this question because Gurudev was earlier preparing me for his work and had blessed me to become a Member of Parliament in politics. Guruma had given me the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi, and they wanted me to carry out the Guru’s work through all these means. But now the Universal Mother has taken me into her refuge, so destiny has changed. Does this mean Gurudev did not know about the journey of my future? And do the blessings he gave me still hold any significance now?🌌✨🌠🧭🛣️

May 20, 2026

Politics and money are generally not recommended for seekers of the spiritual life. Though these too can be turned into part of Divine Work if

Sir, in our home there are lots of Mouse. They make our kitchen dirty. I’m thinking what should I do? Killing them is okay by giving them medicine? What solution will be best?🐭🏠😱

May 20, 2026

There are three things you can do.

1) Pray to the Divine Mother for help and then sincerely pray to the spirit of the species

From many nights, I have not been able to sleep properly, there are just too many dreams, all different kinds. On waking up my body is shivering and is quite tired. In some dreams I am running in those dreams, sometimes there are places that are very scary. In one or two I did even take up a fight in a dream.💭🌜😴💤

May 20, 2026

The activities of the day, especially our thoughts and fears determine the quality of our sleep and the nature of our dreams. It is as

I have read or heard that The Mother was not insisting on medicines. Ayurveda was still fine. Is this correct? How medicines are perceived in spiritual life?🌿🥣🍵🍃

May 20, 2026

The Mother was not fond of Allopathic medications, especially surgery and strong medicines. However She did not insist upon anything and let the disciples make

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