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But at the same time I find one who is not engaged in pursuit of name, fame or wealth in society often ends up indulging in smoking up and drugging in the name of spirituality.ย One can very conveniently say Iโ€™m not looking for external validations (or the stars here ) fool themselves by saying they are looking for the sun. Talk yoga. But then seek these frivolities. How to know if one is seeking truth and wisdom, love and harmony, peace and illumination?ย ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿชท๐ŸŒŸ

It is a question of inner sincerity. But that is not the point. The truth of things does not depend upon who or how many

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From a materialistic worldly perspective, I don’t have anything substantial with me. All I have is the daily grind of earning a livingโ€”nothing more. I don’t know why I couldn’t progress further in life. Even though I have a family with a daughter, I haven’t been able to build a house or secure a well-paying job. As long as I live, I have to keep doing some work or the other. There’s no guarantee of age or health for me. I have no complaints about this life, but somewhere, the need for money keeps arising.๐Ÿ›๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฐโŒš๐Ÿ“ฆ

Fate is always a mixed baggage for everyone. The silver lining is that despite the rigors and the challenges, despite the stresses and the sufferings

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Dear Alokda, Can you please tell me how I reject this type of music and can you also tell me some good music which can help in Sadhana and staying close to the Divine Mother? I love listening to music, have explored a lot of genres but I end up going back to listen to western Hippop a lot. But my inner conscience is not happy with the type of lyrics that I hear, because all they talk about is money, women, violence, drugs and other asuric characteristics . On other side there is a bit gentler melodic music in which they sing about being caught up in emotions, attachment and hopelessness. ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽง๐ŸŽค

I am glad you have understood the concept very well. It is a common confusion because each age is flooded with the most popular music

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My question is on the part where you mentioned about people who sacrifice for greater love like creative writersย  or leaders. In the closing sentence, you mention social duty. Please clarify my misunderstanding – I have always considered sacrificing for nation or inspiring others as social duty. What qualifies as a social duty? And how can one become a sacrifice and another an attachment?ย ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿ‘ฅ๐Ÿค

Social duties are primarily those born out of social relationships as an accepted convention in a given society. They are not truth but they help

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What is this phenomenon, and why does this happen and more importantly how can watch shows or movies in a detached way? I had a question regarding movies. I like watching different movies. But I have noticed that whenever I watch movies it has an effect like I have become the character so I feel the feelings of the character. ๐ŸŽฌ๐ŸŽž๏ธ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ๐Ÿฟ

We are not made up of a single piece. There are many different parts in us that are normally suppressed. These parts sometimes express themselves

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People here are calling me a gossip monger because I happened to have confided into a few people (X & Y) around me about how another person(Z) ‘s behavior made me feel bad at a point of time. I never told that Z is bad but told I felt bad because of Z. I feel there is a difference between the two. I am feeling drained here at my workplace What to do, Alok Da? Kindly tell๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฅ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ข

It is a lesson of life and often a painful lesson that it is best to focus upon one’s progress and never ever to discuss

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I want to improve my concentration and become more focused? My college results are good, so I donโ€™t always feel pressure to push myself harder. Although I know that I feel truly happy when I use my time properly and work on improving myself, still without pressure I donโ€™t always give my full effort.๐Ÿง ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŽฏ

You need to discover your passion, that unique something which draws you naturally and go deeper and deeper into it. Also try to find different

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I seek your guidance on a persistent right-side sleeping preference. Recently, repeated inflammation in the right jaw made me more aware of this pattern. Right-side lying brings calm and inwardness, whereas supine posture induces subtle anxiety. I wonder whether this lateral dominance reflects any deeper energetic or psycho-spiritual structure, or if it is purely mechanical. Should this tendency be consciously balanced, or simply observed without interference?๐Ÿ˜ด๐Ÿ’ค๐Ÿ›Œ

There is indeed a subtle difference in the side one sleeps. Even during the day there is a switching between nostril dominance. It is possibly

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You have said, ‘Then one would laugh at oneโ€™s follies and hate and bitterness.’ I find this statement very powerful to counter all bitterness in me towards people. But, when I remember my past frictions with people and the way I was treated, I can’t help feeling anger for them. Is it becoming more difficult because of my psychosis?๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ข

The more you justify these reactions the more they will linger and grow. Each one has to make a choice whether we keep living in

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‘The progress in sadhana comes from the rectification of the inner and outer attitude, not from the nature of the work one doesโ€”any work, even the most humble, can lead to the Divine if it is done with the right attitude.’ -THE MOTHER. So how is the true way of having this truest or right inner attitude and outer attitude and rectification?? Example while being at home with children, cooking, doing choresโ€ฆ please describe!โ›ฐ๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿงญ

The first and most important, in fact the most powerful indispensable step is nishkaam karma. It means to do whatever work has fallen to our

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I have desire and fear that covered up the small aspiration to love, and that is why I feel this has happened. But this is not the truth deeper within anybody, and I want to have beautiful feelings and thoughts and to love spontaneously. Everyone has truth and love within them, why should I cover it up with a scared imitation of the actual thing? I think I am not yet that open to Mother and Sri Aurobindo.โœจ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’“โ™พ๏ธ

We are all made up of different parts that pull in different directions and hence it is quite common to have certain self-contradictory elements within

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I want to know how to make a decision for continuing a certain kind of work ( which is not giving any result ) and letting it go โ€ฆ or rather how to draw a fine line between perseverance and letting go ?ย  Sometimes we feel that the Divine does not want us to carry it any longerโ€ฆ Is it our mental perception?ย โš–๏ธ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ”Ž

Outer results, success or failure are no indication of whether one should continue with a work or not. The indication should come from the inmost

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The need to find fulfilment or satisfaction of one’s desires from one human being only opens the doors to further and further disappointment. However good and even faithful a human being may be, he or she cannot fulfil the deepest need within human beings. It is so because the thirst within us is of the infinite and by its nature, no finite object or person can fulfill it. That is why human love begins to pale after the initial rush and flush is over. ๐Ÿ’”โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน๐Ÿฅ€

Therefore there are two main options before you. Either to accept the outer situations and the realistic human limits and instead of seeking the fulfilment

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Alok da, earlier it was very easy to see faults in others and feel angry about it and life was simple. Since sometime now, there has been a significant shift in this tendency. For every fault in others, there is a corresponding realisation of similar traits in myself. Also, while I am unable to control a lot of emotions like anger, jealousy, possessiveness and sometimes also hatered, but there is a simultaneous experience. As if there are 2 beings inside, something that quickly points out this mistake to the other part. I try to then surrender these tendencies to Mother and sometimes also write to Her. . Is there anything to be done about this?๐ŸŽญ๐ŸŒ“๐Ÿ‘ฅ

This is great progress. It means that the inner being is becoming free from the clutch of outer nature and its habitual reactions. Keep turning

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