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Life Problems And Psychological Difficulties

Sir, yesterday I was talking with my friend and got to know something. I should be real. Actually, I am showing people what I am not. I should try to ask when needed, even if it is a very basic question. I should not think in a way like what he will think and so on. I should replace this thought with what I really am; they will see that. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🏡🤝🎭[…]

Don’t think about people. Human beings live in ignorance and their opinion has no value.

Don’t think about yourself and analyse whether you are this

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I’ve anxiety problem, age 63. I try to sit quietly before Mother’s photo and pray but not always I can overcome it. I try to read Ma Sri Aurobindo’s book but cannot concentrate. Then I try to do household chores and be busy with work. Even I feel guilty that being Mother’s child how come I cannot overcome this problem. I want to know when this happens what shall I do at that moment so that I can settle down and pray? 😰😥🥀🍂

There is no need to feel guilty. All that you need to do is some deep quiet breathing, turning the mind away towards some activity

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I am obese and have related knee pain (osteoarthritis) and the doctor told if i don’t reduce weight i will have to undergo knee replacement within few years. I have other problems as well due to obesity. The doctors have prescribed Rybelsus 3 mg for weight loss. But i have heard about the side effects like hair loss, loose skin, gall bladder removal, and that the medicine has to be taken life long. I am not sure if I should start this medicine or rely only on gym for weight loss. Please guide.🙏🥺💊

If your weight is part of the heredity factor then there is nothing to worry. Your body mechanisms know how to handle it. If your

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It’s a bit grueling, so the aspiration gets clouded and one is left exhausted. There is much insincerity, so I have to work. I am pushing Her away with my insincerity, so I feel guilty about that. Just hoping that Mother’s presence and guidance is still there somewhere behind the surface, even if I can’t feel it. Am I reading too much into it and should do whichever feels right to the best of my evaluation, do it with the best intentions and offer to Mother?😶‍🌫️☁️🌫️🌪️

The first thing needed is to be conscious of your aspiration and the true goal. All these ideas are good but they belong to the

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I’m trying to figure out the right thing but I don’t know what to do? But with Mothers grace things will happen one day in the future I’m sure of.. But there must be some sort of lacking in me, Or I’m just not fully and properly relying upon the Mother I think, that I’m still not able to figure out what to do or not having enough courage to do anything. It’s like I’m juggling with my feelings, desires and right decisions, And there are times of complete helplessness like I’m grounded to earth or chained down…My question is how should I practice to rely on the Mother completely and how should I wake up to this sun light?🙏⚓🕯️🤍

What is missing and what you need most is faith. Man cannot take a step forward without faith. This habit of the physical mind to

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I’m in cancer treatment and it looks quite good. But I have to deal with a medical system here in Switzerland that on one hand is very excellent but on the other is often working with “worst case” scenarios causing fear and anxiety in me. (Sometimes I ask myself whether the hostile forces can also use doctors…) Anyway, I often feel the obligation to decide something, whether to follow the doctor’s advice or go my own way. This is very difficult. How can one know whether a decision is right?🎗️🩺❤️‍🩹💊

Human beings live in ignorance, ignorance of the deeper truths and forces that govern our lives, ignorant of the Divine Presence within, ignorant of the

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Hello Dada.. I am in lot of emotional distress and just nothing feels right. I don’t know how to put it in word at some point I feel terrible about myself and at the same time not able to hold it anymore. Things have paradoxically changed. To be honest I have a complete different perception now which is difficult to explain to anyone also sometimes I feel is it a lot of my Ego speaking and thats why the conflicts?👑🦁🎭🪞

It is the struggle that most people of the new generation feel. The simplest way to deal with these things is to stay focused on

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I have been living away from home for almost 9 years for my studies, and currently study in a foreign country. I usually don’t get much lonely and even if I, I get comfortable on remembering the Mother. But for sometime, I am getting too emotional on festivals such as today, which usually results in a fever and impacts my work. How should I deal with it?🏡📍🥺🧸☕

It is most likely the result of home-sickness arising out of loneliness. Certain circumstances and situations are typically associated in the mind with home or

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I have recently started my residency in MS opthalmology. My schedule runs from 7am to 11pm with two 36 hours shifts each week. Throughout the day I am constantly surrounded by seniors and immersed in work and we are not allowed to leave the wards during working hours. I get no time for meditation or reading books of Maa and Sri Aurobindo or even some time to sit in silence. How to do this Sadhana through work when hospital feels like a jail and certain seniors like jailors?🧘🕯️📿📖

I completely understand having gone through it in my own way. What you should do is to first change the motive of your studies. Take

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“All depends on what you want. If you want Yoga, take all that happens as the expression of the Divine Grace leading you towards your goal, and try to understand the lesson that circumstances give.” (The Mother) My question – is it fine, if while trying to ‘understand the lesson’, we make mistakes? I mean to ask, if we misinterpret the lesson, will the Divine take care of it?✨🛡️💖🌹

To the Divine Consciousness there are no mistakes. Human beings go through the experiences, pleasant and painful due to the Ignorance in which they live.

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