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Life Problems And Psychological Difficulties

My father recently departed due to cancer last year. He has faced many problems and difficulties in his life but still he overcame many challenges due to his own positive attitude. We all couldn’t do much for him while he gave us everything to us. I deeply regret that as a child. What can I do for a departed soul , who was my father in this life. Can anything be done for the soul who has suffered so much pain and left other than religious things. I always ponder how his next life will be or is he in good place? Is there any way to know that his soul has not taken a life form again and Dissolved in the divine. A general question too, how is a soul journey decided?🤔 What karmas lead the soul to complete its path and never be born again and get absorbed in the divine?

Suffering is the price we pay for the ignorance that surrounds earthly life. This ignorance keeps us away from the truth of our own being,

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What do Mother and Sri Aurobindo say about Abortion? This is not for personal advice but a general question that I’ve been wondering and cannot seem to find online when searching their works. And when does a foetus become a human? Mother has said that the psychic enters different babies at different times so I’m just confused on when the cells becomes a human (spiritually)🤔?

Though they have not said anything directly about it but from a couple of letters it seems that the Mother and Sri Aurobindo were not

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It seems like a lot of The Mother’s comments on human love, especially in a romantic capacity, lead back to the fact that it is all ego based and desire based – and therefore a desire to “overcome” vs pursue. Is it wrong to want a loving relationship/life partner and to put effort into finding this? I have always wanted to meet someone growing up but haven’t really given myself permission to do so due to some big insecurities and mental blocks that make me feel unworthy of the type of person or relationship I’d want. I find myself feeling bitter and lonely more often – especially seeing those around me easily finding suitable partners and especially as I approach my late twenties. Even though I know a relationship is not the magic solution for happiness, I do think it’s an important part of anyone’s life.

The Mother’s comments on human love have to be seen in context. Some are letters written to specific sadhaks and hence it may not be

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You talk so many times of detachment in general life. Either it’s relationship which hurts anyone or the homely or office life from which one is not satisfied. But how should I detach from the outer things happening in my life whether it’s bad or good. What is the process of that? Can you please elaborate the method. There are times in my life when I have a problem and I am unable to find any solution to that, will detachment to that problem will help me? Will it give me less pain ? Or will it help me to find a way?

By attaching oneself to the Divine one gets more and more detached with the surface play of the world which is essentially a play of

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