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Questions on Mother, Sri Aurobindo and Savitri

While reading Savitri (which I read at a very slow pace and loudly, giving each word its own tone according to its meaning and context, and with a rhythm, which I try, it is refining gradually, more by listening to you sing and also the rhythm and style that the Mother used. My family members often ridicule me for singing out loud English poetry. Well, that’s their loss. I don’t care. I am here to please my Soul.), various kinds of experience I often get, in my mind, vital and also in physical.πŸ“–πŸ—£οΈπŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸ»πŸͺ·βœ¨[…]

The effect of reading or listening Savitri is indeed wonderful. Though the degree and depth of impact depends upon the inner preparation and receptivity of

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“Although a higher state than the other, this supreme Night is termed a greater darkness, because the lower is one of chaos from which reconstitution is always possible, the higher is a conception of Void or Asat, an attachment to non-existence of Self from which it is more difficult to return to fulfilment of Self.” πŸ§˜πŸΌπŸ™‚πŸ™πŸ»πŸŒ·[…]

Yes, that is what the Isha Upanishad implies. Buddha, and all who leave the world towards self-annihilation in the Beyond go into the greater original

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Sri Aurobindo writes: “The supramental love means an intense unity of soul with soul, mind with mind, life with life, and an entire flooding of the body consciousness with the physical experience of oneness, the presence of the Beloved in every part, in every cell of the body. Is that too something aloof and grand but undesirable?… ” βœ’οΈπŸ“–πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸ»πŸŒ»[…]

This is a letter written to Dilip Kumar Roy who was into traditional bhakti of Krishna. He wondered if the supramental could provide the kind

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Dear Alok da, is ‘The Hour of God’ still here on Earth even after both Sri Aurobindo and The Mother left the Earth?Β Or has it retired so that men are left to act in the strength or weakness of their own egoism?Β Right now, what is the true status of the Earth?Β What is the authority for your answer if you give?Β πŸŒ„πŸŒπŸ™„πŸƒ

The Hour of God is the period of Time when the Divine steps in the forefront and acts directly upon terrestrial life. The Avatar sets

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The Mother and Sri Aurobindo have used these terms extensively in relation to the Evolution of Beings. What is the difference in their fundamental meaning? Does Involution happen first and then Evolution? Or do both processes occur simultaneously? πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸ»πŸͺ·πŸŒ„πŸͺ

Involution is the result of the Divine Consciousness limiting itself through selective concentration and thereby entering into a state of ignorance and eventually Inconscience. Since

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I surrendered to the Mother and prayed to her to give me love for my in-laws and thus keep me safe by not letting anger and frustration get the better of me. I tried to gather Courage and Faith – and thought “Mother is there, She is looking after it and I need not worry”. πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ‘§πŸ»β€πŸ‘¦πŸ»πŸ§“πŸΌπŸ‘΅πŸΌπŸ™πŸ»πŸͺ·[…]

This is always the magic of Her Grace. To invoke Her in all situations and circumstances of life is what is needed rather than trying

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