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Questions on Mother, Sri Aurobindo and Savitri

There is a perception that I hold strongly that the Divine has a face like I have a Krishna idol and then I feel like okay one day when I’m ready and I will see Krishna it’ll be human form. And then when I’m in a difficulty I have this feeling that Krishna is there will only happen when he appears as with the flute and the beautiful yellow dress. Same with The Mother, like if I see as in the photos then only she is near me. But am I not limiting myself by this and putting a barrier between us. What should be the right way to move forward dada?🦚πŸͺˆπŸͺ·πŸ„

Images are always representations and approximations. Photographs are slightly different, in a way better because they caary the subtle vibrations of the person. The images

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In Br.Up, Yajnavalkya gives his first lesson of spiritual life to Maitreyee telling her “that the real truth is that you do not love me, but you love the soul that is in you, which is also in me: you love your own self in me. Therefore you love me.” 1. What is the meaning of ‘One loves others for the sake of self’πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈπŸ“œπŸ§‘β€πŸ«βœ¨

Sri Aurobindo quotes it in ‘The Synthesis’ stating explaining beautifully thus.

‘At length, though at first slowly and partially, we learn to make the conscious

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I shared all my experiences with my uncle, who has been doing Gurudev’s yoga since 2013. And both of us used to discuss supramental yoga, divine transformation, all this a lot, so I shared everything accordingly, then he asked me whether there is any negativity attached to you which is misleading you, then I said if something like this was happening then why would you experience peace and love, πŸ‘£πŸ›£οΈπŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈπŸ•―οΈ

Generally I do not like to comment on other Gurus because faith is something sacred and personal. The problem is not about the claims etc

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What exactly is this discipline of ignorance and where do we get to see this in life? We think of ignorance as a state which itself lacks discipline. Please explain as Sri Aurobindo writes: The discipline of ignorance is the first step to the discipline of knowledge…πŸŽ―πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈπŸ›‘οΈβ³

It is described in great detail in Sri Aurobindo’s commentary on Knowledge and Ignorance in the Isha Upanishad (text quoted below). The discipline of Ignorance

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I read about the story of The Mother in Japan, She tell about the case of epidemic in Tokiyo that is They are soldier who died in the war. As we read that soldiers who fallow the Veergati get good position after death. How those soldiers become Preta and affect their own country people same time we know Japan for their extreme Nationalism and patriotism so if the goes to Pret yoni why the attack on their own people. Same a example of Baba Harbhajan Singh in Tibbet border who help the soldiers. Why the difference?πŸ§β€β™‚οΈβœ¨πŸ”‹βš‘πŸŒŠ

She is not speaking about the soul. She is speaking about the vital body, the prana deha. After the death of the body, the soul

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Β Your videos have provided deep relief during many a nark nights. I never really knew much about the Mother till Feb this year. Am a Shiva bhakt and visit Arunachala many times whom I love.. .. . Had a dream in Feb – it was a very long one. Saw mother. She was young in the dream.. and very fit. She explained many universal concepts and showed me some homes she built in an igloo style. When I woke up just remembered seeing her and being shocked by it! Than researched her. There were no young pics of her on the Internet though. She than stayed for 48 hours in my awareness. And my response was of a tantrum somehow. Like oh .. Now u have finally decided to come to me. And u expect me to be happy?β˜€οΈβœ¨πŸŒͺοΈπŸ§—β€β™‚οΈ

The Divine comes into our life does not mean that there will no more be any challenges. That is an impossible thing in the present

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As per my understanding, Sri Aurobindo yoga more focuses on transformation. The realization of divine was in the very earlier forΒ Sri Aurobindo & Mother bu for us its very difficult. So why the focus should be onΒ realization of divine or psychic? If so , are there any methods to follow like japa etc. πŸ›πŸͺ΅πŸ¦‹πŸ§˜πŸ”₯✨

Transformation implies the change of human nature into the Divine Supernature. But the change cannot come if our consciousness remains human. An animal cannot change

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I have a question on “When he mentions to his brother Barin that he is able to enter into the first layers of the Supermind or to Motilal Roy that he could dwell in the Parabrahman (the Highest Reality) for 18 hours a day.” When Parabrahman is beyond Supermind, how could the experience of Parabrahman come before Supermind to Sri Aurobindo?πŸ§ βš‘β˜€οΈπŸŒ

The terms beyond, higher and lower ceases to exist as soon as one steps beyond the cosmic consciousness of the Overmind. What one experiences then

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Transformation of nature seems a long journey, but realizationsΒ  had been achieved in past by many. So why can’t in our yoga we focus more on realization compared to Transformation.Β If so, will the below method will work or some other method & practices to follow?Β πŸ›βœ¨πŸ¦‹β˜€οΈπŸβ„οΈ

It is a question of one’s aspiration. Certainly one can strive for the Divine Realisation which is anyways the first indispensable basis. But there are

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The Mother says in a conversation that the Vedic Rishis were involutionary beings, but their bodies came through evolution. These were beings who descended from higher planes and who utilized these bodies. Sri Mother’s Collected Works, page 316 What meaning is being expressed here for Involution and Evolution?β¬‡οΈπŸŒŒπŸŒ€β¬†οΈβœ¨

Yes, it is in the sense of the descent of beings from higher worlds from the mental and spiritual planes into the human world, upon

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