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Questions on Mother, Sri Aurobindo and Savitri

Dear Alok Da, In the Gita chapter 5 verse 15, it is said that the Lord accepts neither the Sin nor the Virtue of anyoneโ€ฆ It seems that the Higher Being is indifferent towards the movements in the lower hemisphere as it is typically taken for granted in classical Advaita Vedanta, but the Mother in one place said that the reason for Downfall of India is to taken for granted that the Higher plane is not taking place or controlling the lower movementsโ€ฆ But in the Gita, just the opposite is writtenโ€ฆ Please clarify.๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿฆš๐Ÿชˆ๐Ÿ“–

The verse in question simply means that the Divine does not see and act as humans do. He does not, for example necessarily support the

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Dada can you exlain these Mother’s lines: “Wake up in yourself a will to conquer. Not a mere will in the mind but a will in the very cells of your body. Without that you canโ€™t do anything; you may take a hundred medicines but they wonโ€™t cure you unless you have a will to overcome the physical illness. I may destroy the adverse force that has possessed you..๐ŸŒน๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‘‘โ™พ๏ธ

It simply means that our will must support the Divine Will in its action. It is what is called as a dynamic surrender wherein we

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I also see that Sri Aurobindo had written about the Vedic Gods and mantras as well. Sometimes when my mind is agitated and concentration on the Mother at the heart could be a challenge, or it takes a while for the mind to settle down to have effective concentration, I wonder if I could use some mantras to bring my mind to a focus. I would rather utilize mantra(s) that bind me to Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Have they approved of any mantra(s) to be used as part of the sadhana? are they to be chanted, or listened to? If so, kindly guide me on how to use and practice them? ๐Ÿ”ฑ๐Ÿ‘ผ๐Ÿงš๐Ÿ•‰๏ธ๐Ÿ“ฟ

There are quite a few mantras they gave on different occasions to different sadhaks. Sri Aurobindo gave The Mother’s mantra: …

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Was going thru the book โ€œA divine life in A divine body โ€œย Nowadays , we hear so much about psychic abilities and mediums โ€ฆ How are these different?ย Should one try to develop these as a part of Sadhna to have a true connection with the divine. How do we separate psychic being from a psychic?โœจ๐Ÿงโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿชท๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ

‘Psychic’ abilities or powers belong to the occult domain of our being. In other words it means that there is a larger, vaster subliminal mind

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I have been watching an earlier video:Explorations in Savitri 031 Book 2 Canto 3 pp 116-118. At 33.25 minutes you talk of Urvashi. You then explained the occult reasons on why the pandavas and kauravas did not get on. Can you explain the occult reasons behind their dischord?๐Ÿ›žโš”๏ธ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ

The Kauravas and the Pandavas belong to the lunar dynasty that was initiated by the legendary Pururavas, son of Mercury (the planet controlling wisdom) and

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But the imperative need for the future evolution of humanity is that it must liberate itself from all the slaveries and attachments of the vital ego, and break all the chains that keep it tied down to its lower vital nature and prevent its ascension to the higher spiritual nature. In this liberation from its lower vital egoistic nature all the social institutions which it has created in the past and which still persist in the present will inevitably break down and disappear because there will be no necessity or justification left for their existence. ๐Ÿ’ โ†’ ๐Ÿฆ โ†’ ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿฆ‹

I am not sure where and in what context She said that She never felt maternal. In fact She said something to this effect that

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