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Questions on Mother, Sri Aurobindo and Savitri

I’m almost 30 years old. My parents want me to get married as I’m their single child, so they are in a hurry. Whenever they show me some bio of a guy, I get so much disturbed with that, like there’s a fear in my whole being and I usually get angry or rather cry. I always wonder why we waste our time in these marriage talks. Even though I want to get married but I’m not that much in a hurry, ..❤️✨🤝💍

This is a feeling natural to those who are inwardly developed and have a conscious spiritual goal. Arranged or otherwise this should be a minimum

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How can one practically apply the Mother’s discipline of speaking and writing “only what is absolutely indispensable” without becoming confused about whether expressions of affection, humor, or singing while working count as unnecessary, and how does one avoid the frustration that comes from this strict self-restraint? 🤫🧘‍♂️✨📜

The principle behind this advice given by the Mother is that firstly, speech externalises the consciousness and throws out a lot of energy. Hence the

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I want to feel inspired by Sri Aurobindo and given my researches could be incomplete, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of publication about the yogic feats of Sri Aurobindo as one would encounter about Yogananda or Vivekananda. Can you tell me something yourself since you perhaps have had intimate acquaintance with many ashramites and admirers who came across Him or leave a memory with their posterity?🖋️📜💎✨

Perhaps you have not dipped into the right sources or read material on Sri Aurobindo’s life. I would advice you to read the following biographies.

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Could you please guide me on how I can shift this concentration to the Heart Centre? This is more on the personal front. In the readings of Sri Aurobindo thus far – and in your talks – there is a gentle nudge to gradually shift the Concentration to the Heart Centre in order to open the Psychic. 💓🧘🎯[…]

It comes with practice. I myself encountered this difficulty initially since I used to practice, like most persons, concentration in the forehead. While shifting it

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Has Sri Aurobindo’s experiment of bringing the supramental force to the world, with the aim of eliminating poverty, ignorance, and falsehood, achieved its intended outcome? Given that the world still struggles with cruelty, greed, and insecurity 75 years after his time, can it be said that his efforts have made a significant impact?🪷🌏🌅

The first thing that we need to understand is that the Supramental does not work in the human way, its action is not based on

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