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Questions on Mother, Sri Aurobindo and Savitri

I would like to share an experience with you. There are moments quite often that when I think about the divine or Sri Aurobindo’s words or Mother’s love, tears start coming out. These tears are not of sorrow or happiness or a cry, but It tries to remind me of my ultimate goal which is self realisation and wishes me to see the divine in all its creation. It feels like the truth wants to be expressed through me but it is only able to do so. It gives me a strength and the will to fight for the truth. What feeling is this and why do I cry🥹?

It is a psychic feeling, a soul remembrance and is a sign that you are ready for the true spiritual life.

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What is the importance of Brahmacharya in the Integral Yoga? which is a life accepting and not shunning, In traditional Yoga they speak of Eight aspects of Brahmacharya which consists of complete shunning of all the contacts with the opposite gender, such as don’t even look at a person with other gender etc. But this kind of practices are not compatible for person living in the city life. So how to practice celibacy from standpoint of Integral Yoga🤔?

Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga is indeed a life-embracing Yoga but it embraces life with the view of transforming it. It does not advocate perpetuating the

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Dear Alok bhai ,today I read this from Prayers and Meditations . “The joy present to us in activity is compensated and counterpoised by the perhaps still greater joy that we feel in withdrawal from all activity “. Please do elaborate on this. Kindly put more words, as to why the Divine is called ‘a mystery’ and ‘the wonderful’ in the below shloka? Is the Divine indeed so Great and the Absolute😇?

He is a mystery because none can know Him by the natural instruments of the senses and mind. And even when we go beyond the

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Actually I wanted to know why you said only at an individual level we are a portion of The Mother? Why can we not be her portion individually & spiritually both? After all she can be the force with consciousness. What is the need to separate the divine into two – Consciousness & Force, in fact into four – Existence, Consciousness-Force & Bliss. To me there is all possibility that the same energy we feel around is all – Anandmayi, Chaintanyamayi, Satyamayi and Sarvashaktimayi. I am sorry if I have misinterpreted your response. Please correct me if my understanding is flawed🫤

I see the reason for the misunderstanding. It is perhaps because generally by individuality we think of the ego personality which is a temporary structure.

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I try my best to open towards The Mother, but I think my nature has too much of deficiencies. I am feeling that too much vanity, doubts, lust etc. are not allowing me to properly turn towards the yoga. Many a times I think that I should do traditional tantrik sadhnas like vishnu sahasranama recitation daily to purify myself first. But again I read from ‘The Mother’ book that I should have complete faith towards my guru and not be under any second influence. Please guide me how should I proceed properly and how to purify myself to do The Mother’s yoga😥.

The choice of yoga is not made according to the difficulties one might encounter but according to the aspiration or the goal that one seeks.

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