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Questions on Mother, Sri Aurobindo and Savitri

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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Mother says in Agenda that “when the Lord draws nearest to men to establish a conscious relationship with them, it is then that, in their folly, men do the most foolish things.” She says that some do this out of panic and some because they cannot bear the Light. What exactly are these foolish things and how can one be vigilant enough to avoid being trapped and fail to respond when the Hour of God is near🤔?

The most foolish thing is to turn away from the Divine out of fear. They panic because they fear losing their ego and their limited

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Dada now I experience that when I open to the mother and Sri Aurobindo I feel the difficulties in lower part but when spontaneously my thought turns to Sri Krishna all the obstacles of lower nature vanishes and I feel peace. Why this is happening? Due to this unknowing difficulties I am not able to turn The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. When I think about Sri Aurobindo I feel causeless doubt, depression, no aspiration and bhakti towards mother and Sri Aurobindo. What should I do😥?

It is definitely the play of the mind making you feel like this. The only truth, if at all, could be that turning towards Sri

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Last night, I read a page of ‘Savitri’ before going to sleep. Whenever I read something from ‘Savitri,’ it feels like something is descending within me. It’s like a kind of intoxication that comes with peace. Around 4 AM, I heard a voice within me saying, ‘I am The Mother, I am within everyone, and it is I who is doing everything.’ Are these just my thoughts that are coming to me? Besides this, it has happened two or three times that the name ‘Radha’ starts within me at night. Could there be some deep truth to all this🤨?

Thoughts are not formed by the individual brain or mind but received from several cosmic agencies. The reading of Savitri opened the doors of your

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