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Questions on Mother, Sri Aurobindo and Savitri

I have a little confusion about the method of reading Sri Aurobindo within my short life span. I have developed aspiration to complete the main books The synthesis of Yoga, the Life Divine, Savitri, Essays on the Gita and the Upanishads. I am now 71 years old and would aspire to complete before I leave this world. All the books I have partially read and could not complete. Should I read the books one by one or earmark different timings in a day for different books?๐Ÿ“–โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿชทโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ [conti]

Beautiful aspiration. I am sure your aspiration will be fulfilled by Her Grace. It will be better to allocate different times in the day for

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I have never thought of staying in the Ashram forever, but the thought of visiting it comes again and again. Yes, but such thoughts do come and I also pray that Maa, some such arrangement should be made so that I can get food and shelter and my life can be devoted to serving you. Who knows, I may get entangled in the cycle of earning money๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒธ [conti]

Aspire and surrender to the Mother’s Grace to fulfil in its own time in Her own way.

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I find that I have a strained or tense and cautious attitude towards The Mother, as if it is a fragile relation which I could ‘mess up’ due to the impurities in me. I think I know that if I were to love Her truly one day, then I would not be cautious or reserved, I’d trust entirely and wouldn’t want to spare even a thought or a feeling for myself. I aspire to that, but I’m so very far away from it. I feel it would be helpful to start with an honest, real and open attitude and take small steps with Her towards a loving unity eventually…๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿค๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒธ

Beautiful state. Pray to the Mother and open to Her more and more. The more you open the more everything will come and develop. Do

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Two questions today, two years ago I had a back surgery, which went wrong. I remember even when they gave me anesthesia I was taking Sri Aurobindo and The Mother’s name, and had left everything to them. Now again they are talking about another surgery, saying that I have a cyst that has to come out and fuse L2 to L4. L5 S1 is already fused about 11 years ago. this will be 3 to 4 hour surgery. I think I am having some faith problem…๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿฉบ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ™

Sri Aurobindo and the Mother were never in favour of surgery. So we can’t be doing something that they themselves have advised against and then

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Why is it that I have these phases when I feel uncomfortable or uneasy, standing in front of Lord and Mother? As if they would be disappointed in me or ashamed of me. I understand that they’re not human parents and that they don’t emote like we think. It’s just how I feel.ย Honestly, that’s just my constant state of mind, I always feel that everyone is disappointed in me. I think that seeps into all my relationships, whether it is with family, or friends or even the Divine.ย ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ’”

Yes we tend to project our inner state and feelings upon others, including the Divine. It is a form of the ego that closes itself

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