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Questions on Mother, Sri Aurobindo and Savitri

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…πŸ‘πŸ€πŸ™πŸŒΈ

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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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.Β 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.Β πŸ«£πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜”πŸ’”

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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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…πŸ’‰πŸ’ŠπŸ©ΊπŸ•―οΈπŸ™

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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Recently a devotee told me that until Mother is known, until we haven’t glimpsed the mother, until the Mother reveals herself as the Supreme to a seeker, yoga is not initiated in an individual. Hence, there is no yogic initiation, yoga hasn’t begun at all or rather it is a subconscious yoga. I would like to understand that clearly. What is subconscious and conscious yoga? [conti]πŸ‘οΈπŸ§˜πŸͺ·πŸ•―️

Nobody can or aught to say whether somebody is on the path of Yoga or not. Nobody can know Her except what She Herself choses

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Sir in one conversation you said that Sri Aurobindo Ashram is for higher evolution, What is that higher evolution referring to? Also what techniques or books or methods you use to heal yourself of ailments, depression and diseases? What should one inculcate or fix in daily routine as to live in tune with the universe?🧘🌳πŸͺ·β˜€οΈ

By higher evolution is meant to make the Divine the centre of one’s life instead of the ego, to base one’s life and activities around

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Recently, some friends came to my house, and our discussion turned to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, as they had also visited the Matrimandir and Auroville. I have Savitri, The Life Divine, and some other books written by M. P. Pandit ji. Could you kindly suggest which book they should read first in Hindi to understand more about the Mother and Sri Aurobindo?πŸ“šπŸ“•πŸͺ·πŸ“œ

You can suggest the following books in Hindi.

1) Mata

2) Hamara Yog aur uska Uddesya

3) Shwet Kamal by Ravindra ji

4) Param by

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I get nauseous on buses. I even puked as we were approaching Auroville. Someone said that it’s the negative force going out of the body as we were nearing the sacred place and it made so much sense. The whole day I had to roam around Puducherry in that AC bus which made my journey worse. The next part of the camp was to visit the Ashram. There was a collective meditation. When I was just a kid of the Mother crying for Her. Why did I cry that way?Β πŸŸ‘πŸŒ³πŸ•ŠοΈπŸŒ

Yes it is because your soul has recognised Her as your true Mother.

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