The soul is a portion of the Divine and is present like the essence in everything, just as the formless fragrance in a flower. This
Suffering is a common experience of humanity but it’s degree, nature, impact and consequences differ. It is easy to see that the root cause of
Manifestation will never end because the Divine is eternal and infinite. The only difference is that the further Manifestation will be in freedom and …
Well this question has been answered by Sri Aurobindo, “The Mother prays to teach us to pray”. Besides since these prayers are written in identification
To form a bond with the Divine Mother all that is needed is the chord of devotion fastened with the threads of faith and stamped
The work may not be done for the Mother. In fact it is good to be honest about the motive behind the work which may
Meditation is only one of the ways to progress spiritually though neither the only one nor the easiest one. Bhakti is the swiftest but it
Sri Aurobindo used the term Realistic Vedanta as well as synthetic Vedanta so we can call it as saptadarshana which is of the nature of
The psychology behind this is that we tend to hide within us things that we find unacceptable for a number of reasons. We carefully conceal
Everything needs to be transformed and can be transformed. What we call as perversion is the distortion of a Truth. Let’s say physical pleasure which
Yes. It is how the Inconscient came into existence, by the plunge of the Superconscient into its very opposite. It was done because thus alone
F.A.H. Elliot (d.1910), an ICS officer of Bombay presidency, was appointed principal tutor to 12-year old Sayājirao to groom him into a cringing dependent. Not
Ordinarily what is meant by relaxation is to indulge in the gross and crude instincts. It is called as relaxation because one ‘relaxes’ the check
It is the essence of an experience that the soul gathers. For example it may gather that a life of luxury and excess of wealth
Sri Aurobindo himself answered this saying that the word Ashram had been given because it comes from the root shram, which means labour. The Ashram
Very beautiful question and one very close to my heart. Sri Aurobindo himself described the word Arya means noblest, shrestha, the best and highest. When
When we look into ourselves and find insincerity, our eyes and face change—it’s an indication. I’ve observed the same with children; they may suddenly avoid
This is quite a common experience. The Mother has described it stating the reasons for the same. Savitri also describes it beautifully. ‘The high and
