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Questions on Mother, Sri Aurobindo and Savitri

While reading Life Divine,Β I go slowly in paragraphs, with its meaning of difficult words and its meaning as it is received. Read it in the next morning. Feel that something is understood, abstract. But if someone ask me to explain,Β couldn’t made in my words. Is it right.Β πŸ“–βœ¨πŸŒΒ πŸŒ…πŸͺ· Β  Β  Β  Β 

Yes it is a good way. Explaining to someone else is different. It requires a different faculty. It is enough if you feel something understood.

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Sri Aurobindo writes:”When you clutch at anything and try to make it your own with an egoistic sense of possession, then however beautiful and wonderful it may be, it loses its value and becomes ordinary.” Letters on YogaΒ I didn’t quite understand this profound observation of Sri Aurobindo.βœοΈπŸ’ŽπŸ”’πŸ”—

This is evident from the fact that they soon begin running after and chasing other objects. The millionaire who dreamed of having millions and gets

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Referring your quote from Sri Aurobindo in your answer “The ideal is not allowed to mould the whole life, but only more or less to colour it; it is often used even as a cover and a plea for things that are diametrically opposed to its real spirit.Β Can you give an example , whereΒ Β “The Ideal is usedΒ  as a cover and a plea for diametrically opposed to its real spirit”πŸͺ·β˜€οΈβœ¨βœοΈπŸ“œπŸŒŒ

You can see it all over the world. Almost all religious institutions, exceptions apart, pay only a lip service to God. The priests and the

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There is a perception that I hold strongly that the Divine has a face like I have a Krishna idol and then I feel like okay one day when I’m ready and I will see Krishna it’ll be human form. And then when I’m in a difficulty I have this feeling that Krishna is there will only happen when he appears as with the flute and the beautiful yellow dress. Same with The Mother, like if I see as in the photos then only she is near me. But am I not limiting myself by this and putting a barrier between us. What should be the right way to move forward dada?🦚πŸͺˆπŸͺ·πŸ„

Images are always representations and approximations. Photographs are slightly different, in a way better because they caary the subtle vibrations of the person. The images

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In Br.Up, Yajnavalkya gives his first lesson of spiritual life to Maitreyee telling her “that the real truth is that you do not love me, but you love the soul that is in you, which is also in me: you love your own self in me. Therefore you love me.” 1. What is the meaning of ‘One loves others for the sake of self’πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈπŸ“œπŸ§‘β€πŸ«βœ¨

Sri Aurobindo quotes it in ‘The Synthesis’ stating explaining beautifully thus.

‘At length, though at first slowly and partially, we learn to make the conscious

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I shared all my experiences with my uncle, who has been doing Gurudev’s yoga since 2013. And both of us used to discuss supramental yoga, divine transformation, all this a lot, so I shared everything accordingly, then he asked me whether there is any negativity attached to you which is misleading you, then I said if something like this was happening then why would you experience peace and love, πŸ‘£πŸ›£οΈπŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈπŸ•―οΈ

Generally I do not like to comment on other Gurus because faith is something sacred and personal. The problem is not about the claims etc

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What exactly is this discipline of ignorance and where do we get to see this in life? We think of ignorance as a state which itself lacks discipline. Please explain as Sri Aurobindo writes: The discipline of ignorance is the first step to the discipline of knowledge…πŸŽ―πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈπŸ›‘οΈβ³

It is described in great detail in Sri Aurobindo’s commentary on Knowledge and Ignorance in the Isha Upanishad (text quoted below). The discipline of Ignorance

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I read about the story of The Mother in Japan, She tell about the case of epidemic in Tokiyo that is They are soldier who died in the war. As we read that soldiers who fallow the Veergati get good position after death. How those soldiers become Preta and affect their own country people same time we know Japan for their extreme Nationalism and patriotism so if the goes to Pret yoni why the attack on their own people. Same a example of Baba Harbhajan Singh in Tibbet border who help the soldiers. Why the difference?πŸ§β€β™‚οΈβœ¨πŸ”‹βš‘πŸŒŠ

She is not speaking about the soul. She is speaking about the vital body, the prana deha. After the death of the body, the soul

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Β Your videos have provided deep relief during many a nark nights. I never really knew much about the Mother till Feb this year. Am a Shiva bhakt and visit Arunachala many times whom I love.. .. . Had a dream in Feb – it was a very long one. Saw mother. She was young in the dream.. and very fit. She explained many universal concepts and showed me some homes she built in an igloo style. When I woke up just remembered seeing her and being shocked by it! Than researched her. There were no young pics of her on the Internet though. She than stayed for 48 hours in my awareness. And my response was of a tantrum somehow. Like oh .. Now u have finally decided to come to me. And u expect me to be happy?β˜€οΈβœ¨πŸŒͺοΈπŸ§—β€β™‚οΈ

The Divine comes into our life does not mean that there will no more be any challenges. That is an impossible thing in the present

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