Ordinarily the Divine Will acts from behind through the veil of ego and desires, not directly. To believe that all that happens in the world
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother have allowed a great degree of freedom in the Ashram. Transforming friendship and human relationship are part of the work
I presume that you mean if others feel jealous because you are closer to someone? Well the way is to give each one their rightful
Getting angry, screaming, fighting are far worse things than friendship. Friendship has never been a taboo in the Ashram as long as it doesn’t lead
This tendency of those you love and help trying to harm you is more common than one expects. It stems primarily from an egocentric attitude
There is no particular book on the subject. In general however attachment with family is rooted in the physical consciousness and hence quite difficult to
Marriages do not work out as we expect them to do because of the gap between the ideal and the strength and sacrifice needed to
Men and women represent two aspects of One Reality, passive and dynamic, ideative and pragmatic. They are equal in their differences and different in their
It is not a question of feeling but of taking a certain attitude, of a kind of relation one seeks to form with the Divine
It is better to be safe than sorry later on. What you experienced is not love but some kind of vital affinity leading to a
Partying together and engaging in all kinds of superficial activities together is hardly friendship. At best it is escaping from loneliness, at worst it is
Well the best way is to address their fears. As parents their concern is legitimate just as your right of choice to marry or not
The need to have children is simply an instinct provided by nature to propagate the species. It is not indispensable and indeed more and more
True friends are indeed very rare like the pearl inside a shell. The sign of a true friend is that he or she loves you
Lower nature is that part in us that is driven by desires and its offshoots lust, greed, fear, ambition etc
Depends upon what kind of
One should turn the focus away from the physical body and focus more on the inner being and the soul. One should remind oneself and
That is a vast subject but the essence of it is to base the relationship not so much on the ego and selfishness but upon
Well we suffer in such situations because of attachment with people linked to us through birth and circumstance. There is also somewhere a need for
