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Spirituality

Sri Aurobindo writes about Mahalakshmi as embodying harmony and beauty in thoughts, feelings, actions, and outward movements. However, most of us know Mahalakshmi or lakshmi only as the goddess of wealth and seek her blessings primarily for financial gains. If our desire is solely for wealth, to whom should we pray🙏? And is she not related to money?

Mahalakshmi is related primarily to inner wealth. Now when we try to cultivate beauty and harmony within and around with people and forces and the

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In a very famous ashram in south India, I noticed that Shiva is worshipped mainly with dhyan and yog sadhana while the same of Devi Linga Bhairavi is performed with all rituals and different types of seva. Their explanation for this difference was not quite satisfactory. If you do not find this question silly, can you please explain what could be the necessity and science behind the ritualistic worship of Devi🧐?

Shiva is Purusha or the inactive, passive aspect of the Divine and hence he is approached through dhyan. Devi is…

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Please explain Prakriti in simple words. Mainly the distinction of Lower & Higher Prakriti. I tried a few articles available in Auromaa.org on this subject but could not get a clear understanding. Can we simply say that all the nurturing forces of life like love, wisdom, strength, prosperity etc in the universe constitute Higher Prakriti and hindering forces like ignorance, laziness, lust, anger, unchecked desires etc fall under Lower Prakriti? Is higher prakriti the same as Parvati & Radha to whom we worship🤨?

Prakriti is the executing force that does everything according to the wisdom and power or the secret intelligence hidden in her. This is self evident.

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Many people ask me why I don’t enjoy life the way others do. I don’t smoke, drink, party, or dance. Instead, I prefer spending time alone, sitting by the beach🌊 or in the mountains🏔️, and reading the works of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Some even say, “Why spend your whole day immersed in spirituality? Enjoy life a little!” They tell me I can focus on such things when I’m 60. But is there really an age for this?

People have a very limited idea of enjoyment and even more limited idea of spirituality. Personally I feel the joy of being alone, with oneself

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How to face the challenges of mind when the mother’s force act upon it especially a lot of doubt and narrowness arising in mind and when the doubt come it have given a pain and restlessness in lower part. When i have try to reject this thoughts they are again coming and coming in surface mind. When i feel psychic pressure then it is vanish. Why the two paradox in spiritual life? When we closer to the divine the obstacles are vanishing but that obstacles are oppose to find the divine. Dada can you advice what should i do because i have felt the presence of the divine within my heart but i don’t feel it everytime because obstacles are opposing. I also want to the devotion, surrender, love towards the mother but when i touch some good experience after that i also feel the difficulties of nature. Please Dada suggest me why it is happen and how to deal with this situation and how to cultivate the faith, devotion and aspiration towards the Mother during the challenges of nature😏?

The raising of obstacles either soon after or just before touching some new experience or spiritual possibility is quite common. In fact it is almost

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