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Spirituality

I have a weak left knee. I tend to sit on a stool and meditate. Someone told me that sitting cross-legged was more spiritual and that I should try to sit cross-legged on the floor. They added that sitting cross-legged is better yogically and that it also prevents arthritis. Is this correct? πŸ˜₯πŸ¦΅πŸΌπŸ§˜πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

Whatever be the merits of sitting cross-legged from the physical point of view, its spiritual benefits are doubtful. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother never advised

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Dear Alok da, what is ‘seeing’ the Divine everywhere and in everything? Especially when we are not yet equipped? To experience or realize it, as a first step, how to practice the idea consciously? Is it like remembering that Mother is in all and trying not to think or feel about something or someone as high or low? πŸ˜ŠπŸŒ»β€οΈβ€πŸ”₯

Seeing here means a mental seeing through thought, imagination and idea that the Mother is everywhere, in everyone, and everything. Later, as this idea grows

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Dada, please tell if the following is a sign that he is an obstacle to the path of Yoga? Why does it happen every time I am being approached by my romantic partner close enough with the intention of lovemaking or simply touching or being simply romantic, I feel a strong response of blackout (momentary loss of consciousness) and feel withdrawn with respect to consciousness. πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€β€οΈβ€πŸ‘©πŸ»πŸŒΉπŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

It is not because he or anybody is an obstacle. All obstacles are within us. Normally our physical body and biology are hardwired to respond

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Why does it happen that every time I am being approached by my romantic partner close enough, with the intention of lovemaking or simply touching or being simply romantic, I feel a strong response of blackout(momentary loss of consciousness) and feel withdrawn with respect to consciousness. Is it a sign that he is an obstacle to the path of Yoga? πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€β€οΈβ€πŸ‘©πŸ»πŸŒΉπŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

It is rather a good sign, the sign of an evolved person. There is nothing wrong with your partner or with you. It is just

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Can two people have the same Spiritual Path? Also, for a true Male-Female Relationship based on Psychic and Spiritual values, does it require that the Spiritual Path should be the same? This is in reference to a text I read: Mother’s letter of March 1933 [CWM 14: 291]* πŸ§‘πŸ»β€πŸ€β€πŸ‘©πŸ»β€οΈβ€πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

Yes, why not. Two people can have the same spiritual path as we see in the stories of Rishis and their partners. But then those

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Sometimes, there is a feeling that I am not actively outwardly doing enough to find the right resources or people around for Spiritual Growth. But other times, I feel that I should sincerely aspire within me for the Spiritual Growth and rest, the Mother will arrange it all outwardly. πŸ™‚πŸ”₯🌹

Absolutely, the true spiritual life does not depend upon people, outer practices and resources. It depends upon the call or aspiration within. If the aspiration

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