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Gita mentions that sthitha pragnya as a being without निरहङ्कारः. Sri Aurobindo says that to be truly free of निरहङ्कारः, the nature has to be supramentalised otherwise the ‘I’ sense remains, though in a sublimated and divine way. So what is निरहङ्कारः according to the Gita🤔?

Nirahankar, निरहंकार, normoha, निर्मोह, ahamshoonya, अहमशून्य, are closely allied states. Nirahankar is the absence of egoism which is very much possible by the practice of

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If Asuras 👿and Devas 😇, good and evil souls all have to reach at the same goal with or without consciousness or other efforts then why one has to put so much efforts like surrender, sincerity, remember and offer , atmosphere, presence, discipline, punctuality? Can’ t one go through only faith wherever I am and whatever I am…with lot of defects and even full of ignorance. Divine will take me to my real and destined goal?

The Asuras and Devas do not reach the same goal. They both reach the Divine, which is a different thing. The Asuras are dissolved in

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Alok da, studying sankhya makes me feel like it had all the potential to develop into a school of scientific research into nature 🤔 like the Aristotleian school did in the west (Sri Aurobindo says all scientific claims starts with sankhya like analysis) but sankhya ultimately got confined to remain in the realm of psycho spiritual practice and liberation, while on the other hand Organised church and it’s educational networks across Europe helped Aristotle’s philosophy to develop into systematic scientific research while in India sankhya again confined to few guru shishya relationship,did we miss a chance here? Sri Aurobindo in the beggining of his play Perseus the deliverer also hints at how the greek thought will develop into science and taming nature and giving him reign over it,is it cos of our veneration of prakriti too as a goddess that inhibited us to look at it dispassionately like the europeans with later Christianity started to look at nature as god given reign for men to exploit and kind of desacralised it,it might be an error but still the error might have worked in their favour in developing science while Indians wanted to annul nature altogether and merge into brahman/Nirvana

Sankhya was more interested in solving the hard problem of consciousness with which scientists are grappling now. The Sankhya philosophers nearly solved it by bringing

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I find this concept a little speculative can you lease let me know your views on the following:I have been told that many gods 😇 and goddesses in Hinduism are simply the names of various forms of nurturing energies in the cosmos like : Brahma – creates forms, Vishnu/ Lakshmi – maintains & nourishes the form (Prosperity),Shiva / Kali – strength for survival. Ganesh – energy that remove obstacles, Savitri – Inspire intellect to act wisely….

…..Shakti in Tantra / Parvati in Puranas / Divine Mother – the sum total of all the energy in the universeThrough various modes of worship

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I often visit Pondicherry, but my aspiration feels weak when I’m there. At the Samadhi, I feel blank and don’t feel like sharing my problems to the Mother—it just doesn’t come naturally. I struggle to share everything. I feel like I go there to relax, even though I can easily connect with the Mother because the whole atmosphere is filled with her presence. But when I’m away from Pondicherry, I listen to your talks, read books, and my aspiration feels stronger. I write to the Mother my problems, good and bad days. It’s confusing why I don’t feel more aspiration when I’m in Pondicherry 🙄? Why does this happen?

But this is natural. Aspiration is a thirst for the Divine. But when you are at the ocean of Divine Love you don’t feel thirsty

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Lately whenever I read from the works of Mother and Sri Aurobindo, I understand that the writings reveals the truth to me. But if somehow, I speak with people who have a different set of ideals and values on the subject, sometimes contradictory, I feel that they might still be seeing only a part of the truth. Because of what I feel, I sometimes say to them to understand Mother and Sri Aurobindo or atleast, wish it within myself. I do not believe that the whole truth has revealed itself to me yet, and I also read the sentences, “When a thing is true, you can be sure that it’s opposite is also true””It (the truth) will manifest itself for those who are sincere and attentive” So, is my feeling and wish (as I mentioned above) coming from my ego? Or is it an egoistic desire? What should I then feel, except to keep walking with the Mother and Sri Aurobindo towards the union🙂?

Yes even the greatest and vastest Truth is limited by the human mind into a one-sided formula. Hence the opposite is also true. What is

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