The three gunas are the three modes of workings of Nature related to her three movements of creation, preservation, destruction.
Sattwic mode helps in equilibrium
Meditation is only one of the ways to progress spiritually though neither the only one nor the easiest one. Bhakti is the swiftest but it
By feeding the fire with thoughts of the Divine; by reading books that are full of spiritual light and fire such as The Gita, Sri
Yes both Mind and Life manifested in similar way, that is to say, through a struggle and resistance. There is a pressure from above from
Everything needs to be transformed and can be transformed. What we call as perversion is the distortion of a Truth. Let’s say physical pleasure which
God does not snatch anything nor does He want to play a spoilsport and make us unhappy. Suffering comes to everyone because we do not
You see when everything is favourable, then the average person makes a response, “Ah I am doing it, how wonderful. God is with me and
It takes long and one has to persist. Few things which will help are.
1. To step back before reacting to people or situations. Make
Our consciousness is ordinarily tied to the surface personality by chains of ignorance and its knots ego and desire. But this is not all we
As we celebrate the 77th Independence Day of India it is time for young India to take a look back and reflect whether we are
By removing the dross and the dullness it makes everything shine in its original purity thereby making everything come alive.
In other words before the
Yoga does not necessarily move in an uninterrupted straight line. Some days you will progress very far, and other days you will progress very slowly.
The difference is like a reversal of values, a reversal of the way we look at everything. What is night for the
Very beautiful question and one very close to my heart. Sri Aurobindo himself described the word Arya means noblest, shrestha, the best and highest. When
Well the conditions are difficult as for Delight to manifest man has to surpass beyond
This is quite a common experience. The Mother has described it stating the reasons for the same. Savitri also describes it beautifully. ‘The high and
Life has come from the Divine but is labouring here under the conditions of the Ignorance imposed upon it by the
Let me share a sweet story told by The Mother: “It does not depend on the amount you have. I remember reading a story in
