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Is it useful to have separation of Purusha from Prakriti in Integral Yoga. Also is it necessary to attain this Purusha Consciousness before one can live in Supramental Consciousness 🧐. If yes then what are the steps to attain the Purusha Consciousness in Integral Yoga? If one only surrenders to Mother, can he also attain Purusha Consciousness and then Supramental Consciousness. Kindly discuss elaboratively on this Purusha Consciouness in the light of Sri Aurobindo and also in the light of Gita. Why Gita put more importance on surrender rather than having separation of Purusha from Prakriti. It will be nice if you can provide refences from Sri Aurobindo’s writing on this.

October 12, 2024

Separation of the Purusha from Prakriti by cultivating and deepening the Sakshi bhav (witness Consciousness) is indeed described as one of the first important steps

Is it true when a person entering to this yoga and after progress in sadhana they can loose their memory power. I was reading this in letters on yoga. The loose mind means what is he becoming mad 🤪 or their mind forgetting everything that he had kept in his mind except the divine?

October 11, 2024

There is no such rule in this yoga. In fact most people retain their memory as well as sanity quite well. Want of balance is

Please explain the difference between Laxmi and Mahalaxmi, Saraswati and Maha Saraswati, Gauri and MahaGauri, Kali and Mahakali 😇?

October 10, 2024

Maha means the same Goddess in her original mool swaroop wherein she is connected with the Divine Mother and hence in her original form and

What is the science behind worship and “karmakanda”? Do they have any effect🧐? Do the deities worshipped through the karmakanda/rituals really respond?

October 9, 2024

Worship and rituals largely belong to the Tantra. Worship is a means through which the body too can participate in the movement of inner adoration.

What steps can I take daily to increase my love for Krishna? I do 2 japa a day and some bhajan and read books of Sri Aurobindo and Maa. Apart from that my whole day is a day of indulgences which take me towards darkness. I can never keep habits for long. Do I don’t want to change bad enough that I’m not changing. Regret and lament🫣 is all that I do after hasty decisions

October 7, 2024

First thing is to cut out regret and lament. That only saps energy and makes us feel increasingly underconfident and eventually give up effort.

What is difference in psychic transformation and finding psychic being🌟? Is transformation will happen after find the being? Please elaborate this question.

October 6, 2024

Finding the psychic being means that we know our true self and no more make the mistake of identifying oneself with the mind, life, body

Doing verily works in this world one should wish to live a hundred years🙃. What does this mean?

October 5, 2024

It means what it means. Physically it means 100 years minimum literally since 100 years meant one has completed all the four ashramas of life

I am studying Katha Upnishad right now🧾.

October 4, 2024

It is a most beautiful exposition of the secret soul within man.

It is often advised that one should practice seeing the Divine in others as a part of yogic growth. While seeing the Divine in gentle and beautiful people is easy, how does one see the Divine in those who are brutish, nasty and mean😨? This stand feels a little difficult (and confusing) because the dynamic side of manifestation is not quite an exact representation of Divine Will and ignorance and evil still are at play.

October 4, 2024

It is true that it is difficult to see the Divine in everyone but that is mainly because we associate the Divine with goodness, especially

All this is for habitation by the Lord, whatsoever is individual universe of movement is the universal motion. By that renounced thou shouldst enjoy; lust not after any man’s possesion. Please explain this from Isha Upanishad..🧾

October 3, 2024

There is a wonderful commentary on this by Sri Aurobindo in the Isha Upanishad writings as well as Isavasyaupanishad. There is also a whole talk

Is patanjali ashtang yog an inferior way to Spirituality? If so, why? Is Raj -yog a part of integral yoga or not? In your opinion, what is the difference between Raj yog and Hath- yog🧘‍♀️?

October 3, 2024

It is not about inferior or superior but the goal one sets before oneself, the aspiration behind the Yoga so to say. There is also

But as I said I am really trying to study the Soul👼. And this author Michael Newton claims to take his patients thru their death and then beyond in “ spirit world “ and asks them what their souls are doing?

October 2, 2024

It is possible to take a person back in time under hypnosis because all the memories are stored up somewhere in the subconscient as memories.

Your words ‘SELF GIVING ‘ is THE ULTIMATE…makes me asking for a complete elaborate for a lay person like me. I argue that ”seeking relief from my Nervous System Disquieted erupting from inconscient 😵 by praying and Self giving mental kriya, is not a selfish act” Please can you elaborate on this?

September 30, 2024

Self giving means surrendering oneself completely to the Divine Mother, to live for Her. Self giving of the mind means to think of the Divine,

“One has to be quite ignorant of the mechanism of forces not to understand that saying a mantra of the old gods puts you under the influence and into the orbit of precisely that which resists the new truth.”Alok da, what does the above passage mean🤔?

September 28, 2024

The gods in their working, those that we know today, operate in the lower nature from Matter till the Mind. They do not cross the

What is physical transformation? Can you describe this? What are the signs of this transformation🌹?

September 27, 2024

Physical transformation is the last crown, the final fulfilment of the Yoga of transformation which is inevitable in the course of time. Physical transformation can

What is permanent in this world🌏 ?

September 26, 2024

Existence is permanent though existences are not. Whatever is identified with the Divine Existence shares the Permanence of the Divine. Consciousness is permanent but the

Sir, simplify my doubt about some terms. I understand to find the psychic being🌟 but psychic opening and psychic being in forefront, this term I don’t understand. Is it same to find the being, psychic opening and psychic forefront? What traditional yoga say about the psychic being and is to find the psychic being compulsory for other yoga?

September 25, 2024

Psychic being means our true inner self, the soul within that develops into a distinct being through a number of lives. The soul is like

What is God😇?

September 24, 2024

To the yogis and mystics – God is to be known by experience. Several yogis have experienced God through the Ages and have invariably described

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Is it true when a person entering to this yoga and after progress in sadhana they can loose their memory power. I was reading this in letters on yoga. The loose mind means what is he becoming mad 🤪 or their mind forgetting everything that he had kept in his mind except the divine?

Please explain the difference between Laxmi and Mahalaxmi, Saraswati and Maha Saraswati, Gauri and MahaGauri, Kali and Mahakali 😇?

What is the science behind worship and “karmakanda”? Do they have any effect🧐? Do the deities worshipped through the karmakanda/rituals really respond?

What is difference in psychic transformation and finding psychic being🌟? Is transformation will happen after find the being? Please elaborate this question.

Doing verily works in this world one should wish to live a hundred years🙃. What does this mean?

I am studying Katha Upnishad right now🧾.

All this is for habitation by the Lord, whatsoever is individual universe of movement is the universal motion. By that renounced thou shouldst enjoy; lust not after any man’s possesion. Please explain this from Isha Upanishad..🧾

Is patanjali ashtang yog an inferior way to Spirituality? If so, why? Is Raj -yog a part of integral yoga or not? In your opinion, what is the difference between Raj yog and Hath- yog🧘‍♀️?

But as I said I am really trying to study the Soul👼. And this author Michael Newton claims to take his patients thru their death and then beyond in “ spirit world “ and asks them what their souls are doing?

“One has to be quite ignorant of the mechanism of forces not to understand that saying a mantra of the old gods puts you under the influence and into the orbit of precisely that which resists the new truth.”Alok da, what does the above passage mean🤔?

What is physical transformation? Can you describe this? What are the signs of this transformation🌹?

What is permanent in this world🌏 ?

What is God😇?