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Spirituality

Last night I had a dream that lasted for a very long time, but I remember a little bit. I was writing something, and I had a photo of Shiva near me, then suddenly there was a very loud roar, and that photo turned into a living Mother who had two faces, one behind the other, who was fair in colour, and from her face her tongue was sticking out. πŸ™‚πŸ™πŸ»πŸ”±πŸ”₯πŸͺ·[…]

The Mother is revealing to you that She is Shiva and Gauri and Kali and Hanuman and all the gods besides whom one worships.

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I am quoting from your answer: “This implies a constant practice of equanimity as well as a complete faith in the Divine that whatever is needed will come.” – You mean to say then one need not even think of his bodily needs, like eating, drinking, and a place for living, a sleeping bed, health care, etc., if one has complete faith. πŸ₯ΈπŸ¦‹πŸŒ»[…]

The Gita, speaks to sarvasankalpasannyasi and Yogakshemavahamyaham. These are not mere words or hollow promises. At least such has been the experience of those who

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Nowadays (after the heavy, cruel attack in the name of God), I lost interest in my daily regular prayers for Bhakthi, Mukthi, and personal ΰ€Άΰ₯ΰ€°ΰ₯‡ΰ€―ΰ€Έΰ₯ ΰ€ͺΰ₯ΰ€°ΰ₯‡ΰ€―ΰ€Έΰ₯, but I understand the necessity for World Peace and in particular we Bharatiyas’ ΰ€•ΰ€°ΰ₯ΰ€€ΰ€΅ΰ₯ΰ€― in promoting the Shanti among lives on Mother Earth.Β πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸ»πŸͺ·βœ¨[…]

Yes, there is a narrower spirituality that focuses on the individual Mukti and a wider, higher spirituality that goes much far in its seeking for

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The Life Divine, Chapter IV: The Divine and the Undivine, Page 396, last line: “the concealed Divinity, that has lit the flame of aspiration, pictures the image of the ideal, keeps alive our discontent and pushes us to throw off the disguise and to reveal or, in the Vedic phrase, to form and disclose the Godhead in the manifest spirit, mind, life and body of this terrestrial creature.”Β – what is the Vedic phrase, its essence?Β πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸ»πŸŒ»

In our human consciousness there is the image of an ideal truth of being, a divine nature, an incipient godhead: in relation to that higher

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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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