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Veda comes from the root Vid which means ‘knowledge’. Here it meant the highest knowledge or the secret knowledge that cannot be attained simply through

What is the idea of God😇?

December 7, 2024

People have different ideas of the God. Some envision it as something pure, beautiful, true, absolute, or supreme. Others see God as a being or

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🤔?

December 4, 2024

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

I think my aspiration has switched off📴, please help me get back on track. No matter what I try, I’m unable to make sustained efforts to change myself.There was a phase not too long ago when I would eagerly read Mother and Sri Aurobindo, listen many talks on youtube channels whenever I get even a little bit of free time. But now..

December 1, 2024

These phases come to everyone. Possibly there was an over eager effort on one part but rest of the nature was unable to keep pace.

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?

December 1, 2024

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

Can a sexual act be spiritual🌹?

November 30, 2024

This is a slippery slope for which the safest answer is no because sexuality generally turns the consciousness downwards and outwards whereas spirituality is about

‘A silent spiritual revolution’-An article written by Alok Da 🙏

November 30, 2024

The theme of your book is very interesting and contemporary. We are living in times when human thought is reevaluating the past and assessing its

How can one discover their psychic being🌟? Is it necessary to come to the Ashram for this? How can one be sure they have found it? What are the signs to know it?

November 29, 2024

The discovery of the psychic being requires a great degree of persistence and perseverance. It is akin to discovering the parasmani whose touch changes our

What are the Overmind and the Supermind? I only know these two names. Are there other related terms🤨?

November 29, 2024

Supermind can be described in simple terms as the Mind of God as the Creator. It is the Omniscience and Omnipotence of God and through

Did India miss a chance to develop Sankhya into a systematic scientific research tradition like the Aristotelian school in the West, and was our veneration of Prakriti as a goddess a factor that inhibited the dispassionate, “desacralized” observation of nature required for modern science? 📜🔬🌿🏛️

November 28, 2024

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

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….

November 28, 2024

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

What is inner Shakti present in a man (Kundalini) and what is her relationship with outer abundance of energy (divine mother) that exists in the universe. While worshiping whom to invoke – Shakti sitting in Muladhara or the outer Shakti that exists in the cosmos♾?

November 23, 2024

The Shakti at the base of the Spine is the Power of the Divine Mother that is completely involved in matter. In man there is

Sometimes, when I feel down, I find myself pondering😣 how humans can attain divinity. I’ve read numerous articles in an attempt to understand this, and while they provide some clarity, I inevitably return to the same questions.

November 22, 2024

Humans are meant to attain divinity but doubt, desire, despair prevent us. The way towards divinity is not through articles by people who never walked

Sir please explain the different types of fires🔥

November 22, 2024

Fire is the Divine Energy concealed in creation. It is the source of light (knowledge) and heat (power) or Consciousness-Force (Chit tapas) that we see

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?

November 19, 2024

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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