How can I cultivate patience when things aren't going my way😓? I recognize that my karma is at play, and I know I should chant prayers, but I'm struggling to find the patience within myself.

What is the meaning of the tale of Kacha and Shukracharya in Mahabharata? What is the symbolic meaning behind Kacha bursting out of Shukracharya’s belly and then making him alive? Also, why is Shukracharya guru of the asuras?

October 8, 2026

Oh, that’s a most fascinating story, one of my favorites. The story is from the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata. The daitya guru Shukracharya has discovered the Mrit Sanjivani to revive the dead. Thus he is able to revive all the Asuras increasing the burden of darkness and chaos upon earth. Kacha, son of the Devguru Brihaspati goes to …

Earlier, I asked you about the line in Savitri: ‘It tired of its unchanging happiness’. You explained that the central being got tired of sameness even when it was the most delightful one. 📖✨ […]

October 8, 2026

The tiredness was due to sameness. The supramental world, on the other hand is an ever new marvel renewed constantly due to the full awareness of infinity. There is no sameness here but diversity of the One Infinite.

We are a family of two brothers and one elder sister. Since our childhood, our parents have inspired all of us to develop faith and devotion towards the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. As time passed and our understanding of life evolved, our faith sometimes grew stronger and sometimes became weaker. 🏡🙏🏻 […]

October 8, 2026

I completely understand your situation. Unfortunately it is far too common and a problem quite universally. An ancient saying goes that children of the same family are rarely born under the same roof. The family is a beginning and a base but most of us turn it almost into a goal. Each soul brings its own destiny. Two persons living in the same house need not have the same degree of inner evolution. They may be not only in different …

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How can I cultivate patience when things aren’t going my way😓? I recognize that my karma is at play, and I know I should chant prayers, but I’m struggling to find the patience within myself.

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