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.

If one is really determined and persistent in his practice of this yoga, beginning from scratch and wishes to make himself eligible to have a glimpse of the overmental plane even for a few seconds before he dies, what should be his attitude towards any sexual activity whatsoever? 🙏🏻🌼[…]

October 15, 2026

Complete sexual mastery is never easy and is indispensable mainly for the physical transformation part. The ascension of consciousness, glimpse of the Divine can take place without the complete conquest.

As to the process of sexual mastery, there is no simple answer to this most common difficulty especially among male disciples. The general advice is to first weaken the urge and the impulse through Samyama, that is to self…

My 8-year-old daughter wanted to understand the meaning of this quote by Sri Aurobindo. Can u please explain? The ideal Yogi is not a withdrawn and pent-up force, but ever engaged in doing good to all creatures, either by the flood of the divine energy that he pours on the world or by himself standing in the front of humanity, its leader in the march and the battle, but unbound by his works and superior to his personality. 🌼🙏🏻

October 15, 2026

It means that a yogi is not someone cut off from life and work and people. He engages with everything but in a new and different way. He has access to a greater divine knowledge, a truer divine love, a more intense divine …

I am enjoying your talk on Krishna and the elegant way you weave the work of Sri Krishna into our very own Lord and the Mother. Although far from the Ashram, your words help ground me in my aspiration. If I may, I would like to add a small suggestion. 🌍🙏🏻[…]

October 15, 2026

Thank you for the kind and beautiful words. I fully understand your love for America. It is a good sign, the sign of patriotism which is itself Sattwic in nature. It is also true that an individual can experience and realise the Divine Presence anywhere and everywhere, in everything…

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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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