I feel suffocated😖 in crowded places, especially when there’s loud music and constant chatter. I find it hard to speak up in those situations, and organizing or participating in events isn’t really my strength. People often assume I’m dumb because I stay quiet. Is this a bad quality? I prefer spending my time reading books of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo, listening to your talks, and talking to people who are connected to Maa. I’m unsure how to handle this because I work in an IT company, and this environment feels out of sync with who I am.

The answer will vary from person to person depending upon the genuineness of the query, the openness to receive the answer, readiness to understand and the stage of development at which the person stands. One has to go by the inner feel and the inspiration.

However in general one can say that before Sri Aurobindo the choice was between leading a life of ignorance (and its consequent pleasure and pain, joy and suffering) trying to make the most of it, and an escape from the world into the Beyond, through nirvana, moksha or salvation. But Sri Aurobindo brings a new possibility of…