Marriages do not work out as we expect them to do because of the gap between the ideal and the strength and sacrifice needed to realise it. This is very much missing today in the fast food and utilitarian culture imported largely from the West. But the Divine is always willing to help us realise the Ideal. He is not the spoilsport to our happiness but the helper and guide and it is only rarely that he does not grant a sincere prayer, and only when He sees the harm that may accrue through it. The reason why relationships end up badly is not God but our incapacity to love. A love full of demands, expectations, wishes and desires based on the need for pleasure or happiness is not so much love but emotional and vital hunger. So too a love calculating gain and loss is a business and a marriage based on social benefits is a transaction. These are as good as failures even if it succeeds by outer standards. So grow in love and try to make it beautiful and sincere. That is all that is needed.
I am a Devotee of Mother and Sri Aurobindo. But I feel my life is stuck. Every now and then, I am faced with severe problems, either with my family members or with myself. Nowhere can I find peace with all my family members. 😩👨🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻💔🦋🌸[…]
July 15, 2026
The Mother and Sri Aurobindo have opened for us the sunlit path which is a path of peace and joy. It is when we do not follow the teachings and continue leading our life in the old way that the difficulties come.
Each of us has our own set of difficulties. If we wait for others to change then we may have to wait forever. We have to change within but not to suit anyone else but to be our…
