Lastly, I want to ask how I can develop unwavering faith and gain the profound knowledge that you have. Your teachings and guidance have been a source of strength for me🙏, and it's because of you that I am still praying to the Mother. I aspire to have the same deep connection and understanding that you do.

When one is in an inescapable, unpleasant situation, what should one do to find peace and overcome the situation without any counterproductive results? I am facing an uncomfortable situation daily due to my dependency on a babysitter. 🧸🕊️[…]

October 27, 2026

This happens because somewhere within we want to control the situations. That is not given to us. What is given to us is action and not the result.

Taking the Divine Name helps but so long as the full faith and surrender is not there, these inner reactions will be there. Ask the Mother to give true faith for if one has done what one could do and left the rest in the hands of the Divine then there is no reason for worry. After all there are so many things, so many factors we cannot control, so many unseen forces we cannot fathom. The only way is to have faith that all will be well….

For the cultivation of the physical, I can understand that it can be developed through vigorous physical exercise and being careful with diet and with the spread of gym culture, many youth today are getting into this. For the cultivation of mental faculties and buddhi-practice of concentration, being persistent through the academic subjects which demand lots of practice, etc. ⚡🌱[…]

October 27, 2026

The Mother describes how to develop and cultivate these different elements, – physical, vital, mental, psychic and spiritual. The physical does not develop only through exercise and food but also sleep and work. So too the mind does not develop only through reading and concentration. There is also speech and mastery of thought and self observation. So too the vital which is the source of energy develops through the practice of breath mastery, ..

In the verse “Mana krama bachana chhadi chaturai, bhajata kripa karihahin Raghurai,” Goswami Tulsidas appears to set two essential prerequisites for receiving Sri Rama’s grace: completely surrendering the cleverness (chaturai) of mind, speech, and action, and actively engaging in bhajan.🙏🏻🎶 […]

October 27, 2026

Chaturai or cleverness means trying to act smart with God as if one can fool or trick Him in your favor. Bhajan literally means to take joy in God, in His Name and exploits.

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