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In Savitri🕊️, can we say that Ashwapati’s yoga was more the Yoga of Ascent (to Supermind) whereas Savitri’s yoga was the Yoga of Descent, and that means bringing down the Supreme Consciousness and work towards the transformation of earth?
In Savitri we see Aswapati actually experiencing the descent in Book One Canto Five. So Aswapati’s yoga includes the descent even though it happens quite
Below are the lines from Savitri 🕊️from the Book of the Everlasting Day: “Of all the beauty and the marvel here, Of all Time’s intricate variety Eternity was the substance and the source; Not from a plastic mist of Matter made, They offered the suggestion of their depths And opened the great series of their powers.” pg. 672, What is this plastic mist of Matter?
It is the original Matter, possibly some kind of an ionised Matter. It is the substance of which the body of …
How to integrate discipline, order without falling into the pitfalls of lacking the rasa of life and how to enjoy the dionysian revelry without falling prey to the base lower impulses , the necessity of both the tapas and ananda and integrating them seems difficult and contradictory🫤?
Tapa of any kind, say discipline for self mastery is sometimes painful in the beginning but bears sweet fruits with passage of time. On the
What is the meaning of Jeevan Mukt 🤔?
Jivan Mukt is an inner state in which one is completely free inwardly even engaged in all the works of different kinds. It is a
Is love at first sight real🙃? Or does real love have to develop over time?
Love at first sight is real. It is the heart’s intuitive recognition of your other self. But it is very difficult to sustain it. No
I feel a bit of pressure inside my center of heart. In that portion I feel also peace but when I stay in surface life I don’t feel this things. What is this and how it is not work in also mind, vital and body? When these three beings are act like their own way a strong of sorrow I feel🤨?
The strong pressure in the centre of the chest is the pressure for the psychic opening. The sadness you feel inside when mind, life and…
Does the Jivatma surrenders to the Divine or it is the Psychic that surrenders to the Divine. What is the difference in approach of shadana from the point of view of these 2 beings? Are both of them required for attaining the goal of Supramental transformation in Integral yoga🤔?
The psychic being entering the fields of ignorance and the central being that remains above the play of lower nature (Prakriti) are both two inseparable
Most of us keep a pooja temple at home. What is the logic behind it🤨?
Though the Divine dwells in all beings and everywhere, His Presence is covered by a web of light and shadow woven by our ignorant thoughts
I don’t believe in Euthanasia what you think about this? But what to do if someone is suffering and there is no one to care for her😥?
Suffering is a purifying ordeal. To somehow get rid of suffering including by ending life is as bad as a morbid attraction to suffering. Euthanasia
I have a boyfriend, but my mom doesn’t like him. Whenever I ask my mom why she doesn’t like him, she says it’s because he doesn’t show her respect. She had certain expectations from him, and he hasn’t met them. When I tell my boyfriend about this, he doesn’t want to listen. He says he can’t change how he feels from within. I feel stuck in between. My mom is telling me to break up with him because she thinks he’s not a good match. I have heavy pressure from both sides. Now, I don’t know what to do? Because of this situation, I can’t focus on my work properly, and I’m also having trouble concentrating on Mother’s book reading and other stuff😭.
Well friendship is one thing and marriage quite another. In friendship it is enough that two people respect and trust each other though even there,
How can I be sure that I am on the right spiritual path🧐?
By growth of inner peace and joy, by growth of faith and aspiration and the urge to progress, by growth of sincerity and surrender, by
How to teach our boys👦 to respect women? I mean the Shakti in the woman🙆♀️ from that angle can your share some parenting tips
Charity begins at home as they say. Children imbibe like sponge what they see and experience at home. If they see that boys are being
Me and my wife used to fight a lot on various things….we went through this phase for more than 4-5 years. Two major points of our fights was (1) me not being straightforward in my communication and actions (2) Me not being like her father. We went through therapy and a lot of hard times to get through that phase and now we are kind of over it. Now she blames me for being too straight forward and being too much like her dad. Please advice what should I do…..I can’t go back to being to old person I was😬?
Instead of trying to be what your wife or someone else would want you to be, try to discover what you are and want to
What to answer when someone who has no clue asks who is The Mother and Sri Aurobindo 🤔?
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 other night I had a dream that my younger sibling -sister was dying 😱 and she said she did not want to die but her state was such that I told her it’s time to go, I got up heavy feelings, What does this mean?
Often names give us the clue or else the nature of our relationship with the person. Or the state of consciousness this person represented to
Regarding controlling one’s mind and thoughts, it is often said by meditation teaches that all you need is remain fully conscious and the mind and thoughts fall into place. A fully conscious and concentrated man finds that his mind no more controls him. It is being unaware of oneself that results in a disorganised and scattered mind, they say. Is it right that awareness in itself is enough to conquer the mind😬? There is a question of willpower as well.
It is easier said than done. In my personal interaction I have met meditation teachers who went into quite a depression and needed help. There
Social drinking 🥂is common among young people who drink occasionally, very responsibly without harming health or life in general or getting addicted to alcohol. So is this kind of responsible drinking ok? What is your advice? What if the person is a non believer and is not seeking spiritual life? And just wants to live well on earth
Believing or not believing is not an issue. The question is why does a person drink? In the absence of faith one uses reason to
I don’t feel like do anything. It seems that aspiration and will are being exhausted. Earlier, there was so much devotion, there was aspiration and there was a desire for progress, but now only destruction is visible on all sides. Why are there so many difficulties😥? Mind, vital, physical all are creates obstacles. Neither to study nor to make efforts, no one can do it. Without any reason the mind doubts. As this is his habit. The automatic sees any thing and suddenly judge it. I am not experiencing anything and it feels like I am not progressing. One thing has happened during this, I have realized that the evil that is in everyone’s heart is also in my heart. Why does this happen and what should I do in this situation?
These are phases that come in every seekers life because there are many parts and aspects in us. That is why taking to spiritual life