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We know of so many people who are facing impossible situations and problems and they are helpless. They do not know what to do or whom to ask.ย 

This is a dedicated site for those who are searching for answers, who want to break from their present repeating circles of life and looking for answers that will understand them, help them find a new way-a new solution towards life beautiful and Divine.

I wish I had an experience of Astral Travel, it would have increased my faith in the Mother. The Mother and Sri Aurobindo definitely discouraged it because of its dangers. Besides the work is in the body. By getting out of the body one doesnโ€™t get out of the ego. One simply gets into the vital body. There are other simpler and safer ways to get rid of the ego as well as of the body as being the true self. There are many other things besidesโ€ฆ.๐Ÿšถโ€โ™‚๏ธ โžก๏ธ ๐ŸŒŒ๐ŸŒ€

Astral travel may give faith in the idea of other worlds but this too can be known in different ways. But the integral Yoga certainly

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I want to ask, that when we go through tough time, we say just be strong in this time it is a test. God is testing you and you will come out better at the other end. But, for me, this test is going on forever. I am trying so hard to be better and do all the right things and be strong but it has been 5 years same lonely, painful and empty phase is going on. I am so tired now that everything feels pointless. How do I keep myself going? Is there any point of keep going? Will this ever get better?๐Ÿง—๐Ÿงฑโ›ˆ๏ธ๐ŸŒช๏ธ

First thing we must know is that God never tests. He is with us through all these tough moments with the full understanding of our

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I had a dream yesterday night, it was night and was dark and maybe I was asking something to a man and suddenly his face started changing like an asura or something cruel like animal and he called his friends whose face also got changed. I shouted screamed but they held my hands and wanted to touch me. I shouted Maa, Maa then started saying Savitri lines. Then ‘Prayer upon his lips and the great Name’ saved me. It felt like I was out of the dream after I recited it. ๐Ÿ’ค๐Ÿ˜ด๐Ÿ’ญ๐ŸŒœ

It looks like some attack from adverse forces in the vital world, forces of falsehood and fear that you threw away with the help of

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Why is it that, the people who are so intellectual, especially with spirituality or have an immense knowledge about internal mechanism of humans tend to shock me when (I don’t know what to call it as soon I’ll address it as ‘lower vital’) when they are still in lower vital that is sexually? They’re so well behaved, well-versed in philosophy and what not! Their answers gives so much clarity to me BUT when I get to know about their behaviour around women, they act as if they’ve forgotten what they learnt/preached!? Do you know what I mean? So, this ‘shock’ I have turns into disgust within seconds of me learning about it of them. It’s so hard for me to separate this side of their (lower vital) image to their other genuine, good, kind side. I’ve seen two such cases, very closely. So you tell me, what should I do with these people Daaadaaaa! You know how much work it is for my small, cute little brain and heart and kidney and lungs of mine?๐Ÿ‘ฌ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

In the natural progression of things, it is the soul and the higher mind that respond first to the call of the Divine. Then it

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Sir being ayurvedacharya i want to say there are 7dhatus (ras rakt mamsa med asthi majja and sukra) but there are 3 doshas (vata pitta and kapha) which u are saying abt there balance. Thank u sir for such such a brief and nice explanation. I want to know more about what Mother said about ayurveda?๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿƒ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿฅฃ

The Mother had high hopes for the Ayurvedic system of treatment. She saw in it a great possibility in the work of transformation that She

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I am in my early 40’s, I am unmarried. I visit psychiatrist on regular basis since a decade. My grandfather was devotee of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. I don’t like masturbation but I do it vehemently which must not be done as said by Sri Aurobindo, I want to get rid of these vulgar things but my will and resolution is too weak. Sometimes I eat too much which is also a bad thing. I become angry and feel to be culprit after doing these foolish things. I don’t do physical exercise regularly, I am very lazy person. I offer to The Mother these foolish things as told by you in your videos. I atleast want to become sincere which The Mother wants from us for our betterment. I want to walk on this path of yoga, but I make mistake endlessly. I have fear and want to become fearless. I don’t want to become unworthy child of The Mother. You say this path of yoga is difficult but I want to walk on this path couragiously without fear, I want to strengthen my faith. I need your guidance. Is it right thing to read Prayers and Meditations and listen organ music while sleeping in the night. What is the exact meaning of Sri Aurobindo’s aphorism ‘You must say someone fool sometimes but you are supreme fool of humanity’. Those who are on medication related to mental illness are not allowed in ashram, is it true?๐Ÿชทโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ

Yes you can do all these things such as playing Savitri music, reading Savitri, reading works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. But it is

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When someone is being called names for breaking barriers of girl, boy and be clear in her thought and be friends and play sports with them, like what Mother mentioned. How isย one supposed to stand firm even after listening to all kinds of names being called? Honestly I dont knowย  how to help her?๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ“ข๐Ÿ’ฅ

One can either chose to stand apart and alone or to waste time trying to make people understand what you are. Most human beings are

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Sir, false charges and allegations have been put up against my father by some envious and not so good natured colleagues of my father. It’s about the government works that my father had done but some rules and regulations were not properly followed. But the work was proper. My father had no ill intentions and development was his only goal, still then why suffered and has to go through a tough and challenging time ? We have said everything to the Mother.๐Ÿคฅ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ

These difficult moments come to us to test the sincerity of our aspiration and the depth and quality of our faith and surrender. Tell your

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There is a part in me that always against anything good, so if I aspire to surrender, if I aspire for light or even when I have some physical discomfort, I pray for health or ask for peace it is always against it and counteracts the good part by remembering it’s exact opposite. And due to this I spiral down into fear of now what will happen if I am never able to get over this part. Can you please explain this to me? What is happening? And what should I do? Because this is leading to stress and a constant conflict and stretching within myself.๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿช”๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿ’ง

Everyone who wants to move forward experiences the shadow within oneself. It is there to resist the advance and prevent one from progressing. This arrangement

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Sometimes, there is a joy bursting forth in daily life things – like the sunrise, rain, sky, a flower, warmth of the sun, smiles of others, happiness of others etc.. I feel it as the eternal sunshine, summer that is behind everything. It arises this question in me constantly, what’s there not to like in this life? It is much like an ocean of bliss in what we call normal life. It hits me randomly so many times. I feel it is a universal thing smiling in all things, nothing based on my actions. I wonder many times if this is what Albert Camus wrote, “in me there is an invincible summer”, or the famous Louis Amstrong song “what a wonderful world”. I don’t know what to call it. Just out of curiosity, what’s this feeling Alok da?๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿซถ๐ŸŽถ

It is indeed a beautiful state, a glimpse of the Divine Presence immanent in all things. It is a special Grace through a door opening

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