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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. 

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 would like to seek your guidance on a question that has been arising repeatedly in my inner journey. There comes a point where one begins to see clearly that most human relationships are deeply egocentric. Through my marriage, the Divine turned me into a true aspirant. Earlier, I used to over-explain myself, talk excessively, give advice, and try to fix people. Since Mother and Sri Aurobindo have come into my life, I feel like a different person altogether. On this path, I am changing completely—my way of working, eating, speaking, relating, everything. At times, a doubt quietly appears: Is this all good? Is this taking me away from human relationships?👥🤝🤍🫂

Yes, every seeker on the spiritual path faces this dilemma at some point or the other. By the touch of the Divine Grace the past

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My mother has spinal compression but won’t get operation because of fear. So she is going through ayurvedic treatments. She has been told to not work a lot since she is a homemaker. But there is a lot of work to do at home. But my father thinks that she can shorten the work and finish cooking beforehand and says it’s ‘lack of planning’. I feel really upset about it because being all day at home is so frustrating and you have to listen to more tantrums being physically sick. I don’t know if i should interfere between their fight. 🏡💥🗣️↔️

You should certainly tell your father that you feel disappointed to see him being so insensitive to his wife’s pain. Who else will tell him

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I feel I have no hope that I will meet a life partner that is a good fit. I grew up in the states and even amid a culture where dating was expected, I never fit in and instead stayed sheltered and avoided many aspects of my life to a point where I feel everything from ages 0-25 was a blur for many reasons — and while I have been okay with being chronically single for all this time and lived my life mostly in my head, it’s lately becoming unbearable as I grow older and as I feel like I don’t have any control over it. 🔍 ⏳💔 👤

It is a difficulty that many experience. Partly due to the cinema portrayal of an ideal relationship and partly due to an obsessive streak for

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Dada how to mastery over the lower nature? When fear and sexuality comes it vibrates the sex organ or ambition comes from naval part and it blocks these parts. A little egoistic activity give painful the whole part of the being. The presence still there in the heart but the lower activity comes in large. A few moments when I loose the contact i feel like i am died. What should I do to keep the presence permanent and liberate the lower nature activities?⛓️🌪️🪵🐍

That is exactly what I have been trying to tell you, not to go in a haste, to be patient, to embrace life rather than

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Dear sir , why Sri Rama asked sugriva to fight with bali, poor fellow had no chance of winning , Rama could have killed bali without sending sugriva to fight. I think it was an example of active surrender. But in the case of vibhishan, it was different, he was not asked to fight ravana , may be because he was not a warrior, although vibhishan was passively engaged in the battlefield giving secrets and building strategies to help rama . Rama even took a giant hit which was meant for Vibhishan while sugriva was beaten mercilessly by bali . Please share your thoughts?

Vali had no personal enmity with Rama. Hence the only way his killing could have been justified according to the dharma of the Age was

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This is just out of curiosity. The Mother has said that France will be the link between Europe and the teachings of India. Do you think things are developing to make this happen? Were Swami Vivekananda’s talks in the US and England an opportunity for those countries, too, to participate? I ask this because our teachings (mostly of mixed value, and perhaps you would say somewhat corrupted) are being introduced to the West through the US and maybe Germany.🌐🌍🗺️🛂

France was and still is developing closer links with India, politically, economically as well as culturally. But there is a strong stamp of misguided socialism

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I had a dream: I’m at the airport and I walk into a plane, a very large luxurious plane, the colours were more white and goldish. I thought it was odd that there was no one checking tickets so I just walked into the plane. I figured it was okay to board as for me as it symbolized progress. There were few people and I knew I was early. So I sat down in a very luxurious seat and was enjoying the interior. There was a soft misty white golden light inside and I knew it was for very privileged people. 🌜💭💤😴

It signifies lack of receptivity to the Divine Grace due to rigid mental and moral ideas.

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Firstly, I would like to share how I started watching your videos and became aware of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. In my life, I’ve been deeply connected to Pandit Shri Ram Sharma Acharya of Shantikunj, Gayatri Pariwar. In one of the books, I read that his Guru from the Himalayas (who is said to be more than 1,000 years old) specifically asked him to meet the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. He did come to Pondicherry to meet them, but what was discussed between them remains unknown. That’s how I came to know about them and started watching your videos. I have also visited Auroville and the Samadhi. I genuinely felt at home when I was there and look forward to visiting again.

I have heard about Pundit Sri Ram Sharma Acharya through some of his disciples as well reading of some books including the magazine Akhand Jyoti

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Today in my dream, I saw Goddess Durga static image. I felt like it was for few seconds and it was like a image in my heart. I immediately woke up. I said Aho bhaygya (What a fortune ) in my mind. Then i again slept. But my ishta is not Goddess Durga. I saw many people describing their dream in the website and asking questions. So I thought about putting it here and understand was there any meaning in it? 🦁🔱👑🔥

It is not necessary that you will see the Ishta Devata only. It means that the Divine Mother is with you as the power of

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Sir, whenever I think about watching a movie or a series, I start feeling something unpleasant. It doesn’t feel good. I get a different kind of feeling that is not joyful. Even when I start watching, I feel something inside, like—“What am I doing? Am I betraying Mother?” So, should I not watch movies? Or can I watch them? Is this coming from my mind or from the psychic being?🎞️🎥🍿🎬

These thought suggestions come from a type of adverse forces that want the sadhak to feel guilty and unfit. Do not listen to them. The

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