Ask Alok da
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.
What can be the way to tackle the confusion about choosing a career, if one got no preferences, no interests, one only wants to get lots of money to become independent and then do something great for the nation for its resurgence😩?
Take the profession that is closest to your heart, to your true nature, swabhava and swadharma. Do it with sincerity in the spirit of serving
Alok da, What’s the origin of qualities like Aura, charisma or swag as they call it when describing some of the historical figures/political leaders/film actors. Is it a result of higher vital/pranomay kosha? It doesn’t seem like it comes through effort/practice but rather inherited through the karmic results from past lives. They are definitely one of the major qualities to have a hold upon minds of the public☺
In most people this charisma is due to the vital constitution, especially an expansive vital. It is not necessarily a good thing from the higher
Is it true to feel that there is a honesty among pessimists and nihilsts rather than among the theists who try to justify the supposed ways of god with so much of mind games🤔?
Honesty in pessimists? I don’t see the logic. Honesty means looking at things as they really are, right. So the pessimist seeing only the dark
About LGBT, I meant to say, if as The Mother has said in the new world order, male and female bodies wont be different, I guess, still I am having difficulty explaining, but from what I understand, same body will have both male and female attributes? So my question was people born with LGBT attributes, are they first step toward that? Not people who make choices, but who are born that way🤔?
No, it will not be the same body having masculine and feminine traits but a sexless body. LGBT on the other hand is about rights
What is the significance of 24th November🦚🌞?
The word used to describe the 24th November 1926 is Siddhi Day. Though the word is used to describe the acquisition of powers, here it
I want to ask if it is considered a sin to have a relationship or friendship while staying in the ashram🙄?
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother have allowed a great degree of freedom in the Ashram. Transforming friendship and human relationship are part of the work
How to deal with jealousy in close relationships😥?
I presume that you mean if others feel jealous because you are closer to someone? Well the way is to give each one their rightful
Alok da, reading Sri Aurobindo’s poem on the tiger and the deer made me a bit perplexed for a long time. I was checking the predator-prey populations and all the predator animals with grandiose strength like tigers 🐱are shrinking while the prey population like deers 🦒 are in millions,the supposed reasons are apparently cos of High energy demands of predators wrt to their body weight and strength,less reproductive rates and being vulnerable to ecological/climate changes and requiring a larger territory for themselves to survive while the prey population like deers have low energy demands cos they are herbivores, adaptive to ecological changes cos they are mobile, flexible creatures and the ability to change their habitat and can do more with less like birds etc.. Isn’t this an opposite of survival of the fittest? Deers are of-course gentle,beautiful creatures but all the poets and humanity at large was also fascinated by the grandiose of predator animals and they are shrinking.does this mean that it’s the meek that shall actually inherit the earth? Sri Aurobindo writes that Titans fall by their own weight in the human cycle,does this apply here and What are the deeper implications of this phenomenon to Sri Aurobindo’s vision and supramental evolution?
Absolutely so. Survival of the fittest is a surface reading of a deeper process going on behind and through the play of outer forms. It
How to deal with selfish people around you😠?
Ignore them if you don’t have anything specific to do with them. If you need to deal with them for some reason keep focused to
What is inner Shakti present in a man (Kundalini) and what is her relationship with outer abundance of energy (divine mother) that exists in the universe. While worshiping whom to invoke – Shakti sitting in Muladhara or the outer Shakti that exists in the cosmos♾?
The Shakti at the base of the Spine is the Power of the Divine Mother that is completely involved in matter. In man there is
In my school there is a very extra bad teacher. He scolds us for no reason insults us in front of the class like you are stupid etc etc he never smiles and always sad. My teacher said in the ptm when mumma complained that many parents have complained. And has problem with the faculties of school too. He expects us to ask questions but when we ask he says is your brain not working?But when we don’t he says why are you not paying attention? When we take our iPad out he scolds us and takes our iPad once in that he broke my keyboard and when we do not he says you don’t understand he teaches coding which is hard and never explains I end up using chat gpt but still scolds me in that plz help please 😭
That teacher is preparing you unknowingly to take the challenge of the world because such kind of people are found everywhere. You have to learn
Why people are so stressed these days😵?
There are several reasons for the increased levels of stress during the last few decades at least. The Pace of life has increased as if
I am 19 years old. I got addicted to pornography and masturbation out of boredom and loneliness especially during covid period. Now I have developed bad addiction to this and also I’m unable to overcome thoughts of those kind. I am constantly thinking of getting girls only for the sake of physical relationship with them and leaving (one night stand) And also I am disinterested towards studies and career and marriage. Yet I seek help. Please help me Alok da. What can I do😔?
Yes as you must have understood by now that masturbation, though quite common, is not a healthy habit especially when it turns into a regular
What should be the aim of life then? To be happy😊 and better?
The aim is something personal and each one should look into oneself, study and carefully observe one’s temperament, interests and tendencies to see the lead
Sometimes, when I feel down, I find myself pondering😣 how humans can attain divinity. I’ve read numerous articles in an attempt to understand this, and while they provide some clarity, I inevitably return to the same questions.
Humans are meant to attain divinity but doubt, desire, despair prevent us. The way towards divinity is not through articles by people who never walked
Sir please explain the different types of fires🔥
Fire is the Divine Energy concealed in creation. It is the source of light (knowledge) and heat (power) or Consciousness-Force (Chit tapas) that we see
I just read your text about Trump’s election. Would one have preferred Kamala Harris to be elected🤨 ? Trump, in certain respects, is a detestable figure, but he has just appointed Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health. In the fight against globalism and the GAFA mafia, Kennedy Jr. has assets. He has denounced the COVID narrative and the manipulation of the masses. I dare to hope that Trump will be able to propose a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine. Napoleon, in certain respects, was a detestable figure, and yet Sri Aurobindo saw him as a Vibuti (divine manifestation). Manifestation, isn’t it, is a very complex process?
In fact I see more promise in Trump than in Kamala Harris who came across as quite an uncertain person with no clear ideas. I
Is there a story behind how Jagjit Singh came to sing the bhajan Om Anandamayi Chaitanyamayi? As far as I know, this mantra is given by Sri Aurobindo only🤔?
As far as I know he was going through a very difficult phase of his life, having lost his son and separation from his wife.