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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.
Will a person like Sri Aurobindo come ever again on earth😊?
Yes, why not. The Mother herself has said that Sri Aurobindo will come in the first supramental body built in the supramental…
What is the way forward for India 🇮🇳?
India and the world stands today at civilisational crossroads. At this juncture, and more and more so in times to come, we need to understand
I want to ask if it is considered a sin to have a relationship or friendship while staying in the ashram? I live in pondy with my mother, who also works here in ashram. I have a friend, but my mother doesn’t like him. Whenever I meet him or do something against her wishes, she gets angry, abuses me, and starts fighting with me. I lose control of myself during these fights and end up crying😭.
Getting angry, screaming, fighting are far worse things than friendship. Friendship has never been a taboo in the Ashram as long as it doesn’t lead
Why does Shiva has snake🐍 around his neck?
The serpent in the neck of Shiva is the symbol of evolutionary force, the power that pushes us to come out of the ignorance and
Savitri had cosmic realisation before the death of Satyavan. Mother says once one has the psychic realisation one gets free from all the fears. Because fear comes from unconsciousness. Here Savitri is not just conscious about her soul, she has even discovered the cosmic consciousness. But this first line in below paragraph of Canto “Death in the Forest” indicates about grief and fear 🙄 “All grief and fear were dead within her now
There is no fear for herself but grief at the fate of human beings who suffer at the hands of death quite mercilessly. It is
Can you please explain woke theory, how it started and it seems so dangerous… I am glad India is not touched by it but how can we Indians fight 👊 this nonsense theory?
Leaving aside the origin of the term in 1930s the word came to stand for becoming aware of various forms of social injustices such as
Are there different planes for Christ and Prophet Mohammed, and do these planes even exist? Where do the Hindu gods fit on these levels of planes? And above all, is it correct to understand that there is only one Supreme above them all🤨?
From the accounts provided of the Heaven of the Christians and the Paradise of the Muslims it seems more like the vital heavens, Swarglok of
I often visit Pondicherry, but my aspiration feels weak when I’m there. At the Samadhi, I feel blank and don’t feel like sharing my problems to the Mother—it just doesn’t come naturally. I struggle to share everything. I feel like I go there to relax, even though I can easily connect with the Mother because the whole atmosphere is filled with her presence. But when I’m away from Pondicherry, I listen to your talks, read books, and my aspiration feels stronger. I write to the Mother my problems, good and bad days. It’s confusing why I don’t feel more aspiration when I’m in Pondicherry 🙄? Why does this happen?
But this is natural. Aspiration is a thirst for the Divine. But when you are at the ocean of Divine Love you don’t feel thirsty
What are the questions on life should one ponder upon☺?
The ultimate question to ponder is, “Why are we here?” At a more personal and individual level it takes the form of what is the
I am inquisitive about whether there’s any way widen the mental construction🤨?
There are mechanical ways, psychological ways and spiritual ways to widen the consciousness. Mechanical ways are to imagine or think of something wide such as
Why are human beings often harmed or disapproved or criticised violently by the very people they help the most😪?
This tendency of those you love and help trying to harm you is more common than one expects. It stems primarily from an egocentric attitude
How can I have a clear understanding that all gods are one😇?
All gods, indeed all creation discovers its oneness in the Divine. After there can be only One Source, One Origin of creation and whatever we
Lately whenever I read from the works of Mother and Sri Aurobindo, I understand that the writings reveals the truth to me. But if somehow, I speak with people who have a different set of ideals and values on the subject, sometimes contradictory, I feel that they might still be seeing only a part of the truth. Because of what I feel, I sometimes say to them to understand Mother and Sri Aurobindo or atleast, wish it within myself. I do not believe that the whole truth has revealed itself to me yet, and I also read the sentences, “When a thing is true, you can be sure that it’s opposite is also true””It (the truth) will manifest itself for those who are sincere and attentive” So, is my feeling and wish (as I mentioned above) coming from my ego? Or is it an egoistic desire? What should I then feel, except to keep walking with the Mother and Sri Aurobindo towards the union🙂?
Yes even the greatest and vastest Truth is limited by the human mind into a one-sided formula. Hence the opposite is also true. What is
I have a feeling that M.K. Gandhi might have read the Gita but not understood it, I find a lot of contradictions in what he says, can you put some light on this subject😳.
Quite so. His understanding of the Gita was more like a symbol or an allegory of the psychological struggle within man. Quite a few interpreters,
What is the meaning of this word Mahaprayaan? And can we use this word for The Mother?
Actually all these words Mahaprayana, Mahasamadhi, withdrawl are so inadequate. They have a certain meaning that does not apply to the event. Besides it reinforces
What is the key to concentration😊?
Concentration is the capacity to gather or bring back the mind from all its wandering and focus it on one idea, activity, object completely. It
My faith was that the Divine will make the right choice, but when Trump won, for some time I had questioned my faith, but afterwords I myself realized that faith can not be questioned if it was genuine. And after that I became calm. I realized my ‘faith’ was for short term. Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga is not for individual but for the whole humanity. Yes, many of my friends from India are happy the Trump won because his policies are good for India. But us, who are trying to walk the spiritual path, shouldn’t we concentrate on morality of the leader? And Trump is totally amoral person. For Mexicans who are crossing the border illegally,he calls them animals, his quotes about women are so demeaning they make me cringe. When White supremacists attacked some black people, Trump, when he was President, said, they, white suprematists were “good people”. When he wanted to go take a picture in front of this particular church, he ordered police officers to spray tear gas on people who were peacefully holding a protest rally. On Jan 6th when his supporters marched on Capitol, and when they were chanting kill Mike Pence, his VP, he sat in front of TV without saying a word! So even if he might make some right decisions, shouldn’t we chose our leader who has some moral value😫? I am not saying Harris is an angel, but she definitely was better of the two.
Why not doubt one’s own understanding and opinion instead of doubting the Divine? The Divine does not care about morality in picking up His instruments.
My question is in which of her forms we worship her😇? Because all her popular forms like Durga, Kali, Gauri, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Gayatri/Savitri, Lalita Tripurasundari, Annapurna etc represent her specific and limited powers. Is there any form that, according to you, truly represents all her power and glory or at least three of her basic powers of Knowledge, Prosperity & Strength combined in one form?
Forms necessarily implies a limitation. Each form is like a channel that canalises the Original Power with a certain specific purpose. As to the highest