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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.
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Can you please expand on how to raise beyond individuality and ego? Sri Aurobindo has written “When we have passed beyond individuality then we shall be the real persons. Ego was the helper; Ego is the bar” Mother expanded on this in Nov 1956 – her response was upto the point of how one can know that one is conscious and that to become a spiritual being one should give all that up but doesn’t expand on how or what it means to do it. (Can you please expand on what/how to do, apart from surrendering and aspiring for help and cultivating a strong will and strong body and offering it to Mother🤔?)
es the way is a conscious surrender of one’s individuality with an aspiration. The nature of the aspiration then determines what way this individuality will
What to tell when my friends ask what are these about Mother and Sri Aurobindo’s symbols🙂?
You may tell them that a symbol stands for the truth of the thing that it is a symbol of. Thus for example the flag
We recently brought a Shivling from my in-law’s place as they are not able to take proper care of it. My in-laws used to worship it with elaborate rituals. We have also been advised to follow it. To be honest, I don’t have much faith in their long rituals which were advised by our family priest. To me a simple ritual with faith & devotion is what is actually needed in worship🤨.
I understand your situation and have experienced this with other families as well. Ritual involves a,material and a spiritual aspect. The material side is to
Dear Alok da I am a woman so it’s very easy to look at Divine as a lover… but how can a man relate to Divine like a lover ? Like when Sri Aurobindo writes the poem on Krishna I can relate feel Krishna in that form but what about a man? This was just silly curious question but thought to ask🙂.
This is something that i struggled with for a while as to how could I see the Beloved in the Mother or bring before Her
Last night, I had a dream where I saw that my father and I were getting a tubewell installed, and at the end, when we inserted the pipe, a lot of water came out and it was sparkling. Then, Grandpa came and asked why we had the tubewell installed, saying that the water is salty. When we drank it, the taste was a bit salty, so I said at least the water would be useful. Later, I saw that my brother and I were checking the car’s headlight, but it didn’t light up. So, I said, doesn’t the light work? What’s the problem? He said it’s fine, and when I turned it on, the light was very dim. Then, we removed the mirror from the headlight and saw that it was giving off very little light. What could be the symbolic meaning of this dream🤔?
I don’t think it has any deeper symbolic meaning. Looks more like a dip into the subconscient where the water is not tasty and the
Can you please share should line on Sri Aurobindo, the bhakta🙏..
True love for God is best described in Sri Aurobindo’s own words as below. ‘To love God, excluding the world, is to give Him an
Alok da what should one do when we know that someone has become an instrument of the hostile forces and he is creating a problems in the family and harassing every one 😨?
When the Divine Mother willed to create, She brought out different aspects from the One Divine and distributed Her Knowledge and Power to each one
How can we maintain the approach of Dharma and truth in business because every businessman tries to earn maximum profit and for that he exaggerates the objects🤨.
Psychic emergence lights up the flame of Godward aspiration. As it emerges more and more the different parts of nature begin to aspire, – the
My question. Mother writes in one of her prayers: In Peace and Silence the Eternal manifests; allow nothing to disturb you and the Eternal will manifest😇; (December 5, 1912)
Yes, they in fact complement each other. The Gita declares that a complete mastery is not possible without the touch of the Eternal. The Mother
One more question after reading your reply-Kabir says that Maya deludes even trinity. Is it true? If yes then please explain. Secondly, you have written here about 4 direct emanations from the Supreme then which place The Mother holds? Is She the Supreme🤔?
The veil of Maya even over the greatest Gods of the Overmind means that they too do not know the Supreme. Though they act under
Sir please help me to understand following lines from the letter of Sri Aurobindo on working of the grace🙏:-
This something within that Sri Aurobindo is referring to are those deeper parts in us that are under the psychic being’s influence. It is this
Is it true if one can follow any path of Sanatan Dharma then that will always lead to the supreme personality of Godhead Krishna. In Gita Sri Krishna says last you will come to me. Please clarify it🤔?
Yes but provided one wants to go right upto the very end. A path is not like a conveyor belt nor are human beings unconscious
“When least defaced, then is it most divine” can you please explain these lines from Savitri🤔.
There is but One Power that operates in everything and everywhere. But its gets limited and distorted in its expression as it flows into the
Does everyone experience depersonalisation derealisation kind of feeling sometime in life🤨?
Not necessarily. Most are very happy with life as it is, comfortable with the world as it presently is. It is only those few who
Please differentiate between soul n psychic being🌟.
Soul is the divine essence in everything. The psychic being is the same soul bringing out its full divine potentiality and thereby developing a personality,
Whenever possible can you tell me as what was the story behind the universe to which Mother said that it’s a long story to tell. And which were the intermediaries that intervened and slowed the process….Can you tell the story behind the universe Mother to which Mother said that is a long story to tell and which were the intermediaries that slowed down the process🤨
When the Divine Mother willed to create, She brought out different aspects from the One Divine and distributed Her Knowledge and Power to each one
Difference between Sage and Seer Sir🤔
Sage is someone who lives in the higher domains of the mind, the higher Mind, and from there exercises a certain degree of mastery upon
Prayer of the Mother July 21st,1914, Alok Bhai, is Mother talking about the supramental realization in this prayer🙂?
Yes. This is the beginning of the supramental transformation, the ascent of the individual consciousness into the Supermind and the descent of the Supramental Consciousness