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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.Β 

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 am aware that one should be above personal likes and dislikes toward work. Work should be done as Nishkama Karma. But given limited human understanding, finding one’s Purpose or Work that truly brings joy or the feeling of “this is what I am meant to do” – requires going through the process of active awareness and eliminating whatever doesn’t align with one’s nature. πŸ˜‡πŸŒ„βœ¨[…]

We need to understand that there are in us not one but two natures. One nature is that which operates on the surfaces and is

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Dear Alok Da, In the book “The Mother” – Sri Aurobindo writes: “it is only the very highest supramental Force descending from above and opening from below that can victoriously handle the physical Nature and annihilate its difficulties…” – “Descending from above” I could get the idea. But “opening from below” How can the highest Supreme can be below? πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸ»πŸŒΉβœ¨[…]

Opening from below means aspiration. As to the Divine, He is everywhere and in everything in all His Fullness, poornamadam, poornamidam….In His Supreme Transcendent state

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Can there be a possibility that Karl Marx was the Incarnation of forces quite hostile to the Creation? I claim he was an Asura or a vessel of one at the least. Here are some interesting facts that indicate it: When he was a student in Berlin, he wrote a blasphemous play called Oulamen, full of a theme of rebellion against the Divine. 😯[…]

I am in complete agreement with you. Though I haven’t read his life but his theories and ideas gave me a clear feeling that he

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Before I turned to Sri Aurobindo, I was very much satisfied with the ascetic view of life and felt that it was the ultimate view of life. I was very much convinced by their arguments about the world. Even the scriptures like the Gita seemed to be suggesting that ultimately, renouncing everything is the only way out. πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸ»πŸͺ·πŸ”₯[…]

It is a genuine feeling as far as your own spiritual evolution is concerned. One can also understand the anguish that every lover of India

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My question is related to the debate on Environment vs Development. Nowadays, in Chhattisgarh, this debate is very much highlighted in the News because dense Hasdeo Arand Forests of the State are being cut down for Coal Mining, threatening the rich Biodiversity of the State, the displacement of the local tribes, and disturbing the Natural Elephant Corridor. Many media reports and people are saying that Adani’s Greed for Coal is eating up the Hasdeo Forest. […] 🌳🏭🌳

This is a narrative which if taken to its logical conclusion would mean no more roads, no more revamping of cities, no more highways, no

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