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Sir, what can be the spiritual reason behind the suicide incident that happened with respect to 3 lady ashram inmates😲?
Suicide in the Ashram or anywhere else is due to only one cause, and that is the attack of hostile forces. In fact the sadhaka
Is India forever destined to brag about it’s spiritual heritage and not have the material industrial power cos I was reading Sri Aurobindo’s economic reports that were available in the volume early cultural writings and the industrial vision he had for the country and how a nation without flourishing manufactures is essentially servile. Although we made progress since independence it seems like we’re nowhere near what he’s envisioning for the nation. And we have the industrial mammoth China that is at our border and Pakistan which has nothing to lose planning together for a confrontation, how are we to face such dangers😥?
We are mixing up several things here. Yes Indians are basking too much in the past glories but it is understandable given the long passage
My sister hasn’t scored well in NEET and isn’t getting any MBBS college. She doesn’t have any inner calling or conviction to decide what she should pursue. We were thinking of admitting her to a BAMS college. But everyone is advising that there is no scope for an Ayurvedic doctor. Can you guide me regarding this and tell me what can be career options after pursuing BAMS🤨?
One does not study a branch of knowledge for career and money but for the joy of learning, gaining knowledge in the field of interest,
Will you elaborate on The Hindu cosmology myth ” Ashtgajjas” 🤔
It is not mythology but the description of 8 cosmic powers that hold the earth in its motion through Space. The ancient seers saw the
Often one becomes very serious in the path of yoga and Sadhna, whereas Mother says the contrary. How can one cultivate an attitude of cheerfulness☺️ in oneself , in any kind of work which one does and in all kinds of relationships one comes across?
That is quite a correct observations. Seriousness should be only with regard to the goal and for this one needs to cultivate sincerity. But the
As I’m a commerce student, when I read the subjects like economics, business development, and others that certainly focuses on how to grow businesses, but what I see largely is, the whole economy, the consumerism, utilitarian culture, the today’s business world is altogether in the hands of Asura, people are no way worried about the resources, they are just running for “growth”, and don’t know what’s the end point of this growth?🤨[conti]
The wise man is right. You should study to know the deeper truth about commerce and economics, and when the time comes, place it at
Actually I wanted to know why you said only at an individual level we are a portion of The Mother? Why can we not be her portion individually & spiritually both? After all she can be the force with consciousness. What is the need to separate the divine into two – Consciousness & Force, in fact into four – Existence, Consciousness-Force & Bliss. To me there is all possibility that the same energy we feel around is all – Anandmayi, Chaintanyamayi, Satyamayi and Sarvashaktimayi. I am sorry if I have misinterpreted your response. Please correct me if my understanding is flawed🫤
I see the reason for the misunderstanding. It is perhaps because generally by individuality we think of the ego personality which is a temporary structure.
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother often talk about the difficulties of the subconscient. Sri Aurobindo mentions in his talks that in 1930s when sadhaks were given the big push by Mother to change their nature to remove all vital or mental admixture to purify their subconscient, most of them dropped under the pressure. What push was this? Cultivation of satwa nature to purify their subconscient? It is said that the light of satwa is initially helpful to purify it.🫤
The big push is not about Sattwa. They never seemed to attach too much importance to mental rules and regulations except for what is needed
For 2-3 days now during meditation I am getting glimpses of Gauri sitting in snowy mountain conditions with Shiva and their both sons (specially of Ganesha having more clear image) sending her blessings of auspiciousness. In this background please let me know your views on the significance of mount Kailash as the abode of Shiva and Shakti in our religion. I always wonder how a place on earth plane could be a home to the divine family🤨.
Gauri is the Divine Mother who has become this earth nature. Shiva is the Lord of tapasya who helps her to rise to the highest
Sri Aurobindo has written-“…Whenever he chooses to take the full pleasure of ignorance, of the dualities, of strife and wrath and tears and weakness and selfishness, the tamasic and rajasic pleasures, of the play of the Kali in short, he dims the knowledge in India and puts her down into weakness and degradation so that she may retire into herself and not interfere with this movement of his Lila…”I am not able to understand these lines. How can Divine do this only for his Lila🤔? Please elaborate.
Lila means the Divine unfolding in creation. This unfolding sometimes requires the veiling of the Light just as some plants need shade and others brightness
I have been in a relationship with a girl for two years, but she has made it clear that we can never get married. Despite this, I strongly desire to live with her because I believe it would make me happier, more focused, and bring stability to my life. Physical intimacy is also important to me, and I deeply crave that connection with her😥. However, it is difficult to manage these feelings knowing her boundaries [conti]
The fear comes because of attachment which is inevitable in any long term relationship. This attachment is a normal process of nature and has nothing
I try my best to open towards The Mother, but I think my nature has too much of deficiencies. I am feeling that too much vanity, doubts, lust etc. are not allowing me to properly turn towards the yoga. Many a times I think that I should do traditional tantrik sadhnas like vishnu sahasranama recitation daily to purify myself first. But again I read from ‘The Mother’ book that I should have complete faith towards my guru and not be under any second influence. Please guide me how should I proceed properly and how to purify myself to do The Mother’s yoga😥.
The choice of yoga is not made according to the difficulties one might encounter but according to the aspiration or the goal that one seeks.
Sri Aurobindo with friend Deshpande was travelling by train and beside Deshpande there was sitting one muslim person. Alok da please share that complete incident and what we must learn from the incident😌
I don’t remember the incident that is being described. I am not sure why someone has specifically quoted it. Sri Aurobindo was generally reticent about
Now the question is, as a person dies, apart from the psychic being, what other things are carried to the next life and who carries them? The body is not there, the psychic being goes to the psychic world. The vital goes to the vital world. The mental part goes to the mental world. So, it is only the psychic that proceeds to the next birth. Then, while going to take the next birth, does the psychic collect certain elements from the vital and mental world? If yes, how can it find its corresponding vital and mental which it had in the previous birth🤔?
The psychic being, as it evolves, develops an individual psychic personality around its core which of course is the divine spark within it. This psychic
Why are people so much obsessed with Bollywood stars? Why they don’t get it it’s all fake and hollow🤨?
Because of the charm of the vital world and the deception created by glitter and glamour that often …
Dada, how do I completely surrender🌹 myself to divine? What can I do please The Mother? I desire to feel her comforting presence.
Start by offering. Offer your day when you wake up. Offer your sleep before you sleep. Offer your work, each work, smallest activities such as
What do you make from a yogic stance of the political situation in America and Trump🤔?
Men are tools of deeper forces. Right now America is under a great pressure of the New Consciousness towards the needed change. Whatever is happening
I want to know the meaning of a dream that I saw . In that dream I was climbing a mountain but there was a huge pit which was like a dark abyss. I had to cross that large pit and then climb the stairs to move forward. After seeing that huge pit i got scared to cross that so i chose another route that had easy stairs to climb the mountain⛰️. Mother and Sri Aurobindo writes a lot of thing about this abyss . Kindly explain some of their writing on this subject.
The pit is the abyss of doubts and fears that makes us feel that the difficulty in reaching the Divine is insurmountable. But the Mother