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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.
Mother has said if our government will come – please send the reference in which book and the Page no.🤔
The first is a conversation of July 6, 1958 where the Mother reveals three difficulties for the New Creation to be established.
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What is the significance of lighting incense? Why do we do it🤔?
The world of sensory experience is closely connected with the elemental energies and beings of the subtle physical world. These beings get attracted or repulsed
“Hey mataa praan or man me asur ki shakti de”-From Durga strotra, What does this mean? Why asur ki shakti🤔?
In the original Vedic conception, Sur and Asura are not mutual opponents but two sides of the One Divine Reality representing Light and Force respectively.<br
I am losing my temper or I am not replying at all in some circumstances. I am at both extreme. What to do 😪?
Do lot of physical exercises and keep yourself busy with meaningful work and activity. Read books that are uplifting. Reflect about the deeper and inner
Ornaments cannot be made from pure gold. What about leaders? We see leaders in industries are greedy and and less of caring. In the present political situation we need leaders who can take action against the evil. What should be the correct qualities of leadership in view of current situation following the path of Sri Aurobindo🫤?
And above all, set them the right example…. Be yourself what you would like them to be. Give them the example of disinterestedness, patience, self-control,
Why this happens ? when you deeply long for certain things—whether it’s a relationship or something else in life—you desire it with all your heart, but you also want it now. You feel restless, thinking, what’s the point if I get it after a few years or in old age? I need it now, I crave it desperately now, I don’t want it later😪.
It is the usual way that the vital desire and the ego-self operates. It thinks only about oneself and the want, like in a state
Is Swarglok right here around us? is it that it is just different dimension and that s why we mortals can not see/feel it? Are there even different grades/dimentions in Swarglok🌈? And do souls go to different dimensions based on the Soul’s evolution?
Yes it is a different dimension, the vital world so to say. We can feel its impact but not see it or its…
Alok da, sometimes I feel that nature is holding me captive consciously. Sometimes the touch of God is felt in the entire consciousness, sometimes without any reason doubt and the absence of devotion is felt. Earlier this stage seemed to be the most depressed but now I don’t feel any difference. All of them have coming and are going on their own. I detach myself from this activities. Still I feel pain due to this unconscious spontaneous activities. There is a feeling in my heart that I too should worship my mother like Ramkrishna, Ramprasad etc had done but now everything is going in reverse. Still, I feel something inside that stay for some time and let mother do her work. In this state, how can I reveal the devotion and dedication that I was expressing earlier? How to face this situation in right attitude😥?
This Yoga is different from the bhakti Yoga practiced by Ramprasad and Chaitanya. It is a relatively slower but more complete process. Because it involves
Alok da there is a man in Kolkata just to raise attention for women equality👩🦰👨🦰, goes on the streets and wear women clothing, now I found this very absurd and ridiculous, please explain can woman equality be done by wearing woman clothing, I think this is just a gimmick to attract attention.
If women equality could come by wearing clothes then the logical way would be to popularize men’s dress for women. This is exactly what was
Alok Da bad dream, I saw a dream that I was on the mountain and I fell down😪
It means that you are trying to excel yourself, to become strong and one-pointed. That you reached the mountain is a very good sign of
What is the connection between the Psychic Being 🌟and the Mind?
The mind is or should be an instrument of the psychic being. But more often than not it acts like a resistance to the emergence
Could you talk a bit about Buddha🌼. Mother used to speak on the Dhammapada so i got curious. Who is buddha, what did he come to do and what does Mother and Sri Aurobindo say about buddha?
ou will find talks on the Buddha on auromaa. Also we had taken out an issue of All India Magazine on the Path of Buddha
One of my grandmothers is growing old and frail she is almost bed ridden cannot get out of her room and is 92 years, I pray that she may be freed from this body that has become a burden and reason for pain, is this a selfish prayer? Can one pray for a loved ones death😪? What is the best approach in times like these ?
Many prayers are for selfish reasons so that itself does not make a prayer meaningless. But this prayer for someone’s departure at the person’s presumed
So much is spoken about unconditional love as an antidote to selfish love. What are the qualities of such a love and what are some practical ways of showing such a love💓?
Yes there is a lot of talk of these things nowadays such as unconditional love, non judgmental, no expectations, non duality, back to nature which
Is it true about the soul leaving the body through the hole on top of the head where we concentrate during meditation? Can us mortals see it🫤?
There are several doors in the subtle body through which the soul can leave, – eyes, ears, mouth, nostrils and anus. Leaving through the top
I was just reading Karl marx’s Short essay on the power of money, he wonders about this bewildering engimatic force which shapes our life and history and he quotes many of Sri Aurobindo’s favourite poets like Shakespeare and Goethe on how this mysterious force turns things upside down, Sri Aurobindo in Savitri covers everything about the cosmos even if it’s just a few lines but there’s isn’t anything about money if I am not wrong. Why is this so? Why is such a gigantic subject ignored🤔?
First of all there are a few presumptions there. Though Sri Aurobindo has appreciated Shakespeare and Goethe his appreciation of them is part of a
If a person is too casual in making a sexual relation with others. What is the spiritual consequence of this on him as well as on his partner and Are such people should be considered for long term relationships or Marriage🙄?
It is the sign of a weak and restless vital. Naturally such people are inherently incapable of forming deep and lasting bonds as is needed
I had a question on a particular phrase in Savitri. “The universe is an endless masquerade: For nothing here is utterly what it seems; It is a dream-fact vision of a truth Which but for the dream would not be wholly true, A phenomenon stands out significant Against dim backgrounds of eternity; “What exactly is a “dream-fact vision of a truth”? Either we have dreams, or we have facts, two different order of realities🤔.
To think of the language of Savitri, it feels like Sri Aurobindo has stretched the bounds of the finite to the utmost, by capturing the