Ask Alok da
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.
In simple terms, what is consciousness🪷, and how does it go beyond just being aware of our surroundings?
Consciousness can be understood in different ways depending on the viewpoint. From a purely material perspective, consciousness appears as a byproduct of neural activity, a
Can you share something about AskAlokDa since it is 1 year today❤️
Askalokda, like everything else in my life, has been a gift of Her Grace. I have seen this that when a work is to be
I’m 35 now, and I find myself sitting with a tender and important question: whether or not to have a child.When I was 33, I was going through a deep process of separation from my teacher, like a mother. During that time, the desire to have a baby started to surface—it even began to appear in my paintings. It felt like a natural longing [conti]
It is surely possible to do both, raise a beautiful child as well as pursue your ideal in the field of health and healing. But
Does it mean that anyone who turns to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, whether living inside or outside the Ashram, is practicing their yoga?
Does it mean that anyone who turns to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, whether living inside or outside the Ashram, is practicing their yoga?
Yoga
Is this true that we are in a time loop?
Yes we have certainly entered an Era of fast forward evolution or Jump Time as it is called. So well in a way we have
Is it correct to call Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa as Spiritual Father of Sri Aurobindo?
This is not at all true.
A spiritual father is someone who sows the seed of spirituality in a person and nourishes and nurtures
Can you explain the meaning of, “Soul Journey”?
The soul is a portion of the Divine as a seed is a portion of the tree. But just as the seed contains within itself
In yoga, the desire for God is the key. How to develop it within yourself? It does not come naturally to me. At present, I need God to help me and my family live a beautiful life. It does not matter whether I am body or soul.
Very few start with a desire for God. Most people approach God for the fulfilment of their desires until one day they end up desiring
Feel like giving up in my life.. I want to stay still and do nothing … I have to work on this but I am stuck in this feeling for quite sometime.. I am afraid I might terribly fall down.
Doing nothing is the most difficult thing to do. Even the mere maintenance of the framework of life needs quite an effort. So that is
Can you share your views and ideas which led to the aircraft disaster in Ahmedabad. Can it be viewed beyond human, technical error in a higher plane above human hands. If so how best these accidents can be avoided? What is the way a spiritual seeker or a true devotee or a true believer in Divine should feel and act by witnessing the most grieved families of the deceased. If possible you can give a video talk to this respect.
I will surely give a talk on this. But meanwhile it is not the result of a human technical error. It is the result of
The desire for wealth (to enjoy the luxuries of life), power and sex appear to be the driving forces in human beings. Without these desires there would be no activity. Is it not true that life cannot be imagined without these desires. Can you help me understand why then we are told to get rid of these desires that seem so natural and should be created with purpose by the creator🤔?
Life without desires is not only imaginable but also the most wonderful life one can conceive of, it is a life of peace and freedom
When I see something is bad happen in my surrounding (selfish activities, blaming others, jealous, anger etc) I don’t bearing this things, feeling sorrow in my inner part. But I am not condemning to anyone, still i think I also same responsible for this situation, if i can change these things myself then it’s affect will be down. I feel detachment inside, not the exempt everything detachment but peace and joyful state i feel inside and every world still the nature will affect me. If sometimes I loose the inner peace or pressure of my heart then remembering, aspiring her will suddenly this contact is establish. In this stage what should i do? How I can liberate the cruel behavior of the nature? How will be establish the relation among those people who have around me🤨?
The sorrow you feel is a psychic sorrow and the need for harmony and peace among people a psychic need. It is in answer to
Actually I get conflicted. Sometimes I’m thinking of Krishna 🦚and talking to him and sometimes to mother. Now that I’m remembering Mother more and more. I feel like I’m moving away from Krishna. How do I overcome this puzzling situation. When I sit to meditate I get confused about whom to imagine. So I end up with both of them together. Is it fine or I’m too much stuck in ignorance and all. I keep a small Krishna in my pocket always and talk sometimes and you told me before to take Krishna everywhere with me like a living being and I forget to buy when I remember sometimes I think of him in my chest like he is watching from there and talk to him. I’m definitely not fully sincere, I feel like I’m making simple stuff more difficult and getting stuck in mental thoughts. What can I do Da?
The conflict is coming due to too much focus on the outer form. But there is no reason to be conflicted. Sri Krishna and the
I am facing a contradiction in my mind regarding the fate of the soul who are at an advanced stage of spiritual life but not reached the highest and have to discard the physical body in a violent manner like the last plane crash . Will they have to halt at the subtle – physical and vital domain for a longer period, because at the moment of death the psychic being can not take any decision. In this case moment of death must have passed in fear. I have purchased the book Death, dying and beyond written by you and started reading it. It is really wonderful book.
Sadhaks that are really advanced have no fear, absolutely no fear. They see and find the Divine everywhere and neither life nor death carries any
If Mother sees everything then why such a horrible plane crash happened 😱?
The Mother is always there but She acts from behind a veil through many of Her different personalities and powers. These personalities or gods and
While reading The Sunlit Path, I came across the Mother’s statement that ‘Reason must be the Master’ and that Reason is developed by using it. I’m unsure about what she exactly mean by ‘Reason’ in this context🤔.
Also, what kind of habits or inner attitudes can I cultivate so that reason becomes an active, guiding force in life.
She means governing life
Bhaiya, you often say that making progress should be our aim. What exactly do you mean by ‘making progress’😳?
Progress means to expand one’s capacities, – spiritual, intellectual, emotional, vital, physical by whatever means at one’s disposal.
Spiritual capacity increases by increasing the aspiration,
Why is it that only when something tragic happens, like the Ahmedabad tragedy, people start sharing emotional posts saying things like ‘Life is so, so unpredictable,’ ‘We always think we have time, but the truth is, we don’t,’ or ‘Hug the people you love like it’s the last moment you’re spending with them’? What are your thoughts on such posts circulate during tragedies😳.
This shows that we are still too crude and largely live on the surfaces. We need strong outer events to wake up to the world-pain