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.Â
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.
What is a practical advice for me right now, I really can’t take any decision. I have left everything in her hands😥.
Practical advice at your age is to study and equip yourself for the various challenges of life as well as to express your deepest truth.
The principle here is that suffering brings suffering in return because it stirs severe reactions in those affected which in turn effects us. It is just a law of Nature to preserve the balance of creation and prevent excesses. Can you please explain the science behind how suffering bring suffering and how this law operates and if we both are doing sadhna for divine transformation then I believe the Mother will show us path and bring everything into place🤔?
The law is very simply what goes into the world through us comes back to us, not as a reward or punishment but so that
My father is being suffering from schizophrenia from his teenage but no one really observed it but with time it’s worsen since last 10 years. His behavior is completely changed and he is became really very weird. He’s clinically diagnosed with schizophrenia before 3 months. Now his medication is going on. After taking medication his aggressiveness came down but his thought process is still same. Before few years he was really very spiritual, hygienic and kind. But now he became atheist, unhygienic (not bathing for weeks) and furious. So, My query is what else we can do after medication to change him back to his own personality. At the end I want you to guide me through the light of The Mother😰.
The first thing that is necessary is to ensure that medicines are given in time and regular contact with the treating doctor maintained. Regarding other
I had put on artificial metallic nails, [I never do those] and they fell off, so then someone told me I should redo them and I told them no I don’t want them, I would rather keep my original. So the person said they are spoil with the gum and all and looking bad so I told them I am not worried they will grow into their original soon. Can you explain this dream please😥?Â
Beautiful dream indicating dropping off of all artificiality and the readiness to accept life as it is and change it in an authentic way rather
Is meditation upon death every single moment a good method to cultivate attention and awareness? I’ve come across this young 23 year old Italian man who killed himself and wrote a philosophical work in the 19th century, it’s basically upon how men live as if they are sedated and don’t face their mortality with seriousness and urgency and this German philosopher Heidegger says modern technology only ramps up this anesthestic state of living, Seneca the wise stoic wrote a work advising to live everyday as if it’s the last and depicting examples of slumberous life of many in Rome 🫤 [conti]
Meditation upon death is advised by certain mystics including the Buddhist path. Basically it is a meditation on the transience of life, on the impermanence
As you once said first avatar comes as Vibhuti’s then comes the full Avatar, now Mother and Sri Aurobindo will come back in a supramental body, so are there their vibhuti’s on earth at this point of time🤔?
Surely there havd been and still there are the Vibhutis whom They have prepared as Their instruments for the Work.
Last nite I had a wired dream, it turns out I had another baby and I had forgotten it since a long time, I remembered about it after many days and it as somewhere in the storage behind the dumb and mess in a white paper bag and when I opened it, there was like a small lump like dried blood, can you explain it? I was not happy when I woke up with the dream😥.
It is some possibility that has been stifled due to suppressing and ignoring it. …
Dear Alok da, I was reading in a particular book on the ashram that most ashramites do not live a spartan life befitting yogis and more often indulge in everyday pleasures and desires. Some even get into earning money. What is the point in living in ashram then🤨?
Actually it is not like that. I don’t think one should be so harsh on poor Ashramite wanting a little change on an odd day
I’ve met quite many people who seem to be interesting, provoke my mental curiosity, vital attraction, but I rarely get to meet someone who has a similar spiritual aspiration. And in such cases, there may be very little vital or physical attraction at all. Is it a mistake to get involved with someone who doesn’t share your spiritual path, even if there is an affinity at all the other levels? Also, what if the other person does have a path, but they are a buddhist, for example? Would that create a contradiction of spiritual currents🫤?
There are no such fixed rules in spiritual life which moves in a wide free space. Each journey is unique and different. What helps one
Alok da, bad dream: A dog attacked me😨 …then I got up
It is the subconscious fear because of the previous incidence. Nothing to worry. Yes I am very afraid of dogs They are nice fellows. If
When I see myself and my life so far, I have always wanted to be free…But what I see is that I am not…I want to be free in true sense…My activities currently are free in a sense where I don’t have to follow anyone and anything. But that is not exactly what free is…Could you tell me what is freedom in true sense😣?
Absolutely. There is no freedom as long as one is living in the ignorance. One is simply the slave of impulses and desires. Freedom implies
Can you please explain this dream: Last night, I had a dream in which I saw that a negative force, like an old man, was attacking my grandmother, and the priest said that the effect of the ritual performed earlier with a Muslim man was diminishing. Then the priest said we would have to perform the ritual again. Preparations for the ritual began, and I had a small baby in my lap. I was trying to tell my family not to get involved in this and to chant God’s name instead. They brought a chest from inside. Initially, it wouldn’t open, but when they finally opened it, vegetables came out, and it seemed like those vegetables had been inside for many years. The vegetables turned into plants, and they were very fresh. There was a chili plant among them. Then my little sister and I went outside to plant it. There, we found a lemon plant with tiny lemons on it. My sister changed it and put some wooden support around the plant. When I checked it, the lemon plant broke from my hand, and I cried a lotðŸ˜.
The sandook is the past subconscious store of experiences that have come with you. Dadi also represents that. These seeds sown in the past and
As Sri Aurobindo’s yoga is collective yoga , How we can balance in our work as there are so many opinions of different people🤔?
Collective Yoga does not mean a democratic decision by taking everybody’s opinion. It means directing our collective efforts towards the realisation of the Divine Life
Some women are choosing to freeze their eggs to avoid the pressure of aging and the fear of a ticking biological clock🤔. They don’t want to feel forced into having children just because they are reaching their mid-30s. [conti]
There is a reason why mother Nature has created certain mechanisms. There is a wisdom in her workings. A woman is ready to conceive by
I sometimes feel tempted to talk to my exes, even though I’m in a good relationship. How can I control or stop this😥?
Think of the long term consequences with regard to your present relationship that is doing good. Think also that talking again to your ex may
Alok da, how to make children aware of the false narratives that goes around😠? Like when I was in school and studying in a Christian school I serious thought that Hindus were responsible for all the riots and killings in the 90’s as they demolished the Babri mazid…
Yes it is a war of narratives going on that conceals in its choice the course of human destiny. India and especially the Sanatana Dharma
Why the Ravavas and Mahisasuras consciousness are still alive, while we celebrate the occasion of victory against them😠?
Just as killing of terrorists does not cure us of their menace since terrorism is an idea that needs to be destroyed so also killing
Dada why I am behaving like a stupid. I can’t find out my way. Somewhere I listened that only reciting of the Mother’s name is enough for the starting of new journey towards transformation. But now I became the battle field. Always my mind thoughts and heart fights in between them. I can not hear to my hearts words. Always something is going on in my mind. Da what should I do😣?
Reciting the Mother’s Name is very powerful and the one supreme support of sadhana. But it is also good to cultivate faith and sincerity as