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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.
Dada I’m feeling that what ever I’m doing are all are mistakes and it also depressed me. I think all these are the mental phenomena. Please Da show me the right path 😥
It is not good to dwell upon our own mistakes or those of others. Instead we must focus on what we want to be. What
Why we are trapped by affection and love by our family members, relatives, friends and all these things. What is our true relationship with them.The Mother and Sri Aurobindo brings this eternal victory against death. That is death of death and manifest the Supramental being. Savitri didn’t let Jamaraj to bring Satyavan take with him. She could not bear his death, she fought against death and got victory against it. Is it possible to all human being. Can they also achieve it? Death is the necessary thing to learn and to grow up. But why immortality should manifest? Lots of questions arises in my mind Dada. What should I do🫤?
We can continue the school analogy here too. Affection, attachments etc are not traps of illusion but steps and stages of our schooling. Just as
For the past two years, I have been at home. I searched for many work opportunities but was unsuccessful in all of them. During this time, I also prayed a lot to understand what I should do. The idea of opening a marble shop kept coming to my mind. A few days ago, I had a dream in which I was looking for a place where I could open a marble shop.
Yes, it is possible that some hint about starting a marble shop is there in this dream.
When all deities are themselves different aspects/energies of the Divine Mother😇, then how could they lack touch of the supreme mother?
Because each deity is something or the other of the Divine Mother one can no doubt, through strong faith and intense aspiration approach Her through
An article published in the magazine – Akhand Jyoti of All World Gayatri Pariwar. Whole article is quite insightful🙂.
I am not sure what to say about the article on Tantra and Einstein (material science). As far as the attached page of Akhand Jyoti
Why did Sri Aurobindo leave Mrinalini Devi when he says all life is yoga?
He didn’t leave her in the way it is generally understood. However like all great ones he was too intensely focused on the goals he
What’s the precise definition of Divine according to Sri Aurobindo? How will the human mind totally bereft of all premonitions will conceive the Idea Divine? If absolutely there are no Scriptures of any religion, no ideas of any God or anything at all, how will one start his way of understanding The Divine and experiencing his connection with The Divine? If Divine is all, then it should be possible to know The Divine without any aid.
The mind bereft of all conceptions of the Divine will yet conceive something or someone as the Highest , the Origin, the Source of all
Alok da, when Sri Aurobindo came back form England his father had died but did he meet his mother after coming back 🤔?
Yes. But she was in very poor psychological health.
Because as soon as I started reading The Garud Puran, the way it describes the hell, and how Yamadoots take souls thru the hell, I could not read anymore, because that is not the way my understanding has formed after my other readings. Yes, we have to resolve our Karmas, but the way Garud Puran describes it, I was not sure those Souls will learn anything from it, may be they will learn that what I did was wrong, and I should not do it again. But that is not resolving Karma, the wronged sides totally left out. But then again, I did not read further as I didn’t agree with it, may be it mentions the wronged side later on🤨.
Puranas are not considered as supreme authorities. They belong to the class of Scriptures called Smriti. The authentic scriptures are the Vedas, Upanishads, Gita. They
I have a question about my father that I’ve been meaning to ask since he passed away some months back. Today, in a meditation on the psychic presence within, I saw him with his usual wide smile. I have been wondering how he is and where he is as he passed away in great pain and not sure how the passing was for him since he refused to discuss matters of the afterlife that I tried to bring up with him to prepare him. He was such a vital personality that I can’t imagine he’s no more with us. Is this a sign that he he’s now in the psychic worlds? I wanted to know how his life review was for his soul and if he was at peace with his passing as he was a real karmayogi. I’m still coming to terms with his passing in my human way. I have also prayed so much for him and put him in Mother’s arms. Was she with him when he passed over? Is there any message from him to me?🙏
His smiling appearance while meditating upon the heart centre indicates that he is safe and happy, still inwardly connected to you through the deeper heart,
I want to understand a few things from the following paragraphs from the the book Life Divine : Delight of Existence : The problem. I have understood Sri Aurobindo’s concept of ethical way of thinking of humans in this chapter but the below points are not clear🫤.
It means first that there is a delight of existence that is hidden in the movement of creation itself (the becoming). It is there hidden
When I have sudden stomach ache, I start praying to the mother. How does Maa helps us in our illness😣?
The Mother can help in several ways. If you are open and receptive, full of faith and trust in Her Force can directly intervene and
Alok da, How can someone born in North Korea or in Afghanistan and all their life they have seen horrible things can believe in Divine? For us over here life as been beautiful and thus we get to see divine all around😠 ..
Who knows, perhaps confronted with the terror and the horror some of them may be feeling quite disgusted and searching for answers. They may well
How can we purify ambition? I feel driven to be very ambitious. But I know it will make me a selfish, ugly person and it is not something wise to do. I want to know how I can direct the energies in the right direction. What is a step by step method so that I don’t lose the motivation🤨?
No need to turn away from anything. Selfishness has nothing to do with achievements and ambition. The danger of ambition is pride and vanity or
I have a question about effort. What does it mean when we wish for something very much and put a lot of effort into it but we fail? For example, as a child I wanted to grow tall and tried all sorts of things to grow taller. Then during one medical checkup the doctor told me that I will not be able to grow taller. I was in denial and I still kept trying. Ultimately the doctor was right and I felt very sad. Thankfully now I’m ok with it but I just want to know why this happens. Is it the will of the Divine or does he want us to persevere? Also how can we know when to persevere and when to quit😥?
When efforts fail as they do fail sometimes it is to help us grow in strength and patience, perseverance, fortitude, even a deeper faith and
Integrity to soul vs integrity to somebody else. I feel it’s a fine line and vulnerable to misuse in the name of soul integrity. But supposing somebody is following a higher call of the soul which comprises integrity to somebody else resulting in having to hide, lie, conceal etc. One side – there is following the true need – but does not lying, concealing etc. lower the consciousness ? Should we not always speak truth, be honest 🫤? Supposing the person you’ve lied to comes to find out – will that not results in a deep hurt and scars? Where is the line between selfishness and following a higher call and need ?
Absolutely true. Lying, deception etc are as far from the true soul life as earth from the heaven. It is also true that all scriptures
I have contacted a Magazine, have asked for some writing work, Writing Blog ✒️on any topic related to resurgence of India. How can I do this work perfectly. What topics should I choose. I know you may say I should first learn and study then start these kind of works. But I want to try once. Hope you understand..
Well one should first do a deep study of what India is and stands for lest one does more harm through half baked ideas as
I can’t deal with academics. I’m very weak😥.
Not all are meant for academics. It is not about being weak or anything like that. It is a question of interest and the natural