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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.
I’m a single woman living alone in a flat in a metro city. I feel very very cautious and very anxious due to this fact. I feel uneasy most of the time due to anxious 🫨look of uncouth people especially men around who are aware of the fact. So I feel very troubled about my safety and security. Also I want to overcome the very feeling and overcome ominous thoughts that trouble me. Also, I don’t have learnt techniques of self defense neither do I have any scope to learn it at this point of time.
Fear often attracts the feared. While caution is fine, one should never give the impression of being underconfident as it draws harmful forces near us.
Alok da, what is the meaning of complete faith. Does it mean faith is 100% devotion, dedication. If some one has faith, then should we question the smaller things in life🤔 ??
Faith implies that there is something we call as the Divine and hence there is a hidden divine guidance in life carrying us through everything.
Alok da what is the steps of soul and stages of Sri Aurobindo’s Integral yoga sadhana🙏?
The first step is aspiration, a sincere genuine aspiration. In the beginning this aspiration has to be nurtured by taking out a special time to
This is in reference to the above quote from Sri Aurobindo that “This yoga is a spiritual battle; its very attempt raises all sorts of adverse forces and one must be ready to face difficulties, sufferings, reverses of all sorts in a calm unflinching spirit.🤔”
These things come to test the strength and sincerity of our aspiration.
You have spoken about the mind of light that Sri Aurobindo created to help us evolve. In a similar way, the Mother developed a body of light. Do we all have capacity and access to develop this body of light within us? If so, what should we do to develop it and how will it help in our sadhana😊?
The Mother spoke about the New Body she had developed through the Yoga of transformation just as Sri Aurobindo spoke of the Mind of Light
How does plants gives us oxygen🤨?
They give us oxygen because they receive their energy from the sun. This solar energy gets converted into chemical energy which releases oxygen. Thanks to
Is the Supreme Divine (Purushottama) indeed Absolutely Great🤔?
By definition Supreme implies the greatest of all, above all, beyond whom there is none other. The question however arises because of suffering and evil
Dada nowadays I am feeling very happy spontaneously, that doesn’t depends on any conditions. I feel peace in my mind and vital part. In previous time when the unpleasant things was happening then my lower vital was resisting very much, but now they are coming but they don’t affect me. Now if any person or friend arguing or teasing me then i have not affect their words still I staying in the peace. In chest part I feel some pressure or also feel quite in lower abdominal part. Is it a real experience? What does this experience indicate us😊?
Why doubt something that is happening within you with tangible effects. The psychic pressure first brought out the hidden resistances of the lower vital, then
People say- Jo hota hai acche ke liye hota hai. But they say this perhaps because they don’t know the counterfactuals to what has happened – they don’t know what has ‘not’ happened or ‘what could have happened, Moreover how to believe that what so ever had happened was the best to have happened🤨.
The difficulty here is that people who say so believe that whatever happens here is the direct expression of the Divine Will. However this is
Any anecdotes on What kind of a friend was Sri Aurobindo to his buddies from his collegemates to fellow revolutionaries🤔?
There was no high or low for Sri Aurobindo. His vast, mighty intellect could be equally at ease with a person who was far less
How can I get rid of the greed for money and wealth 😓?
Money and wealth are two different things. Wealth is ordinarily what money can create. It need not be material only as people use their money
A girl who has faced harassment, mental exploitation, teasing and unwanted touching in her teenage years and was bullied by boys in school and college. These painful experiences affected her deeply. Even now, she can’t forget the boys who hurt her. Whenever she thinks about the past, she feels nothing but hatred toward them. How to move on😪?
The girl has two choices before her. She can live with the trauma and nurture hate and a skewed view of life. Or she can
This is the context of one of your answer today. Are the mantras and other rituals mentioned in our scriptures useless? If so, why did our sages invent them? Please help me understand this😳.
Nobody says they are useless. Each thing has its own place and purpose. Besides there are scriptures and scriptures. Not all sages reached the same
Mother has always informed that human mind is a formative instrument and not an instrument of Knowledge. Can you please clarify that a little more🤔?
Knowledge and Power are embedded in Consciousness. They are attributes of the Divine so to say. Animals, for instance act instinctively with a sure knowledge
Some celebrities are intentionally choosing to have their babies born on dates associated with the number 6 (such as the 6th, 15th, 24th, or 31st), as numerology links this number with beauty, harmony, and peace. What is your view on this😐?
People who resort to these outer means are generally quite foolish and ignorant. They are ignorant because they do not understand how destiny operates.
In the present modern time no one wants so-called liberation (moksha). Every civilized person having little knowledge about the Hindu concept of life will desire a blissful, strong and meaningful life for himself and family. How can we live such a life when we have so many weaknesses, fears and ignorance? I know we have to overcome them but how to do that? I don’t find myself capable of overcoming those things😳. [Conti]
Pray to Her with faith in Her Grace and surrender to Her Will. The Divine Mother acts in Her infinite freedom and Wisdom. She is
When I finish work I can’t seem to switch off. I end up thinking about lots of things I missed in the chaos of hospital as we’re often seeing 2-3 sick patients at a given time. Then it affects my sleep, and I focus very hard at work, I make sure to get enough sleep, I read, walk, have quite a balanced external factors. But fresh out of graduation it’s inevitable things gets missed here and there, and if mistakes are picked up by seniors then they threaten to sue you🫨 [Conti]
First thing is to cultivate an inner quietude as it is only in a peaceful inner state that one can see better, think better, act
Sir, is there any arrangement in the ashram to volunteer for a short time? I wish to take a break of a week from work and come to Pondicherry (whenever it’s possible). Will I be assigned work? Also, I have never been in Pondicherry for more than a few hours. Whenever I come for a day’s visit, what is the best way to spend my time😊 ?(apart from Pranam and meditation at the samadhi which the first priority naturally) [Conti]
There is generally no such arrangement for a week-long volunteering since one needs to learn the work first. It will be better to come and