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.
What are the practical ways to cultivate equanimity🙏?
By strengthening the will and exercising it over other parts to discipline them and teach them endurance. By developing a discerning thought that is able
I feel uplifted when I listen to your talks or read the works of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. It inspires me to live by their teachings in my daily life. But as soon as I close the book or the talk ends, I find myself slipping back into old habits and patterns, handling things the same way I always have. How can I truly practice their path in my everyday life🤔?
It is quite the normal course in most persons except some rare exceptional instances of those who had gone through the needed preparation in the
What are the indications one should look for to renounce things of the past to leap towards a new future? For instance, if one has to move countries, change jobs, renounce one ideal for another one – in all these how does one take the correct decision of leaping from one stage of life to another? One feels mental indications are not that reliable🤨.
There are no outer indications on which one can rely. Equally the mind is a poor guide weighing pros and cons. The sure indication can
What is the best method to establish a permanent peace☮️ and silence in the being, in spite of daily challenges of life that come and go?
Whatever method one may pursue from meditation to peace invocation leading to the descent of Peace, yet it is permanently established only when the desire
Is spicy🌶️ food bad for health and spiritual practice?
Food has a very secondary importance in spiritual life. What matters more than the nature of food is the occult atmosphere in which it is
Dear Sir, The Durga Stotra was written by Sri Aurobindo and it was published in the magazine Dharma on its 18th October 1909 issue. My question is whether that was written to hasten the Revolutionary movement creating awareness among people of India or for any Spiritual purpose🤔?
Among the many unique truths revealed by Sri Aurobindo, one of them is the truth of the Nation-Soul. This truth glimpsed by the ancient seers
Nothing brings more happiness than a pure and disinterested love💗. -The Mother, CWM-16, P. 172. Bhai ji please elaborate a little more on the meaning of disinterested love here.
Disinterested means not influenced by personal interests or selfish reasons. It means loving someone not because of what we can get out of the person
I wanted to ask about queen Catherine of Russia, since she was a Vibhuti’s of the Mothers, what was her role in the history of Russia, world? Also a lot of things have been said about her having many relationships with many men, was it true 🤨?
Yes she was indeed a Vibhuti of the Mother, in fact her immediately previous incarnation. The Mother recounts in one of her
Alok da, why do you think divorce rates are rising these days? I often hear parents say that today’s generation lacks the patience to work through relationship issues. Do you think that’s true?
There are number of reasons. The most important among them is that there is a shift from the old order to the new one. The
Alok da, why are special children born? Parents aspire for the best possible offsprings, then why this result? Why do souls make such choices😥?
Special children (i suppose you mean differently abled children) are not due to soul choices. In fact the soul has to reach certain degree of
How can one know what is the divine will🤔?
It is only when we get rid of mental influences and other preferences that in the quietude the Divine Will emerges as a strong and
Bhai is there any difference between Mother and Sri Aurobindo’s photo and Relics? Or both are carrying same vibration and presence for us😊?
The photograph is more personal. It is not just a vibration but a Presence. Sri Aurobindo spoke of the Mother’s Presence in the photograph. One
Last night, I had another dream in which I saw some people attacking my girlfriend and trying to kill her. When she became weak and someone stepped forward to kill her, someone else intervened and killed all those negative people. However, my girlfriend was badly hurt. I was taking her away, and she was telling me that she was going to die. I was reassuring her that nothing would happen to her and that she would be fine. Then I saw a trolley full of sweets, and she was saying that she had died. But I was supporting her and telling her that everything was fine. Then she asked for water, and the dream ended. Can you please explain this dream🫨?
The girlfriend is some part or energy of Nature that you are most identified with. It is being attacked by certain adverse formations but in
I have been listening to you and reading collected works of mother which I have not finished yet and I aspire to walk on Sri Aurobindo’s Integral yoga path. My question is: despite everything i constantly feel the urge of becoming a mother which wasn’t there till I was 29..I keep aspiring but this urge constantly hit me. Can you put some light on it. How shall I overcome it😳?
The urge for motherhood is natural in women. It is a biological instinct strongly ingrained in us. If one ignores it for sometime it tends
Why do we sleep on a pillow🤨?
We need not do so. It is a habit formed by our seeking for comfort but in some ways a bad habit if we do
How to decide whether to have kids or no? On one hand I am worried about my ability to be a good father while even struggling to take up responsibility of being a good partner, good son. On the other, it feels so much joy to think about upbringing a child in the world. There is also a factor of my wife’s age (35) which sort of brings this question to urgent. I grew up where my parents fought a lot and they still do. Me and my wife too have our set of fights.. But we do consciously strive to get better.. and we are..But the fights and shouting at times does happen. What would happen to the child? Cannot expect for this to go away like a switch. I am not sure how to think about all of this altogether😥.
The coming of a child no doubt brings joy but also a lot of responsibility. The decision has to be taken consciously based on whether
How do mosquitoes bite us ?
They have a needle like structure called proboscis attached to their mouth. When they sit on the human skin this needle goes into a blood
In raising children how can we balance equanimity and discipline🤨?
Equanimity is an inner state. Discipline is an outer method. When we have love in the heart and true understanding then we can teach children