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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 have committed a sin or betrayed Sri Aurobindo by staying silent and even nodding, just going along with the flow of the conversation, when my mother, out of ignorance, called him ‘takla’ after seeing his photo on the internet? She didn’t mean anything bad, but I feel very guilty that I couldn’t stand up for my guru, my lord, who has shown me so much grace. I feel I have failed him, and I am filled with shame.🫣

There is nothing to feel ashamed or guilty or inflict harsh words upon yourself. Most human beings do such things out of ignorance, sometimes even

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I visited India in 2023 and went to Haridwar, Rishikesh, Nainital for a little break from Delhi… and found that the place was full of rubbish, the facilities were not up to standard, the general consciousness of people is not at a level where they can keep these places sacred and pure. These are beautiful places but look at the rubbish that is thrown in all of these places… We should be honest about the state of this country, a RADICAL shift of consciousness is needed … Please try to understand that we need to Change and Heal… and Grow and Develop!!! 🤨

I agree that public hygiene and collective discipline which is so important to cleanliness of public places. In the talk i was referring only to

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How to be totally surrender towards the mother? How can we surrender our mind, vital, lower part, physical and it’s difficulties to the mother? Recently i read Sri Aurobindo’s letter where the letter essence is if your surrender is not complete then you will not escape these difficulties. Spontaneously egoistic thought, feeling, lust coming and it is feeling suffocating or pain in lower part. How to be surrender our lower part which is going their own way? What is the right way to deal this stages🤨?

Surrender does not mean lack of effort. That would be tamasic surrender and will not bring any result. It means now my life is meant

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Had a dream today where I fell in love in love with a person I have never thought about much before. And that person fell in love with me in the dream. The whole thing sounds ridiculous, but I woke up feeling like it was the best dream I had in a very long time, leaving me almost disappointed that it wasn’t real, at the same tome leaving a trace of gratitude for having experienced such deep feelings of happiness inside the dream. How can such a thing happen in the dream when clearly there is no strong external connection, attraction, or contact with the person in real life?

It is a subtle contact that you had with the person and at that moment the deeper truth had a chance to express itself. Often

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I had a question, who is “he” being referred to in this article ? Is “he” the supreme divine masculine? and that way “she” the supreme divine feminine? (mother)I ask this as I’ve usually seen divine addressed as mother in prayers and writings. It’s the first time I’ve seen divine addressed as male🤔.

The ‘He’ who is being refered to in the poem ‘Who’ is Krishna, the immanent Divine who drives creation towards its eventual divine consummation, the

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Recently my son had an incident of being bullied in class so then I realised that he needs to be taught to have courage and started sharing him stories and kept on talking with him, so last night I read to him para where Sri Aurobindo shares about Aryan fighter and he loved it, so many share with me some more lines from Sri Aurobindo’s works or Savitri which I can read to him each night before sleeping😴 

Stories are the best medium to inspire children, especially stories of the Ramayana, especially Hanuman. Savitri acts to build the inner consciousness much more than

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Sir, you said in the initial part of video something like there are people who can’t keep up with pace of life and all throughout this video, I saw you blaming the depressed 😔person himself for his condition. Is it not the society’s fault for the fast pace? Do we need this pace? Do we not need to slow down? And also isn’t depression a crisis for evolution? I suffer from depression since a long time. I am always fatigued. But I am a fighter. But the pace is something I can’t handle. Also judgement of society? Why must society judge one on their standards? Isn’t society toxic in a lot of ways? I see depression as an evolutionary crisis. Could you share your thoughts on this?

I am not sure which video gave you this impression that one gets depressed because one is unable to keep pace with the Society! On

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