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.ย
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In Br.Up, Yajnavalkya gives his first lesson of spiritual life to Maitreyee telling her “that the real truth is that you do not love me, but you love the soul that is in you, which is also in me: you love your own self in me. Therefore you love me.” 1. What is the meaning of ‘One loves others for the sake of self’๐งโโ๏ธ๐๐งโ๐ซโจ
Sri Aurobindo quotes it in ‘The Synthesis’ stating explaining beautifully thus.
‘At length, though at first slowly and partially, we learn to make the conscious
There is a perception that I hold strongly that the Divine has a face like I have a Krishna idol and then I feel like okay one day when I’m ready and I will see Krishna it’ll be human form. And then when I’m in a difficulty I have this feeling that Krishna is there will only happen when he appears as with the flute and the beautiful yellow dress. Same with The Mother, like if I see as in the photos then only she is near me. But am I not limiting myself by this and putting a barrier between us. What should be the right way to move forward dada?๐ฆ๐ช๐ชท๐
Images are always representations and approximations. Photographs are slightly different, in a way better because they caary the subtle vibrations of the person. The images
I shared all my experiences with my uncle, who has been doing Gurudev’s yoga since 2013. And both of us used to discuss supramental yoga, divine transformation, all this a lot, so I shared everything accordingly, then he asked me whether there is any negativity attached to you which is misleading you, then I said if something like this was happening then why would you experience peace and love, ๐ฃ๐ฃ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฏ๏ธ
Generally I do not like to comment on other Gurus because faith is something sacred and personal. The problem is not about the claims etc
If you do, could you please share the list of favorites books of Sri Aurobindo (that he might have written about or mentioned in passing to other sadhaks)?โ๏ธ๐ชถ๐๐
The Rigveda, Isha Upanishad, Kena and the Brihadaranyaka, the Vishnu purana and the Bhagawat Purana, the Gita, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, Works of Kalidasa,
You mentioned Sri Aurobindo is believed to be Rishi Agastya. So that makes me naturally go to the next obvious question is if The Mother, Lopamudra?ย ๐งโโ๏ธ๐บ๐๐๏ธ๐ณ
Quite likely. I have given a talk on this subject.
Today at 7 p.m in evening when I was returning from my shop to my house in front of my house on ground a satanic symbol was there.ย I was very afraid and wash that ground in water. As a sadhak please tell me what should I do?๐๐๐ฑ๐ณ
Never be afraid. As a sadhak one should always remember that there is nothing, absolutely nothing that can stand before the Divine Grace. To call
Trying to follow it in these difficult times must be with a purpose..โ๏ธ๐๐ซ๏ธ๐ช๏ธ
Yes these difficult moments come to make us understand the limitations and imperfections. Taken rightly they can become launching pads for a higher journey. But
What exactly is this discipline of ignorance and where do we get to see this in life? We think of ignorance as a state which itself lacks discipline. Please explain as Sri Aurobindo writes: The discipline of ignorance is the first step to the discipline of knowledge…๐ฏ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ก๏ธโณ
It is described in great detail in Sri Aurobindo’s commentary on Knowledge and Ignorance in the Isha Upanishad (text quoted below). The discipline of Ignorance
In most of your videos you have mentioned like when in deep deep problem we need to call The Mother’s grace. But to most of us we are not aware of how to do it? We some times end up taking help from friends and spouse and talking with them to solve it.. But Now I’m like struck in the this phase where I’m like not able to implement others help nor in the state to call the Mother’s grace with full sincerity. It’s like so much fear and doubt around like sleeping next to white demon (Like I kind of felt in my dreams). I’m trying to call for her grace and probably feel I’m calling for selfish reason’s and feel guilty about it and stop… Some times I feel mother has put me in this situation, and I just don’t know what to do how to come out?๐ชทโจ๐๐ธ
The Divine sometimes gives us what we desire so that we may learn from it. However very often things come to us from concealed desires.
Dear Sir, from my teenage years onwards whenever I thought, contemplated and reflect about the divine in the form of Rama, Krishna, Shiva, Hanuman, Ganesha or in other forms, first there were adorations of the form, name, qualities, personality, pastimes and then sometimes if the intensity was enough and all other factors were right, the thought or imagination would slip or transcend from the deity to a colossal being or a virat Purusha who appeared as a huge silhouette with a sweet smile on his face, a deep darkness with profound peace and only the outline of the being was visible. Then in a great awe and bewilderment I would ask who are you or what are you. Though these incidents or imaginations were very rare, the effect and impression on the mind was considerable. Because of these imaginations I got a firm idea in my mind that all the incarnations and deities are actually the emanations of that one silent smiling supreme being. He is Rama, Shiva, Krishna but at the same time He is more than them, a very great and infinite but an individual being. These incidents continue even today, though very rarely. I have never shared this with anyone. I am very skeptical about these things and consider them to be mere figments of the imagination and fantasies but I love these images. Should I cherish these images or ignore them and move on ?
These are images cast by the Truth-imagination which is the formative faculty of the mind under the influence of Truth. It can be a help
At the beginning of yoga, the impurities within each person come out and life becomes chaotic.ย I request you to tell me what problems and difficulties arise in the person’s life due to this. If a person has latentย anger withinย him but does not express it, but due to practicing yoga, they start expressingย it on people, is it possible for this to happen? How should this situation be dealt with and should be done to avoid suffering and problems when the impurities come out at the beginning of yoga? Is chanting the names of hare Krishna and hareย Rama yoga?๐ง๐๐๏ธ ๐
Yes it can and does usually happen that the impurities kept under cover as a result of the pressure of the Yoga. They have to
I had a dream yesterday. I was with many female peers sitting in benches. Suddenly they panicked seeing snakes. And everyone leaves the place. Till that time too i was not afraid. There were 2 yellow-black striped snakes intertwined perhaps in the mid of the process of procreation or something like that ( not a pleasant scene)Then i see my mother appear from front. And she too started yelling in panick, when the snakes started flying and were about to hit me when i got up panicked around 2am or so.. with a heavy jerk at the central portion of chest. I’m currently not in a joyous state of being. Is there anything i need to be cautious about?
Nothing to worry. Sexual energies can sometimes manifest in dreams this way.
Dearest Alok da, On the onrush of universal forces into us, Sri Aurobindo writes about anger, So how does one detect what is about to enter one’s being?๐๐ช๐๐ช๏ธ
Yes, it is a great power to be able to detect these forces and reject. The first sign, especially of anger is the sense of
Mother has told that desire is more contagious than an illness.How does one protect oneself against this contagion of desire especially if we are required to work in settings where one has to constantly mingle with people and places where desires are rife such as corporate? If someone next to you has a desire, it enters you.๐คค๐ฆ ๐ทโค๏ธโ๐ฅ
This is a real difficulty, especially in the typical work setup that is centered around the satisfaction of desire. The best way is to stay
1. You mentioned in one of the answers about,ย ย 1. Homo Russelicus. 2. Homo Spiritualis 3. Homo Psychecicus. The first one, my uncle told me that it is a sarcastic remark of Sri Aurobindo for Bertrand Russell. Please tell me more about it & what are the next two about? The first one, my uncle told me that it is a sarcastic remark of Sri Aurobindo for Bertrand Russell. Please tell me more about it & what are the next two about?
Homo Russelicus or Homo Intellectualis refers to the human being evolving around intellectual lines. As your uncle rightly pointed out it is in a sarcastic
In the message you had mentioned about temperament and discovering own goals, could you please explain how can I identify my temperament? I have been trying to figure out -what is it that I have the aptitude for? In the quest, I got an advanced degree and pursued a career in research -it was a decent stint but I don’t think I was cut out for it. I still haven’t quite figured what I am good at or what best suits my personality? Can you please throw some light on temperament and discovering goals.โ๏ธ๐ง๐ก๏ธโก
To get to the temperament one has not to think in terms of job, career, – that comes later. One has to step back in
Alok da why is the Mother not in her physical body right now wouldnโt it be cool and amazing?๐๐โจ๐ธ
It is because when She was there in the gross physical body, most of humanity was unresponsive. They took her just as a means to
Our veds divided the society in four different sections (brahman, kshatriya, vaishya, shudr) which has led to todayโs social differences. Is this division justified?๐๐๐ชถ๐๏ธโ๏ธ
The Vedas didn’t ‘divide’ Society in the Varnas, they simply classified and stratified human beings into four types with seekers of knowledge at the highest;
