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Recently I had a breakup with my fiancee and he had insulted me in a very bad and wrong manner. How to deal with this situation. ? I am also not able to sleep properly. Kindly help me.
A person who insults a loved one is certainly not worth shedding tears for. Mutual respect is one of the most important elements of a
Can you share a few words on India’s Independence day?
As we celebrate the 77th Independence Day of India it is time for young India to take a look back and reflect whether we are
In Gita, Sri Krishna says: I am time the destroyer, Can you please explain this? Sometime back there was an untimely death in the family and the person had lived a miserable life as in alcoholic thus failed in relationships and then when he died suddenly I thought may be this is Divine compassion which gave him a fresh start … is this right in thinking?
In the eleventh chapter of Srimadbhagawat Gita, Sri Krishna grants to Arjuna as a special Grace the grand vision of His Viswaroopa. Then the great
Why does mumma nag me and irritate me?
Mumma nags you because that is the Dharma of Mumma and she nags because she cares.
Mothers are like a miniature replica of
One resident doctor has being raped and killed in Kolkata. Sorry to ask this but than why such incidents happen and how to not get affected by listening this. Daily we hear some or the other news like this. Now is there karma behind it? Or interia? Or unconsciousness? Why that freedom has being given to such forces that leads to these kind of events? Like this to who is safe, in this universe?
Regarding the cruel incident you mention, isn’t it strange (and painful) that we think of something other than ourselves only when such extreme things happen?
I think that Fire burns/purifies. How does it makes all alive. What for this “all” represents?
By removing the dross and the dullness it makes everything shine in its original purity thereby making everything come alive.
In other words before the
What to tell a child when he asks, “Why I cannot see God”?
God is the formless essence of everything. He has brought the world out of Himself and built the roads of mind and senses to experience
What are your thoughts on donation of the body organs after death, from a spiritual perspective?
Body donation is a Christian and some neo – Buddhist doctrines that regards the body as essentially inert matter with no utility after death. Certain
I come from a religious family and I grew up listening to religious books and seeing religious rituals. I could not relate to it and rebelled against it to find my own but after coming to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, I see there is some truth in both paths. However, one question comes to me based on what I heard while listening to Puranas in childhood. Its said that there are Yugas which come one after the other and this cycle keeps going on. If current one is Kali Yuga, does Supramental manifestation mean return of Satyayuga? Also, we started from Satyuga, then Treta, then Dwapar and then Kali Yuga, where were humans more evolved? And if I relate the human history and anthropology (based on book ‘Sapiens’,) we have evolved from Chimps and are on an upward evolutionary path. Then I am not able to understand the presence of Satyuga, Treta and Dwapar on the timeline where humans seems more evolved. I am not able to put it all in perspective?
The concept of the four yugas implies that there have been a number of cycles (six to be precise) through which creation and perhaps humanity
Why do I feel like I’m failing every day when doing Yoga?
Yoga does not necessarily move in an uninterrupted straight line. Some days you will progress very far, and other days you will progress very slowly.
Why is the Sri Aurobindo ashram named Sri Aurobindo ashram why not anything else?
Sri Aurobindo himself answered this saying that the word Ashram had been given because it comes from the root shram, which means labour. The Ashram
What is the difference of a realised person and an ordinary person?
The difference is like a reversal of values, a reversal of the way we look at everything. What is night for the
Sri Aurobindo says, “ recover the Aryan thought, the Aryan discipline, the Aryan character, the Aryan life.” Can you please explain.
Very beautiful question and one very close to my heart. Sri Aurobindo himself described the word Arya means noblest, shrestha, the best and highest. When
Mother says, “Eyes are the window to the soul.” Can you please explain this?
When we look into ourselves and find insincerity, our eyes and face change—it’s an indication. I’ve observed the same with children; they may suddenly avoid
When can goddess of delight manifest on earth?
Well the conditions are difficult as for Delight to manifest man has to surpass beyond
Why is love blind?
Actually love is not blind, rather, for a moment at least it removes blindness and one see the Divine in form that has awakened love
Why do I experience deep fall in consciousness intermittently? Why do I commit inexcusable acts whenever I start approaching the Mother and Sri Aurobindo with much intensity? I have encountered these situations many a time, whenever I come to Pondicherry, or when I am returning from Pondicherry, after a Satsang at home, or returning from attending a Satsang at the Centre. I commit blunders after blunders in many ways, in expressing my ego, my arrogance, my anger, my fight, my jealousy, my idleness, my desire for food, gossip and sex skyrocket whenever I start becoming serious in my Sadhana. I feel some rush of unknown massive adverse force has captured me in parallel to The Mother’s Force within me and is not letting me go towards The Mother or do any kinds of Divine work. Sometime I feel so devastated and helpless within that I am worried about the consequences of acting against the Divine Will. Please guide me how to tackle these forces within?
This is quite a common experience. The Mother has described it stating the reasons for the same. Savitri also describes it beautifully. ‘The high and
In your book the Veda of the Body – you have touched upon creation. I’m sure Sri Aurobindo would have answered this in great detail, but I’m going to ask anyway. It’s a big question. But when God manifested himself through creation, creation lost elements of its divine consciousness. But if the yoga aims to reunite with our origin, what was the purpose of separation in the first place ? Why come away from the origin if anyway we are going to return? And even if creation was to separate and reach a higher origin, that too doesn’t make sense to me because why would the Almighty need 7 pralayaas to progress – surely he can do that without the need for this much ?
It a genuine question that any sensitive and awakened mind aught to ask especially when one looks at the many imperfections such as suffering and