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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.Β 

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 had a question about wish fulfilling temples in India. There are many temples in India famous for their capacity to fulfill wishes of their so called devotees for example Tirupati Balaji, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Lalbag Ganesh from Mumbai. Many rich and poor people visit these places and receive whatever they desire. But are these places even Divine in nature? πŸ›•β›©οΈπŸŒ πŸ€

No God or gods can grant all wishes to each and everyone almost to the demand. Not only will this disturb the cosmic balance but

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Many times in life we are at a crossroad where we need to take some important decisions in our life, and at that point we ask The Mother to guide us. In what way the guidance comes and how can we recognize it without mistaking something as a guidance which may not be coming from The Mother? How can we know what the Divine wants for us i.e. knowing the Divine will?πŸ€”πŸ§©πŸŽ²πŸ›£οΈ

The condition for receiving the Guidance without mixture from our preferences, opinions and hidden desires is inner Peace. It is only when the noise of

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In Savitri, page 1, line 9 (β€œA fathomless zero occupied the world”), does the term β€œworld” refer to the Earth as we know it, or to the entire universe? The ideas of the first creation (involution), the second creation (the beginning of evolution), and the third creation (supramental action in evolution)β€”are these concepts related specifically to the Earth, or do they apply to the entire universe?β˜€οΈπŸͺ·πŸŒπŸŒŒ

The fathomless zero that occupied the world here refers to the earth that is wheeling as if abandoned after one of the pralayas. It is

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The need to find fulfilment or satisfaction of one’s desires from one human being only opens the doors to further and further disappointment. However good and even faithful a human being may be, he or she cannot fulfil the deepest need within human beings. It is so because the thirst within us is of the infinite and by its nature, no finite object or person can fulfill it. That is why human love begins to pale after the initial rush and flush is over. πŸ’”β€οΈβ€πŸ©ΉπŸ₯€

Therefore there are two main options before you. Either to accept the outer situations and the realistic human limits and instead of seeking the fulfilment

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Alok da in The Mother with Letters on The Mother, under the chapter: Opening and Surrender to the Mother, and the sub paragraph: Real and Complete Surrender: Sri Aurobindo while speaking of progress in Sadhna through sincere, real and complete submission and surrender says, β€œIt cannot be as long as you cherish vital attachment to family, child or anything or anybody else. If you are to do this Yoga, you must have only one desire and aspiration to receive the spiritual Truth and manifest it in all your thoughts, feelings, actions and nature. Isn’t it quite an impossible condition to begin with? πŸ€²πŸŒΈπŸ™‡πŸ•ŠοΈ

Giving up vital attachment is not such a big thing as we believe. All who seek for a higher ideal do that, let alone spiritual

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Dada, Is it correct to feel deep empathyβ€”a sense of compassion towards othersβ€”and to perceive no distinction between oneself and other living beings? If so, what exactly constitutes Nishkam Karma (selfless action)? And if one’s sensitivity is so profound, how is it possible to attain detachment?πŸ’“πŸ’§πŸ€²πŸ•―οΈ

Samvedansheelta (sensitive to the pain of others) is of two kinds. In ignorance we feel the pain of others but neither know the real causes

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Alok da, earlier it was very easy to see faults in others and feel angry about it and life was simple. Since sometime now, there has been a significant shift in this tendency. For every fault in others, there is a corresponding realisation of similar traits in myself. Also, while I am unable to control a lot of emotions like anger, jealousy, possessiveness and sometimes also hatered, but there is a simultaneous experience. As if there are 2 beings inside, something that quickly points out this mistake to the other part. I try to then surrender these tendencies to Mother and sometimes also write to Her. . Is there anything to be done about this?πŸŽ­πŸŒ“πŸ‘₯

This is great progress. It means that the inner being is becoming free from the clutch of outer nature and its habitual reactions. Keep turning

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