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.Ā
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Do Lord Shiva, Brahman & Vishnu belong to OVERMIND/ ADHIMANAS alike Lord Krishna.š¦?
In their supreme origin, these gods are part of the One Supreme Divine. In their action and working so far they have acted from the
What made Mother to get rid of Physical Ego as told to Shiv jiš¤?
Here is the whole experience as described by the Mother. ‘In 1926, I had begun a sort of overmental creation, that is, I had brought
Why do people always seek to be seen as good by others? What mindset drives this attitudeš¤Ø?
Being seen good by others is different from being good. Being seen good stems from the need for social approval, often due to an underlying
I need your clarification on one point. Is our destiny predestined, or we create our destiny on the basis of the choices that we make in our lifeš¤?
At the highest level the lines and the steps of destiny are all determined. However at the level where we operate it is better to
How can I avoid getting irritated over small things? I have a short temper and want to learn ways to manage my emotions and stay calm in everyday situations. What simple practices can help me develop better self-control, patience, and emotional resilience in daily lifeš?
First thing is to cultivate the habit of not speaking or acting impulsively when in a state of anger. Even if one succeeds occasionally to
Alok da, some time back I had an argument with my mother as she said I was rude with my brother and so first I told her she is making a big deal while me and my brother are fine and then the argument got into shouting when she was lecturing me about being an elder sibling and my responsibility blah blah blah and when I told her that, “Well please first see how you both are with your siblings and the example you set then tell me”, and I know that I am much better and more responsible than themš , so of course the situation went out of hand and she created a tantrum for a week, I know I was not in the wrong but I am just curious how can this situation be handled better? Can a child not tell a parent that you should practice before you preach?Ā
Certainly one should be free to discuss freely and frankly with parents, teachers, elders everyone. Nachiketa, Prahlad, Lakshman, Sita are all examples among many others.
Please help me to understand difference between Energy of Science and Concept of Shakti in spirituality.
The Energy of Science is part of jada prakriti or material nature. Just like matter itself it is unconscious in itself and acts by a
I heard someone say that we, Hindus, have a responsibility to protect Sanatan Dharma. If we fail to do so, it may disappear within the next 200ā500 years, and Hindus could become a minorityš¤
These ideas of defending the dharma are probably based on the injunction in the Manu Smriti, repeated in the Mahabharata as below. ą¤§ą¤°ą„ą¤® ą¤ą¤µ ą¤¹ą¤¤ą„
Often when I go into solitude for meditationš§āāļø for a prolonged period interesting things happen. Prophetic dreams, etc. 1.5 years ago I was down with covid and couldnāt see anyone for a week. I was feeling very bad and spent entire days sleeping. One day, I woke up from such a heavenly dream that I will never forget that experience. The dream was very very simple ā it was me walking around some āschoolā if it can even be called thatā with a few friends. The location was in some picturesque place in the nature. And I literally felt when I woke up that I wish I had NEVER woken up. It was such a deep feeling of loss that I experienced when I woke up because what I felt in the dream was just absolute Bliss. There is simply no other way to describe that state. And I bet in life there is no experience that can compare with the state of supreme serenity, absolute happiness, and joy beyond all imagination. Just wanted to share this because I havenāt felt that way since, and I still donāt know why that beautiful experience came in the middle of my illness. Could it be that my mind was completely shut off at that point in time, so I could experience something much deeper?
Sometimes a state of outer crisis, an illness for instance, open an inner door of help. A withdrawl from the waking state is anyways conducive
I am in a very trapped situationš©, I love someone and he also loves me but he is married and now has a son too, my family came to know about it, he tells me that you will commit a sin, you will have to face the curse of that boy, on top of this I love him a lot but I am not able to accept his son, I am not able to understand what is the true Dharma for me, I am praying to The Mother again and again but am not getting any answer.
Love has little to do with wants and cravings and desires. These things distort the true movement of love and hence almost invariably lead to
This pertains to your todayās answer explaining Divine Vs Occult forces.Ā Which gods and goddesses we worship now a days comes under the divine and occult categoryš¤?
The great gods are mainly the four original. They represent the four aspects of the One Sacchidananda. Brahma or Sad Brahma is Sat or pure
Old age is often called second childhood and we see the elderly expressing their repressed desires when they are of a ripe ageāļø. They seem to become especially vulnerable and act more and more child-like as they near their death. What are the ways in which we can cultivate a luminous attitude while we are relatively young, so that we remain sane, healthy and balanced even when we turn old and keep serving the Divine and live under the Divine Grace constantly?
The best attitude is to keep the face turned towards the future, to always want to learn something, know something, do something new or do
What should one do if they feel love/ is drawn to a married personš?
Love is love and does not follow mental rules. Love seeks its consummation through union which as of now is through inadequate physical means. Inadequate
Can girls and boys not just be only friendsš¤Ø? Like itās always that one person develops romantic feelings and then it complicates everything – why is this so? Is there no such thing as mutual platonic relationship without one person wanting something romantic? [Conti]
It is possible provided one takes sufficient precaution of not meeting alone in private spaces and sufficient physical distance is maintained. Too much physical closeness
I am sufferingš° from lower vital hunger for Love. Unable to find right kind of vision to see the world. Life seems so empty. I pray to The Mother but still unable to move on. Unable to find my happiness without him.
The need of love is not, in its origin at least, necessarily a lower vital hunger. It is primarily an emotional need or so it
I have been having very scaryš± dreams for the past 2-3 days, where an animal is chasing me and I am crying. But yesterday, the dream I had was different ā in it, the plants in my house had flowers and fruits on them. Please tell me, do these dreams have any symbolic meaning?
It shows, like your previous dream that there is a shift taking place, possibly under the influence of your soul. The old ways, the old
In Savitri, does Eternal Night mean the deep of Inconscience and Everlasting Day mean the bliss of Superconscience? Sri Aurobindo describes the eternal night as ‘terrorās boundlessness’, ‘ pitiless void’ or as a ‘stupendous Nought’? If this is such a dark and strong denial of being, how does Savitri šļøeven manage to talk to Death? One can understand that in the Everylasting Day it is all so beautiful that Savitri can talk to the Lord but it is hard to makes sense of Eternal Night.
The Eternal Night is indeed the Inconscient. Its terrifying aspect is because it is a state of ultimate separation from the Divine. Hence it is
I see so many people around succeed, is success so important? As all around I see people are in a race to succeed as if their only agenda is to succeedš«¤.
To succeed in one’s undertaking is fine, – after all one does not take up any work with the idea of failing, What is however