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I was listening to one of the talk where you mentioned about a book written by Anirvan which is on Gita. Can you please give the name of that book📖?
Anirvan translated The Life Divine in Bengali. You are probably referring to Anil Baran who has written the Bhagavad Gita with English translation and appropriate
Alok da, how should one behave when your parents are getting old but they are acting like children😥?
Yes because they start losing certain faculties, especially the sharpness of the senses and the mind. Hence one has to be very patient with them,
Alok Da, when we find ourselves caught in a series of situations which are not so pleasant and not a result of our actions, but we have to face them, during such situations, what do we do to stay calm and peaceful? How do we call upon Her force to act? Please guide 🌺🙏
The first thing to practice is stepping back. It is to take a step back from the situation by an inward movement. Instead of engaging
My partner is not willing to accept my connection with the Ashram, the Mother, and Sri Aurobindo. He is opposed to the idea and keeps telling me not to follow such things. He questions how I came across all this, suggesting it happened only because I was alone. He believes that if I had the right people around me, I wouldn’t feel the need for such a path. According to him, I’m drawn to it only because I’m depressed and not surrounded by the right kind of people. I told him that I genuinely like going there, but he still doesn’t understand or accept it😠.
Obviously he is limited by his own conceptions and, like most people, shut in the bubble of his own understanding. May be you should not
I would really appreciate your guidance on the following issue which is greatly bothering me 😭and I feel it’s not good for my spiritual progress. This is about my relationship with my son, which is getting lost and becoming irrecoverable since the last 2 yrs. Short story, we were a dysfunctional family, and I carry guilt about many things I failed to do for him in his childhood as his Mother due to my being lost in my issues. In spite of all spiritual knowledge,
Guilt has no place in spiritual life. What is done is done. One cannot go back and change things. But we can surely learn our
Alok Da, Bad dream: I was forever alone somewhere 😰I don’t remember much but there very tall grey buildings no windows not even one garden and I was all alone even Mother was not there, then I got up crying
But the Mother is everywhere. It is the same fear, especially since now you have started sleeping alone. Everytime fear comes in any form say
I’m preparing for medical entrance examinations. But sir I can not understand what is reality behind all these things? An unknown thought kills me always😨. I can not keep balance in between my mind thoughts and my heart suggestions. But I firmly believe in The Mother. I know she will definitely guide me on me life path. But always I feel guilty that am I doing anything wrong. I can sometimes identify my mistakes but can’t overcome them. They always trap me with here and there thoughts. Sir what should I do. I want to read more and more but the real things. I read my study books but can’t link them. I don’t get the real joy of study. Sir please give me some suggestions
First of all there is no place for guilt. We constantly grow and as we grow we re evaluate life and learn and improve. This
Da, can I know the eternal truth of life? I and my family are suffering from many types of worries. Probably we forgot how to get rid of all these pains suffering. It is so disappointing that we can not know what we are doing. Especially I can’t understand myself. I have a lot of queries. What should I do at this time? All the vital forces trapped me and my family. Please show me the right path😥
If you are besieged with difficulties then try to go deep and understand their nature. Difficulties are in fact concealed opportunities for growth. they challenge
Why all these creations happened? Is there any specific rule for everything. Is this Universe🌌 follow only a certain rule. Who created death? Why one should die? Can scientists discover immortality? Please Da, explain me these things kindly.
Creation is an extension of the Creator. Its only logic is to express what lies within the heart of the Creator. We may take it
I feel a bit of pressure or something in the center of my chest💓. What is this? When I reciting mother’s name or reading mother’s book or listening her music I feel the pressure is going very strong and my total body remain silent and vacant. I feel this pressure in my whole work, that gives me peace, beauty and harmony still I have mistake in my action. What is the pressure? Is it right thing? Can you elaborate this?
It is a beautiful thing that is happening, a true experience. This pressure is the pressure of your psychic being wanting to emerge and express
What is the difference between a Vibhuti and someone who has found the soul🦢? Doesn’t the Divine act through someone who has found the soul as well as through a Vibhuti?
Vibhuti is a phenomenon of nature and not of the soul. Certain natures are developed in certain ways or have possibilities that can be helpful
What is a practical advice for me right now, I really can’t take any decision. I have left everything in her hands😥.
Practical advice at your age is to study and equip yourself for the various challenges of life as well as to express your deepest truth.
The principle here is that suffering brings suffering in return because it stirs severe reactions in those affected which in turn effects us. It is just a law of Nature to preserve the balance of creation and prevent excesses. Can you please explain the science behind how suffering bring suffering and how this law operates and if we both are doing sadhna for divine transformation then I believe the Mother will show us path and bring everything into place🤔?
The law is very simply what goes into the world through us comes back to us, not as a reward or punishment but so that
My father is being suffering from schizophrenia from his teenage but no one really observed it but with time it’s worsen since last 10 years. His behavior is completely changed and he is became really very weird. He’s clinically diagnosed with schizophrenia before 3 months. Now his medication is going on. After taking medication his aggressiveness came down but his thought process is still same. Before few years he was really very spiritual, hygienic and kind. But now he became atheist, unhygienic (not bathing for weeks) and furious. So, My query is what else we can do after medication to change him back to his own personality. At the end I want you to guide me through the light of The Mother😰.
The first thing that is necessary is to ensure that medicines are given in time and regular contact with the treating doctor maintained. Regarding other
I had put on artificial metallic nails, [I never do those] and they fell off, so then someone told me I should redo them and I told them no I don’t want them, I would rather keep my original. So the person said they are spoil with the gum and all and looking bad so I told them I am not worried they will grow into their original soon. Can you explain this dream please😥?
Beautiful dream indicating dropping off of all artificiality and the readiness to accept life as it is and change it in an authentic way rather
Is meditation upon death every single moment a good method to cultivate attention and awareness? I’ve come across this young 23 year old Italian man who killed himself and wrote a philosophical work in the 19th century, it’s basically upon how men live as if they are sedated and don’t face their mortality with seriousness and urgency and this German philosopher Heidegger says modern technology only ramps up this anesthestic state of living, Seneca the wise stoic wrote a work advising to live everyday as if it’s the last and depicting examples of slumberous life of many in Rome 🫤 [conti]
Meditation upon death is advised by certain mystics including the Buddhist path. Basically it is a meditation on the transience of life, on the impermanence
As you once said first avatar comes as Vibhuti’s then comes the full Avatar, now Mother and Sri Aurobindo will come back in a supramental body, so are there their vibhuti’s on earth at this point of time🤔?
Surely there havd been and still there are the Vibhutis whom They have prepared as Their instruments for the Work.
Last nite I had a wired dream, it turns out I had another baby and I had forgotten it since a long time, I remembered about it after many days and it as somewhere in the storage behind the dumb and mess in a white paper bag and when I opened it, there was like a small lump like dried blood, can you explain it? I was not happy when I woke up with the dream😥.
It is some possibility that has been stifled due to suppressing and ignoring it. …