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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.
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.
How can I have a clear understanding that all gods are one😇?
All gods, indeed all creation discovers its oneness in the Divine. After there can be only One Source, One Origin of creation and whatever we
Lately whenever I read from the works of Mother and Sri Aurobindo, I understand that the writings reveals the truth to me. But if somehow, I speak with people who have a different set of ideals and values on the subject, sometimes contradictory, I feel that they might still be seeing only a part of the truth. Because of what I feel, I sometimes say to them to understand Mother and Sri Aurobindo or atleast, wish it within myself. I do not believe that the whole truth has revealed itself to me yet, and I also read the sentences, “When a thing is true, you can be sure that it’s opposite is also true””It (the truth) will manifest itself for those who are sincere and attentive” So, is my feeling and wish (as I mentioned above) coming from my ego? Or is it an egoistic desire? What should I then feel, except to keep walking with the Mother and Sri Aurobindo towards the union🙂?
Yes even the greatest and vastest Truth is limited by the human mind into a one-sided formula. Hence the opposite is also true. What is
I have a feeling that M.K. Gandhi might have read the Gita but not understood it, I find a lot of contradictions in what he says, can you put some light on this subject😳.
Quite so. His understanding of the Gita was more like a symbol or an allegory of the psychological struggle within man. Quite a few interpreters,
What is the meaning of this word Mahaprayaan? And can we use this word for The Mother?
Actually all these words Mahaprayana, Mahasamadhi, withdrawl are so inadequate. They have a certain meaning that does not apply to the event. Besides it reinforces
What is the key to concentration😊?
Concentration is the capacity to gather or bring back the mind from all its wandering and focus it on one idea, activity, object completely. It
My faith was that the Divine will make the right choice, but when Trump won, for some time I had questioned my faith, but afterwords I myself realized that faith can not be questioned if it was genuine. And after that I became calm. I realized my ‘faith’ was for short term. Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga is not for individual but for the whole humanity. Yes, many of my friends from India are happy the Trump won because his policies are good for India. But us, who are trying to walk the spiritual path, shouldn’t we concentrate on morality of the leader? And Trump is totally amoral person. For Mexicans who are crossing the border illegally,he calls them animals, his quotes about women are so demeaning they make me cringe. When White supremacists attacked some black people, Trump, when he was President, said, they, white suprematists were “good people”. When he wanted to go take a picture in front of this particular church, he ordered police officers to spray tear gas on people who were peacefully holding a protest rally. On Jan 6th when his supporters marched on Capitol, and when they were chanting kill Mike Pence, his VP, he sat in front of TV without saying a word! So even if he might make some right decisions, shouldn’t we chose our leader who has some moral value😫? I am not saying Harris is an angel, but she definitely was better of the two.
Why not doubt one’s own understanding and opinion instead of doubting the Divine? The Divine does not care about morality in picking up His instruments.
My question is in which of her forms we worship her😇? Because all her popular forms like Durga, Kali, Gauri, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Gayatri/Savitri, Lalita Tripurasundari, Annapurna etc represent her specific and limited powers. Is there any form that, according to you, truly represents all her power and glory or at least three of her basic powers of Knowledge, Prosperity & Strength combined in one form?
Forms necessarily implies a limitation. Each form is like a channel that canalises the Original Power with a certain specific purpose. As to the highest
I had this question since many days, the work of the transformation of the physical body that The Mother has started, did it get stagnant or is it still continuing in someone’s body🧐?
The Mother’s body was identified with the body of the earth as both herself and Sri Aurobindo have revealed to us. It was prepared in
Who is a devil 👿 in real life?
We should much think about the devil. By thinking about him we give him importance and strength. We should think only of God who is
How many types of planes has The Mother described😌?
raditionally there are the seven planes of existence as described by almost every mystic. The Mother expands upon these and below the material plane, She
‘To be sincere means not to allow thoughts, feelings, impulses to contradict our inmost truth.’Alok da,If someone gets lots of sexual thoughts in the mind, also tries to offer them to The Mother but still not able to win against them. Is it insincere😥?
That is why the general advice to go through life, experience it, face its challenges and when one is truly ready and has the inner
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 succeed.
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
Sometimes we see how very common people around us progress in a very short span of time. That looks like a fairy tale. Why do such things happen😪? I know these are exceptions but still what could be the reasons for these?
How do we define common? We think that being born in poverty or a modest family with not much support or even not performing exceptionally
How was the universe 🌏 created?
The universe is created by the extension of the Divine Consciousness in terms of Time and Space. It is somewhat like a poet or writer
I understand that after our physical death we shed our vital and our psychic goes back to its world and then takes a new birth when it decides to do so. My question, when the Psychic takes a new birth does it take back the same vital that it shed during previous birth. I understand that after our physical death we shed our vital and our psychic goes back to its world and then takes a new birth when it decides to do so 🤔?
When the Psychic Being returns back in a new body it also develops a new vital and mental sheath commensurate with its development through the
What are some ways in which senses can be taken inwards in this mad rush 😱 of the modern world, while doing full time job and looking after family as well?
By practicing stepping back before rushing to act and react. Using the discerning mind to see how many responses and reactions were not really needed
Alok da, yesterday as I slept off I started seeing a green dirty monster 👽 and then I was feeling so afraid to close my eyes even though I was very tired. Mumma took Mother’s name, then I took Ma’s photo and all the while listened to guided meditation but nothing worked and I slept very late, what should I do?
It is best to turn the mind away from the monster who feeds upon and grows by our attention. Anything that can divert the mind
God😇 has infinite power so why didn’t he make us God directly?
Exactly because He is infinite, the finite limited forms cannot bear His Power hence it takes long time. Otherwise simply multiplying Himself endlessly is already