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.
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.
Savitri seems very difficult, I usually sleep😴 while reading.
Savitri is a lifetime study, in fact a lifetime sadhana since reading itself is a sadhana. Reading Savitri is a powerful means of opening to
These days, due to negative news, parents are often afraid to send their daughters far from home, and even if they do, they remain constantly worried. Is their fear justified😠?
This fear or rather apprehension is not only natural and normal but actually a protective reflex in parents, mostly in mothers as a maternal instinct.
Most of our scriptures (except Gita & Upanishads etc) are full of different types of ritual, vrata & sadhana methods and various forms of worship. In southern parts these are more prominent. I can see most of us are following these rituals without understanding its core purpose. Please explain why so much importance is given to them in our Shastras 🤔?
As you yourself said the main shashtras do not give importance to these rituals. Besides their importance was always relative to the real elements of
What is the best way to do a job😏?
Whatever we do must be done with the heart and mind and if possible our soul in it. Putting the mind means we should do
I had this container which had a beautiful perfume and I said I will spray it for these friend who I find too mental and intellectual in real life and I tell them that I will spray this and they say “This smell is giving us a headache.” Can you please explain this dream🤔?
The perfume is the psychic fragrance and those living in the vital not only do not appreciate it but may resist it as it compels
Why should we take efforts to attain the soul? When the soul itself creates the world by covering itself with ignorance, then it must want to enjoy the world. By trying to attain the soul, don’t we disturb its purpose? Instead, we should enjoy our life accepting whatever situation we are in and keep embellishing it with the aptitude and qualities we have been given by Mother Nature (Prakriti). Is it not true that if at all the search for the soul is necessary then Prakriti itself will inspire us🙄?
But who said that the soul created ignorance and wants to enjoy it? That is an erroneous conclusion and false premise. For a moment let
As far as my limited understanding of your various talks and answers here goes, you try not to encourage rituals/karmakanda simply because the practitioner may get stuck in it and hence miss the larger goal. It is little idealistic as well as impractical🙄.
I am not against karmakand which is undeniably an important aspect of Sanatana Dharma. It has its own place and purpose, even its strength and
Gita seems to conclude that the world is a bondage. It gives in Chapter 2, Shloka 51 जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ता: (freed from the bondage of birth) as the final goal मनीषिण: (the sages). But Sri Krishna also shows Arjuna how to live like a Jivanmukta through the highest formula of surrender. I am not sure if I have understood it well but do you think the message here is ‘apparently’ contradictory – that life is ultimately a bondage and that one can also live freely😌?
That is the other side of the human evolutionary journey through the adventure of Time and Space that Sri Krishna points out when he speaks
All are not same in the power and effect. If it were so then the Divine would not assume different names and forms simply to cater to the different needs of different individuals depending upon each one’s stage of evolution.” Does it mean we have to invoke different deities for different powers? Is there any specific form of The Divine Mother 😇 which can bestow all virtues?
The Divine Mother is the original Power, Adya Shakti. If we invoke Her then She does what is needed, gives or takes away whatever is
My life aim is to read all the books of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo and sincerely follow the path they have outlined. However, when I share this with my loved ones, they tell me this is not a true aim and accuse me of avoiding my life responsibilities by following this path. They question whether this teaching encourages cutting oneself off from the world. They just don’t understand😥.
I can fully understand that. This is partly because the yoga and the divine possibility they bring is very new and men generally have a
I am not questioning Mahabharata or Guru Vyas, but Pandavs did not go the स्वर्ग (heaven), although they walked the right path. Kavravas went to स्वर्ग (heaven), although they had committed so many sins.Yes, they died on battleground, but wasn’t that also an illegal war? Why😏?
But who said or where did you read that Pandavas did not go to swarg?
Perhaps you are referring to the last part where their
Can you suggest a book 📕 as in how get over attachment towards family?
There is no particular book on the subject. In general however attachment with family is rooted in the physical consciousness and hence quite difficult to
Alok da, can you please put some light on the American 🇺🇸 elections, who is better for them and India and what is their future like after these elections?
If the people have elected him despite all the maligning campaign, they surely see some kind of a hope in him, the hope that because
What are the divine 👼 and secret powers? I mean what is the difference between them? Can you name some of them for my understanding?
The Divine powers act in unison and harmony with the Divine Will and not as a mechanical wish fulfilling agency. Though they may do so
I am worried that I am not actually helping myself as She is helping me. This grace is more than I deserve😟.
That is why it is Grace. It acts without any human calculation. It condemns none and comes to all without judging us, with the aim
What is the meaning of “All life is Yoga”🗻?
All life is Yoga means that life is a field of progressive divine manifestation. It is striving to realise the Divine Perfection in its own
When will we become Divine😇?
There is still so much of the animal in us and one can’t force it to leap towards the Divine.
First we must learn
It has thus happened that whenever I have prayed for proximal presence of someone or something, I have suffered and regretted…as things have taken ugly turns later on..even it’s said, ” Marriage was erected on the tomb of Love😧” so it’s wise to not get married to the one you love..thus this way it’s not wise to marry at all…also I can easily find many unsuccessful marriages around. So now even if I seek the proximity of my beloved (seek to express my love for him through feelings, words and services) in life but I feel afraid to pray for their proximal presence in my life in anticipation of the bond between us getting ruined if that happens.
Marriages do not work out as we expect them to do because of the gap between the ideal and the strength and sacrifice needed to