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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.
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I can’t wake up early, this disturbs the whole day😓.
It is largely a question of habit and habits can be modified by exercising the will. But there are people who are naturally late sleepers
What is your perspective on the connection between psychiatry and spirituality? Is there any🫤?
Psychiatry is a field limited to a study of morbid pathological conditions of the human mind. Its background is human psychology which is a study
I want to know if I knew the Mother even in my past births. Had I been closer to Mother and stayed in Pondicherry even in my immediate previous birth? Also, at times, you mention references about Sadhakas of Pondicherry Ashram and In fact other popular personalities like Napoleon, Gandhi, Aurangzeb, etc to have been Vibhutis in past life. I want to learn more. Where can I find to read them🤔?
Napoleon, Augustus Caesar, Leonardo Da Vinci, Rishi Agastya are some of the known Vibhitis of Sri Aurobindo whereas Joan of Arc, Queen Catherine the great
Is the ritual of Kanya daan not prescribed in Rig Veda🤨?
The ritual of Kanya daan is not mentioned in any of the four Vedas. It is supposed to be part of the dharma tradition that
I am in love with a girl, she said no to the proposal. I said her that I will wait for her. I get attracted towards other girls also but I don’t get the feeling. What should I do😪?
It is an impossible condition to fulfill. To wait when two people are in mutual love is fine but to wait when there is a
In some cultures, a man is not considered to be a man unless he served in the military. Is there any truth in this statement🫤?
In certain ancient cultures it was necessary because of the dangers around. Man had lost his instinctive touch with material Nature and had not yet
“learn a non medical method of managing your anxiety.”I am asked to do This on Top of Medicine Acetalopram 15 mgI do follow Auromaa in my capacity since 1 and half years I am devotee of The Mother’s Yoga but still I loose patience in tackling somatic manifesting anxiety , That makes me feel as if ….Maa, Please guide me😪
When these anxiety attacks occur one has to turn the mind away from the symptoms and surrender all that is happening to Her with the
Few Questions: Now I am following the path of a different lineage with Mantra Dikshya and I am doing mala-japa regularly. So, can I switch it from DLS, Rishikesh lineage to Sri Aurobindo lineage🤔?
Sri Aurobindo is like an ocean where many rivers meet. What is needed is clarity about the goal, the path opens accordingly. So too your
The principle of karma is based on progress and development, and the energy we release while performing any action (through emotions, thoughts, intentions, and actions) returns to us. So, does this energy come back in the next birth as well (which we might call destiny or Prarabdha)? And is the coming of this energy determined by the conscious entity or by nature🤨?
The law of Karma is ingrained in nature as part of a vast and complex process through which the soul evolves. But the soul has
Nowadays, I’m seeing some people who started following Mother and Sri Aurobindo very enthusiastically and willingly seems to have very pessimistic mindset they only talk about their problems, money and limited comforts they have. They admire the people who are living normal life like Earning Money, Getting married leading typical settled life. So is this happen due to the reason that they enter into the path prematurely just for aha factor or is this a sincerity test by an adverse force or a kind of phase which comes in everyone’s life who follow the path😳?
It means that they not following Sri Aurobindo at all. They are simply paying a lip service adopting more of a religious approach towards Sri
Please explain Bhakti vs Tantra🤔
There are two main systems of Yoga, Veda, Vedanta leaning on the Purusha or the Masculine aspect of the One Divine Reality and, Tantra, which
How can you manage your life when you are living around pleasure centric individuals, either they want to party and make programs and if they are at home they are irritated.. and they hinder your work …so what to do? As there is a point in live that I just want to avoid them as I have nothing more to talk to them and also I get annoyed with the amount of social programs they make😪…
Here is a letter of Sri Aurobindo with regard to contact with the outside world. Here is a letter of Sri Aurobindo with regard to
Can you please help me to guide how to do meditation and how much time to do meditation? Are there any fixed time🤨?
Start with fixing a time and a suitable place for the practice of concentration, preferably short concentrations of 20 to 30 minutes twice a day.
So shall I stop mala japa and start reciting mother’s name Maa Maa … ? Because I want to chant one name always silently and internally like my earlier mantra🤨.
That would be the best. Sri Aurobindo writes to someone seeking initiation. ‘Please initiate me into a tangible form of Yoga. I make this assurance
I had a ‘Ah Ha’ moment yesterday. Souls’s evolution and all that I am understanding, but still there was a missing link.’ why would God put us here to start evolving? Then yesterday there was ‘Ah Ha’ somehow I remembered The Life Devine’s first chapter. I remembered the involution into the Matter part! So, I, that is that Devine spark, -The Soul , – started my life in the matter. And started with that one cell life, and now here I am now😇! Is that correct?
It is a good insight. More will follow. It is the soul that chose for this adventure as thus…
I have too many confusions in understanding the great god – Shiva.(1) He is both fierce as Rudra 🔥& Bhairava and benevolent as Shiva & Mahadeva.
Shiva’s story is of synthesis rather than of contradictions. It is our human misreading that has erected the gulf between the spiritual and the material,
The Mother said that the death of Caesar was an important event in Europe. This is from a her commentary on Thoughts and Aphorisms. What does that mean🤔?
Julius Caesar was assassinated to bring back the Roman Republic but paradoxically it ended up, quite unexpectedly, in the birth of the Roman or more
Why have relationships based on love without marriage become a norm? How to face this fear of being different from the masses🤨?
Relationships based on love rather than social sanction are becoming more common and will be the future norm because of the following reason.
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