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All around I see people who party together and enjoy and call themselves best friends👫, I don’t think this is true friendship, can you please explain what true friendship is?
Partying together and engaging in all kinds of superficial activities together is hardly friendship. At best it is escaping from loneliness, at worst it is
In one of your talks – Kamakhya Devi, you said that Daksha Prajapati denies Shiva portion in his Yagna 🔥 which did not go well with Goddess Sati. My question is why do gods need a portion in Yagna by humans and other beings like Daksha?
Yagya is a means of interchange between the human and the divine powers. Whatever is given to the Divine, in whatsoever form and name, is
I wish to pursue my hobbies like music🎵, sports🏏. But due to the pressure of getting a job by my parents, I must only focus on studying. What to do?
Since your parents are perhaps not supportive of your interests, the first thing necessary is to become financially independent. You should look for a job,
Who invented the spoon🥄? I do not like to eat with the spoon and I like eating with my hands and then everyone tells me to eat with the spoon because of table manners specially when people are around or I am in a restaurant
The spoon is a gift of the British to the Indian people. In principle there is nothing wrong in eating with hands provided we keep
Please tell us something about what Durga Ma and her story represents?
The story of Durga is revealed in the Devi Mahatamya of Markandeya Purana as well as the Devi Bhagawat Purana. Traditionally associated with the Victory
Alok da , I am always confused and indecisive🫣.. this led me to always having big dreams and achieving nothing nor effectively studying since I was 12 and I’m close to 30. I give up like anything. Either I don’t like this or that about this job or that job or this exam or that exam or I’m scared of job profile as a girl or it’s in my state and I want to explore and it’s the same in all aspects of my life. And I never give 100% effort. I feel like I will end up a loser if this keeps going and after all this thinking I again end up watching random web series. The only good thing in life is the 10-20 minutes I spend talking to image of Ma and Aurobindo in the book. But by making mistakes which I know are mistakes, Isn’t that just pushing me more into darkness? Am I rushing or hurrying too much? It’s like I’m sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss of old habits and I don’t know where and what to conquer and stick to it. I’ve watched everything all cures but do nothing for long. Then a thought comes why am I worrying about all this when it’s all god’s plan and then again fall into the cycle in a day or two. I don’t understand anything. You’ll guide me and I’ll not even follow that for more than three days. Can I possibly do anything to grow and rise to a balanced living?
I have a simple suggestions for you.
Sit quietly for 10 min everyday and think about the purpose of your life.
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Is it useful to have separation of Purusha from Prakriti in Integral Yoga. Also is it necessary to attain this Purusha Consciousness before one can live in Supramental Consciousness 🧐. If yes then what are the steps to attain the Purusha Consciousness in Integral Yoga? If one only surrenders to Mother, can he also attain Purusha Consciousness and then Supramental Consciousness. Kindly discuss elaboratively on this Purusha Consciouness in the light of Sri Aurobindo and also in the light of Gita. Why Gita put more importance on surrender rather than having separation of Purusha from Prakriti. It will be nice if you can provide refences from Sri Aurobindo’s writing on this.
Separation of the Purusha from Prakriti by cultivating and deepening the Sakshi bhav (witness Consciousness) is indeed described as one of the first important steps
What could be the roadmap to make Muslims integrate with the Indian 🇮🇳 nationalism, which is for them Hindu nationalism?
Hindus must recover the Aryan culture in their life. They must grow strong and fearless, full of courage, full of the spirit of sacrifice and
Is it true when a person entering to this yoga and after progress in sadhana they can loose their memory power. I was reading this in letters on yoga. The loose mind means what is he becoming mad 🤪 or their mind forgetting everything that he had kept in his mind except the divine?
There is no such rule in this yoga. In fact most people retain their memory as well as sanity quite well. Want of balance is
From few weeks I am not able to bear the power of Divine consciousness. I am not able to hear or read anything related to Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Whenever I try to think of anything related to God my mind becomes kind of numb for some time. I am scared that my mind can breakdown if i continue on the path. I don’t know if its because I am not able to surrender to the Divine because I have doubts about which form of Divine i have to surrender to. How can i help myself in this case? Also recently some relationship did not work and I feel very sad about it. I don’t find meaning in life. I want to live for the ideal of immortal love and also take care that I take a wise decision so that my ideal is not against the Higher Wisdom. How can I make life more meaningful with this ideal in mind 😪(to have love in my heart for the person till the end and not give that space to anyone else)?
It is beautiful to have an ideal because without an ideal man is as good as dead. Yet at the same time one must know
Please explain the difference between Laxmi and Mahalaxmi, Saraswati and Maha Saraswati, Gauri and MahaGauri, Kali and Mahakali 😇?
Maha means the same Goddess in her original mool swaroop wherein she is connected with the Divine Mother and hence in her original form and
If there are no good people in politics, it appears as if the asuric forces will engulf the political arena too. What can be done to reconcile these two apparent opposite sides❄♨?
Good people are needed everywhere including politics. The advice of No Politics is not for people who are good and temperamentally feel inclined towards Politics.
What lines of Savitri to read when someone is dying and when one has died ⭐?
These lines below describing the transition from death to rebirth would be best, though some may like to read Book Three Canto 2, Adoration of
What is the science behind worship and “karmakanda”? Do they have any effect🧐? Do the deities worshipped through the karmakanda/rituals really respond?
Worship and rituals largely belong to the Tantra. Worship is a means through which the body too can participate in the movement of inner adoration.
This is a question about World War 2, the world war two ended with USA dropping an atom bomb on USA and due to that the atom bomb💣 got invented. So is the invention of the bomb a divine action? When this same invention has been misused and now its in the hand of asuric forces, can you please explain?
Sri Aurobindo did mention that the Atom bomb was ‘given’ prematurely to man because of the exigency of the war. Though the process used in
My in-laws have belief that I should not keep pictures of my deceased parents as my Whatsapp dp or as wallpaper. I am not sure about this belief, mean while I searched online and found a video of one baba saying about it hinders the soul passing away . I have kept my father childhood picture as my Whatsapp dp …will it hinder his soul or energy to go peacefully. What about all those pictures of late president and Gandhi Jj and prime ministers who are hanged in government offices and places of work. Are they all realised soul? I read we should keep pics of realized soul . This question might be feel stupid but I don’t know whom to ask 😪. I am still attached to my father so I feel like keeping his pictures. What’s your opinion on this? Kindly help.
What hinders the smooth transition is attachment, grief, crying etc. Deep affection, love, wish and prayer to have a safe journey are helpful. Of course
I feel I have an a problem, I buy too many things online🛒🛍 and I don’t know even if I say I buy only necessary things still i am buying everyday something or another, Please advise
Money has a tendency to flow from one to another, especially if the lower vital parts are not very strong and steady. Best is that
Your talk ” Transformation: Process and Resistance”, wherein you have mentioned…ceiling limit, that ceiling limit is decided by prototype of form in occult world,…blue print 🗺comes from the over mind. Could you make more clear.
Yes the ceiling limit is for each species. It is like a magic circle or a fence of ignorance drawn around each type. It’s purpose