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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.
Is it doing the yoga and wanting the Mother and serving Her, the ultimate aim of a person the same?
One can say that the ultimate aim is to become one with the Divine and growing one, to manifest the Divine since that is the
My son asked me why God is so cruel? because he made so much suffering. I don’t know what to tell him.
God is not cruel but we misread His intentions and actions just as a child misreads his parents firmness or teachers strictness which is sometimes
Alokda where can I read about BURJUA in Sri Aurobindo’s works
Bourgeois and the Samurai is an essay written by Sri Aurobindo in the Bande Mataram.
You will find it in
Why are people so much bothered about others?
It is best not to bother about people. They do things for a number of reasons. Indulging in gossip about others is a favourite pastime
I am in the path our integral yoga. I follow your talks and speeches in auromaa.org. You said so many times that, Maa is the powerful Mantra.But I am repeating any sentence in SAVITRI daily and instead of Maa. Also I am repeating AuroMaa. Is it enough sir? Also I am doing kriya yoga sadhana for marking stability of the mind and vital. Please give your guidance in respect of my sadhana
Chanting the Mother’s Name or both Names together in the way they come to you spontaneously is called Nam Japa. It has a great power
Why failure comes and continue in life? Why we are not financially sound after repeated requests to The Mother? Only temporary solution no permanent cure for last 30 years.
Success is not defined by the wealth one earns nor failure by the lack of it.
Success, in the true sense is to fulfil
Since you have recently visited USA, what is the current situation there ? Is there any hope?
There always is hope because God is everywhere. But the road to this self discovery of God and His intent in a nation be a
Some one said in an online Pathachakra that Sri Aurobindo directed some disciples to leave the Ashram if they are not believing Sri Maa as the Divine Mother. How far this is based on facts?
He did not direct but his brother Barin and Dilip Kumar Roy eventually ended up leaving the Ashram.
One reason attributed to their departure
What’s the meaning of the line ….As in a mystic and dynamic dance .. page 15 Savitri?
These beautiful lines from Savitri Book One Canto Two describe Savitri’s personality comparing her to a priestess of immaculate ecstasy who invokes God through her
Some advanced sadhaks, in their talks, create fear of another pandemic, or big loss of money, if we do not surrender completely, or start an Ashram or be a part of Ashram life, and give everything for the Divine purpose. They say marriage and family life are dangerous for sadhana or any realisation. Govt or Pvt Jobs should not be done as it curtails our freedom. They say to leave everything: family, children, jobs, as these are blockers in our Sadhana, and every moment try to lead a spiritual life by surrendering completely for Mother’s work directly. If we are not leading an Ashram life, we are far far away from the Divine. Should we join Integral Yoga communities out of fear of some destruction? What is Mother’s views in this regard?
Sin, guilt, fear belong to the old world and to religion. It has no place in spiritual life. The Mother did caution that some people
What are the present problems of India compare to old India?
India started facing problems because it tried to become westernised and started giving almost exclusive importance to money and other materialistic aims.
The old India
I never say anything to anyone, I just don’t have the courage. My in-laws sometimes insult me but I cannot answer anything back. I just freeze and the other day they were pressuring my daughter for something they should not and still I could not speak up, I feel that I am letting my daughter down.
Courage is something to be cultivated. One should not allow oneself to be treated like a football or be at the mercy of other’s will.
What is the ideal of the teacher?
Mother says, “He should be a yogi.”
In Her own words:
PERSONALITY TRAITS OF A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER
1) Complete self-control not only to
I am working as a teacher in a CBSE school. I am not able to be very sincere in my work. Many ideas come to my mind to teach children, but not able to put them into practice. I am not able to concentrate in any work I am doing and hence not able to finish it on time. And thereby don’t get time to prepare the lessons the way I want. Please guide me.
It often happens that as we grow in consciousness things that interested us in the past do not seem so interesting anymore. Besides one gets
Sometimes without any reason I feel sad, depressed, no will to talk to anyone, a strong urge of leaving everything and Live in a Himalayan village (though don’t have dare to leave own comfort zone) etc. Whats the reason???
The state you describe is a kind of vairagya that sometimes takes the form of sadness. As you have experienced these feelings are like waves
How not to form bad habits?
First of all we should watch over our thoughts. Whatever we think often we tend to do it. What we do we tend to repeat
I am in a thankless job where my seniors do not respect me. What should i do?
To get respect from seniors is a near impossible thing. Better not to expect anything from them. Instead
What should be the right attitude towards work?
Work is not about reward and punishment, success and failure, they are reactions of mind.
One should put the best possible effort taking it as