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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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My question is I can’t sit down in front of The Mother’s photo and do prayer. But in the morning only one time I pray her to stay with at each moment with me. How can I increase my concentration to The Mother?
Concentration upon the Mother’s photographs and praying to Her is one powerful way to connect. But a prayerful attitude can be kept whole day by
How can I be a good mom?
To be a good mom is at once simple and natural as well as difficult.
It is easy because Nature has given to all
Who can we call smart? a) good marks, b) money or c) who is open to the Divine?
Getting good marks, earning lots of money, being materially successful simply means that one has been endowed with a certain kind of intelligence. But the
The way of having fun for children has changed now they like video game arcades, loud music violent movies, insta reels, etc. How to bring back the simpler times and have them understand simpler joys of life?
Here it is the parents to be blamed who themselves engage in the very same things. They are busy earning money and have little time
I feel I am the most unlucky person in the world and only my life is so problematic. Everyone around me are happy and things go well for them, why for me there is so much difficulty?
Life poses problems for everyone, only the nature of the problem and its degree differs. But if we look deeply
My son just does not listen to anyone. I am thinking of sending him to a hostel, that would only set him straight, is there any other option?
There are few advantages in a hostel such as enforced discipline. It also helps if there is constant fight in the house and the general
My father is very controlling. He has a habit of making decisions for us. I am 30 and I do not know how to say no to him or tell him to mind his own business?
There is no how to saying it. It has to be said and if one cannot say it then one
When my son was younger, if I scolded he would listen then after sometime scolding did not work. Then I would give him a slap or two now he has become so stubborn that a good beating also does not work. I don’t know how to discipline him now?
Hitting a child is an absolute No-no. It shows lack of control and hence children lose respect for their parents. It only instils fear and
My 11 year old is very hyper, he just does not sit in one place, I get tired as I never get to rest or sit at peace. What to do?
He is probably endowed with extra bursts of vital energy that needs to be channelised in proper direction. Such children need to be
My daughter cannot lose in a game, if she loses she gets upset and cries, how many times I have explained that’s OK but still she is very competitive, how to help her?
A little bit of healthy spirit of competition does help children as they live largely in the vital. What she should be taught is that
I am 40 yet my mother criticizes me and taunts me all the time, I can’t answer back as she will throw a tantrum and yet I have to listen to her. I am tired of her complaints as no matter what I do is not enough for her, how can I handle her ?
This relation is not healthy and the more you try to make her happy the worse it is likely to become. You have to learn
Why do people think money is everything ?
Because of a misconception that happiness comes by having outer comforts and objects. But as we grow in wisdom we discover that some of the
I have too much pressure from my in-laws to attend social functions and attend to other family responsibilities, the kids suffer as I have to leave them attend these things please advice what to do?
One line advice is do not succumb to social pressures. It is not only about the harm these things do to the child but also
Some kids talk about money brands and expensive vacations as a teacher I do not know what to tell them and how to handle them?
We need to tell them whether they want to live for these small little pleasures or for larger goals, whether we want to be just
Sometimes i feel a peace in my lower abdominal part but it is not everlasting a long time. Due to this reason the centeral pressure of my heart also not staying permanently which gives peace, wideness, bhakti and the feeling of fearless. Why this is happening? Is it any process of this yoga? But now when the difficulties arises then i have smiling in every situation. Every time i recite “All this is belongs to the Mother”, in this recitation i feel a strong obstacles arising but don’t affect the peace in the heart. Many types of difficulties coming but something in my sense feel that if the difficulties coming then it must be offered to the mother so that it will be solved. Have my experience is right? How to be totally get rid of this difficulties?
Difficulties are part of the journey and the work of the Yoga of transformation. It is a long process and one has to go through
As I’m studying for my end semester exams, I am suddenly developing interest in studying these boring subjects, which I never even tried to open. Maa is working in me, turning and twisting me for the journey ahead. What do you think can be the reason for this sudden change?
You have yourself felt it is Grace and most likely it is so. She is preparing you for something. Go for it…
I struggle with procrastination and reluctance to ask for favors at work place. I somehow fail and hesitate to ask as simple as casual leave etc I am always thinking what the other person might feel and I shrink.. I am vocal when it is to speak for others but somehow if related to me I shy away.. I though this I must share with you for some remedy.
It is because you are sattwic and sensitive person. Add a little rajas to your personality. May be difficult to ….
Sri Aurobindo writes in the life divine that Matter and Spirit are truly reconciled only in the cosmic consciousness. He explains why it is so: For in the cosmic consciousness Mind and Life are intermediaries and no longer, as they seem in the ordinary egoistic mentality, agents of separation, fomenters of an artificial quarrel between the positive and negative principles of the same unknowable Reality.(Ch. 4, Pg. 29) If Mind and Life are intermediaries in the cosmic consciousness, does that mean that philosophies like that of Advaita and Buddhism that deny the reality of Matter, are not seeing the Truth from cosmic consciousness? How come they are missing this truth of reconciliation?
Obviously they missed, in fact from the accounts available it is unlikely that they truly experienced the cosmic consciousness especially because their problem was the