The method that the Mother recommends to come out of depression is to stop thinking about oneself and replace it by thinking about the Divine. Depression comes from a veiled ego that looks at world from its limited experience and perspective and wants life to run its course according to one’s hopes and expectations. Anything that helps us to step out of the boundaries of the little ego-self, work, games, diverting the mind towards healthy activities, serving a greater ideal or best of all, the Divine, the will to progress, urge for learning something new, prayer, aspiration for the Divine, are all so many ways to come out of depression. Easy though it sounds, human nature does not easily leave the grip over old nature. The Divine Grace can eventually get us rid of every difficulty, but we have to persist and persevere with faith and endure the passage. This is so because what we are at present is due to the groves of old habits and attitudes that often get deeply ingrained in our nature. The Divine does not abruptly cut these knots since it would also cut the threads through which we are meant to evolve. He rather undoes the knots and it takes time since very often we keep tying it back.
Have faith and the Grace will eventually pull you out through everything. Persevere rightly and there is no difficulty that cannot be conquered. But one should not expect a magic that may remove the symptoms but leaves the roots intact.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
