The impulse to help others can stem from any of the four states, with resultant different effects. Help done under Tamas is an unthinking help done without giving due consideration to the real causes of the suffering. Thus, a poor person may be in a state of poverty because he is too overcome by inertia to bring in the desired effort. Economic help in such a case (granted it is a genuine case and not dramatised to extract money) only increases the inertia. Rajasic help is usually done with the idea of some name or to earn merit. It only ends up bloating the ego. The only help truly worth anything is the sattwic help done with due consideration and thought so as not to encourage inertia or wrong tendencies through the money given. The best help, however, is when we empower and equip the person inwardly to manage his affairs rather than weakening his own capacity to make an effort. In any case, if your own financial condition is not good enough, then it is best not to rush into providing monetary help.
I want to know if The Mother refers to Sri Aurobindo as ‘Lord’? And so, when They say, the aim of life is to know the Divine and unite with It, do they mean to know the Lord and unite with Him? So, do we look to know Sri Aurobindo and The Mother as the Divine, and unite with Them by offering ourselves to Them integrally? I am curious how you understand this and practice this aim of Life. πππ»πͺ·β€οΈβπ₯
June 4, 2026
The Lord is the Ishwara, the Supreme Lord as the Creator of the Worlds, also known as the Purushottama, Paramatma, Parameshwara in Hindu thought.
She is asking us to trust Him completely and surrender all to Him. It is He who knows and is seeing to…
