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Discernment

While reading about Nagin-bhai hearing The Mother and Sri Aurobindo during his openings, I was reminded of my own inner experiences. At times, short phrases and spontaneous affirmations ariseโ€”sometimes bubbling up from the heart center or floating through the mindโ€”which I try to discern carefully to avoid the traps of the intermediate zone. ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿงญ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ[…]

It is quite true that one should be careful and cautious with regard to suggestions and inner voices as they are often mixed with the

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Lately, I have been experiencing vivid dreams and waking visions featuring well-known cultural figures and intense scenariosโ€”ranging from sudden surges of immense wealth and public adulation to dramatic confrontations where I find unexpected strength while chanting and remembering the Divine. ๐ŸŒ™๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ[…]

These dreams and visions belong to the intermediate vital worlds. It is a world that imitates Truth and misleads the soul through aggrandizing the ego

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I’ve been intoxicated/moved by this bhajan(Hirna) of Kabir Das ji since the time I heard it at the camp for the first time. This might not be the best transliteration & translation, but could you please help briefly explain these verses in the light of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s Yoga? What does the deer denote, and what are the 3 forests, 5 hunters, 5 deer and 25 does? Thank you! ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป […]

Yes it is a beautiful bhajan and was sung in a soulful way in the Camp. Here is the deeper mystic sense of this poem

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If surrender does not mean inaction. And true surrender to divine mother means acting according to the divine will. Then how can we discern and know the Divine will? Certainly as you said – The Divine Will is always for peace, harmony, joy. Are there other characteristics by which I can know the Divine will? ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ […]

That is a most relevant question. The Mother herself has answered it. Here is her Guidance on the subject.

‘It is a great error

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Can the ego be converted? If so, how? Psychic individuality is the need. Even if the ego is converted, will it allow the Psychic to come forward and take over ? I was told i am ruled by my ego. Its been difficult for me to understand and also find my true identity amidst various identities within, without any concrete individuality. ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

Conversion of the ego means that instead of turning towards the satisfaction of desires and being at the mercy of every stroke of nature it

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