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Helping Others

While supporting a family through deep suffering, I find myself fluctuating between uplifting them and absorbing their heavy vibrations, leaving me emotionally drained. I aspire to remain an instrument of love and active help without losing the inner poise of the sakshi (detached witness) or getting entangled in vital emotions. 🤝🪷🙏🏻[…]

I understand your dilemma which all those who carry within them the urge to help mankind in its suffering go through.

Witness, indifference and love

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This evening, while doing parikarma at the Ashram, my friend called me on the phone. He is also a Sri Aurobindo devotee and requested that I pray at Samadhi on his behalf for help in his sadhana, as he told me that he is currently encountering trouble in his spiritual practice. Spontaneously, I agreed and did so. Please guide me on how to approach such situations. 🙏🏻🕊️

We can certainly pray for someone wherever we are or may be. Though prayer is a privilege given to everyone, it is true that prayer

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All I see in these questions, asked by everyone, including both the right wing and the left wing, is that they are driven by ego, self-righteousness, and opinions. I don’t know where this sense of certainty comes from. I want to ask you the same thing, sir. I see all of you in the same boat: holding strong opinions and connecting every random issue to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. I never imagined I would see conversations like this within this community. 🗣️💬🍞😣💔[…]

I can see that despite the overgeneralised remarks there is in you the urge to do good. Hence I am bypassing all your judgments that

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How can one break free from the cycle of people-pleasing, emotional blackmail, and the paralyzing fear of hurting others, especially when burdened by family trauma, financial instability, and the loss of a father, while learning to set boundaries and find inner peace without succumbing to depression or isolation? 🚫🙅🛑🏠💔🙏🏻✨

I understand that all this has led to a certain degree of suppression and hesitation in your life. What you need is a mentor whom

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