AT THE FEET OF THE MOTHER
Ask Alok da

Humanity/ Mankind

We saw terrible destruction in Nepal due to the floods, and many innocent people, a large number of whom were visiting holy places at the time, were swept away. Why do we see such things happening constantly if there is a God somewhere? Why doesn’t God give us a single hint or clue of His existence? 🗻🌊😥🥀[…]

The idea and experience of God as well as natural disasters, even catastrophes, calamities have existed side by side since the very beginning of humanity

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Dear Alok Da, as I commit to Integral Sadhana and the process of rejection, I am torn about the place of emotional non-violence toward loved ones who depend on me. My family and partner—honorable people to whom I owe much—will inevitably feel hurt, abandoned, and anxious as I step away from conventional human duties for my spiritual calling. ❤️‍🔥🥲🙏🏻🌻[…]

I fully understand your dilemma, the dilemma of a Sattwic human being. It is the apex of all that we call human. And yet even

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Alok da, in The Synthesis of Yoga, Chapter 2: The Three Steps of Nature, in the 7th para, Sri Aurobindo says, “the sane, robust, longlived human body is ordinarily found only in races or classes of men who reject the effort of thought, its disturbances, its tensions, or think only with the material mind.”🧬🤔👥🌼🦋[…]

Sri Aurobindo is speaking largely of an earlier humanity that was not touched by modern mind and its ways of life. That humanity is hardly

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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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I am drawn to the Mother’s Teachings, and for the past couple of years spent quite some time reading and taking notes on a variety of subjects. I now feel that I have read enough and it is time for me to start living them. I am doing that, slowly and steadily, notably in work and in parenting. Also, with regards to my health, I am making efforts to regularly exercise, eat a good diet, etc. The Mother herself said this: “It is best to live a Divine teaching”. 😊🙏🏻🌸🌏[…]

Your aspiration as well as anguish is quite understandable. Yes, there are so many things in the writings of Sri Aurobindo that would be of

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