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Ignorance

The Divine Consciousness

By the Divine Consciousness we mean the spiritual consciousness to which the Divine alone exists, because all is the Divine and by which one passes

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Family love often remains deeply imperfect, bound to samsara and conventional habits rather than a truly spiritual dimension. Governed by inherited beliefs and expectations, it tends to follow well-worn paths rather than opening itself to experiencing life in all its freshness. ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

It is not just about imperfection but whether we are moving out of ignorance towards knowledge or getting more and more stuck in it. It

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1. If everything happens for a reason, and every suffering or misfortune we experience is understood as the consequence of some past karmaโ€”possibly from a past life that we do not rememberโ€”then where did the first wrong action or โ€œoriginal sinโ€ come from? โš–๏ธ๐ŸŒฑ […]

These are assumptions, not facts. Suffering comes because of imperfections, limitations and attachments. Actions done under ignorance, attachments, desires etc bring pleasure and pain. Since

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I regularly participate in the book distribution service at the temple. Because I struggle with the pronunciation of certain words, I am unable to teach the children’s classes at the temple. However, using the capacity and opportunity I have been blessed with, I am able to do book distribution service. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป […]

One does not easily get an opportunity to do service for Divine in whatever capacity one gets. The real sense of this service is however

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Poverty

It is a world which has emerged from the Inconscient and these things [poverty and misery] are results of the imperfect working of the human

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“God is our wise and perfect friend, because he knows when to smite and when to fondle, when to slay us no less than when to save and to succour…. There must be faith in the love and wisdom of God,… working out all for our good even when it is apparently veiled in evil.” (Sri Aurobindo, 1984 Ashram Diary, July 3 and August 22) ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒผ[…]

It is true that we live in a universe where Ignorance predominates. Yet the Divine Force always supercedes it using every experience, good and bad,

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Itโ€™s easier to think about aligning with God when idle, but harder in moments of real choiceโ€”especially when torn between comfort and asking, โ€œWhat would God want me to do?โ€ Acting with sincerity, enthusiasm, and self-forgetfulness, being a resource to others, and embodying cheerful equanimity feels like a truer way to connect with the Divine. Imagining Their presence and working for Them helps deepen that connection. ๐Ÿซจ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿฆ‹[…]

The defects you enumerate are universal, though the extent and expression differs. Their root cause is ego, ignorance and desire which almost universally afflict all

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First I had a type of belief system like nothing wrong can happen to me because Maa is with me, now it’s like anything can happen to me, but I believe Maa is with me and about fear I have fear like fear for maintaining position in class, fear like what others will think about me in each steps, fear like fear to indulge in a conflict or the recent issues, fear like what if I died living an ordinary life. โ˜บ๏ธ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿฆ‹[…]

I don’t know why you switched from nothing can happen to everything can happen. Surely the Divine Grace protects else this world would have been

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Thank you, Alok da, for answering my question from yesterday on a passage of the Synthesis of Yoga. However, I would like to clarify one specific point based on the understanding I shared earlier. Let me take a hypothetical example. Suppose, for a particular individual, the Divine Intention/Will is that he should go through a life of considerable struggle. โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒผ[…]

I understand the difficulty. The Vedas speak of basically two operating systems to which we are subject. The first is when we are being schooled

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To look for your videos on Love, which are on the YouTube Channel ‘Auromaa’, whenever I feel my love(may be attachment), whatever it is, is turning towards blame, criticism.. To not feel that I have been betrayed, to feel that the other side must have reasons for doing what he is doing, and when I see videos on Love, Sacrifice, Self-Giving, I feel a little relieved for some time… ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒผ[…]

But there always is true love in everybody. But it is covered by the smoke of desires, clouds of doubt and the curtains of ignorance

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