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These are the questions that I have stored from years. It’s not like those questions were not letting me live, but a feeling like something is stuck in my throat. Bhai, when I was in my home, there were photos of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo literally everywhere. โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿชท[…]

It is perhaps The Mother wants you to discover Her within, in your inmost heart as well as to discover them everywhere, which is what

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I’m telling the truth when I say I just know for a fact that, despite my limits and flaws, I know I want The Divine enough to do whatever I need to do. When I was sharing that I have doubts, I was observing the hesitation in parts of me in order to acknowledge and overcome it instead of hiding it; I was not choosing or identifying with those doubts. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒธโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ[…]

I know that and there is no question of doubting any of it. I know your love for Them is genuine and so is your

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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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If one has consumed ganja(marijuana) most regularly, also often alcohol, cigarette & also some time gutkha, but ganja was the prime. These activities lasted 2-2.5 years (during the lockdown period: corona). Also, after consuming ganja, the mind shifted towards pornography & then masturbation. ๐Ÿšฌ๐Ÿฅดโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŽ[…]

Everything is possible and there is nothing irreparable that the Grace cannot mend. But how will the Grace act if we close ourselves to it

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I have come to share something โ€“ and to ask you two questions that are very important for me: In our last email, you shared that you have seen that when people put Savitri on their chest when they are troubled, she takes away the trouble, pain or negativity. ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒ„[…]

Happy to hear from you and do hope to see you sometime here, in our common home. As an elder brother in yoga, I can

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I don’t know how, but in my mind, I am stuck on the fact that the growth of the Soul will invite newer challenges, and I really don’t have the strength to go through any challenges at the moment. Is seeking happiness the same as wanting the pain to stop? I’m not sure that I can tell the difference. ๐Ÿ˜ฃ๐Ÿฅ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿƒ

Challenges are bound to come in life. It is part of the evolutionary programming. The soul helps us to navigate through these challenges with much

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How do we control overthinking? I mean, we try to reason with ourselves โ€” telling ourselves, “Hey, these things happen; everything is fine. Such situations come and go; that’s just life โ€” it has its ups and downs, and eventually, things will get better.” Yet, despite understanding all of this, our mind simply refuses to accept it and continue to overthink. So, what exactly can we do about that?๐Ÿคฏ๐ŸŒ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ๐Ÿซ 

It happens because the mind turns in a narrow grove. To widen the grove one needs to broaden one’s interests and activities as well as

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My question is how to deal with countless past mistakes that we can not correct, but that cause frustration and hopelessness in life. Many present conditions are due to the consequences of past deeds. How do we deal with this? There is always the thought that things would be different if I had acted in a different way.๐Ÿซจ๐Ÿ’ฅโณ๐Ÿ™„

‘Mistakes and errors’ are part of the evolutionary process and common to everyone. In the eyes of the Divine they are not mistakes but steps

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