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A historian from the early 20th century, Dhan Gopal Mukerji, remarking on historical awareness in India, writes: “Properly speaking India had no history. We as a race have no consciousness of it, for our history has been written mostly by foreigners – the Greeks, the Arabs and the Chinese. … 📜🥸🌼[…]

September 1, 2026

This is the typical example of defining something in a particular (and limited) way and thereby destroying its truth. If history is merely about the

Today I dreamed of 3 or 4 lions lying together and play-fighting in a small room. They were completely unaware of me. I was lying on a single bed in an adjoining room, from where I could watch them. 💭🦁🏡[…]

September 1, 2026

The lions are the protective power of the Divine. They attack and devour if we are afraid or harboring lower animal impulses. They would generally

I had a dream… I don’t remember it fully; some people were hanging me and they shot me in the throat. And I died. I was full of fear in the night when I woke up. 😵🪾🪦

August 28, 2026

May be a dream of past memory as a revolutionary who fought for India’s freedom. The coming up of such memories means it is time

Alok Da, I often see my dead relatives in dreams, especially my grandparents and maternal uncle, who passed away 20, 12, and 6 years ago, respectively. Sometimes they look unhappy, sometimes worried about finances. 😥🙏🏻🌼🌌[…]

August 25, 2026

Seeing dead relatives generally means coming in contact with things buried in the subconscious mind. It could be fears, perceived needs, unhappy relationships. It has

What was Mother’s view of classical music? I mean, were there composers that she believed could really be uplifting spiritually? I am interested, as it was around the turn of the 20th century, in her young age and youth, that a coarser movement in music came to evolve. 🎶🎼😊🙏🏻🪷[…]

August 14, 2026

If we go through the writings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother we shall see that they had a great regard for classical music. The

How to face the extreme guilt of our past actions, which burns our souls like anything? 😔🙏🏻🥀🍂

August 11, 2026

Guilt belongs to the world of the ego and not to the soul. The soul is untouched by guilt. It takes all experiences, pleasant and

What is the Battle of the Future against the Past that Mother tells in the Student’s Prayer? 🧑🏼‍🎓🪷🌌💫

August 7, 2026

The battle of the future refers to the New Creation, the Supramental Manifestation. The prayer was given to the students of the SAICE in 1952

I noticed that I find myself in a state of inner war all the time. I see hostility in people, and I view everything from the point of view of a struggle for domination and power. Each relationship is a struggle for power and domination: who is the strong leader and who is a weak follower. 😣🥀🙏🏻🦋[…]

July 31, 2026

This is not something to be processed as much as to be outgrown. It is the vestige of our animal past that has grown through

Dada, in the future, how will Morning and Noon be like? Is it something different from nowadays Morning and Noon? ☀️🌑😊🌄

June 18, 2026

The past dawns and future noons revered to by Sri Aurobindo means that the beings of the future will surpass the realisations of the past.

Are we entering the Age of Truth? So much darkness seems to be rising into the light of awareness. I see this happening within my own family and in the world in general. Can you give me any guidance on how to best contribute to Truth and Light?🌅🌱🤞🏽🌈

May 21, 2026

Yes there is darkness, a great darkness when we look at things from the human frame of time and the limits of our sight. But

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.🫨💥⏳🙄

May 19, 2026

‘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

If Souls come with Human Birth, how can every Soul have an Animal Past?🐵🌟💖🔥

May 19, 2026

The soul is present as a spark in the animals much like a seed buried inside the soil with nothing much happening within it. But

I have had Psychosis and Anxiety for the past 16.2 years. I have had painful periods in the Past. But instead of growing in strength (by facing a difficult past), I have started fearing pain in life (because my difficult past was unnerving). Is this fear and nervousness because of my Anxiety and Psychosis?🌀🤯🌪️🫠

May 19, 2026

It is because the physical mind and nerves react habitually based on past experience. It has no other way to deal with the present or

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? 🚫🙅🛑🏠💔🙏🏻✨

May 16, 2026

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

What is the spiritual meaning of a dream where one is handed a talking infant who reveals past and future truths, only to realize the child belongs to a cousin while the dreamer’s own infant self is being hidden away? 🤰👶🔮✨

May 11, 2026

The dream seems to be stemming from some subconscious desires and fears in the past related to parents which continues to linger in the present

Is the pursuit of brand names, company prestige, or wealth as a sign of “Good Karma” a valid spiritual measure, or do these external markers represent mere conditioning that distracts from the true reward of inner goodness and character development? 🏢🏡👨🏼‍💼❤️‍🔥

May 4, 2026

All these ideas of people with good karma being born in wealthy families is nothing but populist notion. False pride and vanity can never be

Last Night I had a Dream/Vision. I saw a dock, I think it was somewhere in Europe. and it looked old, centuries old. Someone threw me overboard, and I died. I can still see the whole thing! Then I saw sometime before that, also, I had died by drowning. And in this life, I cannot swim! But what I saw, was it a Past Life or just a Dream? 🏊🏼‍♂️🌊😰🦋

May 1, 2026

In all likelihood, it is an experience of your past life that is still unresolved fully. Offer the dream in all its details to the

Alok da, when one has an Aspiration for Spiritual Rebirth in Life, along with old patterns, and it also feels like Memory is one other thing that torments me in trying not to let me have an Absolute Fresh Beginning because it brings with it so many emotions, fears, desires, hopes and whatnot and makes me cling to the current of old life. 🪦😣🙏🏻❤️‍🔥🌷[…]

May 1, 2026

Aspiration is itself the sign of a spiritual new birth. What you are referring to is the pull of old nature which is felt by