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Praying

In raising children, there are often times when children are not open; they just want to stay in their so-called unconsciousness and even if they are aware deep down or are made aware even by gentle talking, they don’t want to take it. Instead, they may shun any positive thoughts or help given to them. What to do then? 🌱💛

Each child brings his own unique destiny and the line of growth determined by his soul’s unique possibility and a unique past. The role of

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Often, I feel deeply detached from conventional human relationships and ordinary life, feeling instead a strong inner pull toward the Divine, the Mother, and Sri Aurobindo. While I carry a deep aspiration for Integral Yoga and Their works, a part of me feels unanchored, struggling to understand my identity and everyday responsibilities.🌸🙏🏻[…]

It is because you are right now caught between two worlds. Keep opening to the Mother, pray to Her, remember Her and dedicate all you

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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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Namaste Alokda, I have been reflecting on the following passage from The Synthesis of Yoga: “But neither is that order or the execution of the universal will altogether effected by mechanical Law, but by powers and forces of which for human life at least human will, aspiration and faith are not among the least important.” (page-566-567) 📖😊🙏🏻🪷[…]

This is absolutely correct understanding. Very simply put the Divine Will is not a mechanical determinism but a living conscious process. It will fulfil itself

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Dear Alok Da, I write with deep respect to navigate a personal dilemma as I seek to purify my bhakti in the flames of knowledge rather than rely on borrowed piety. While I fully embrace Sri Aurobindo’s vision, I struggle with praying to the Divine in human form when subtler, transcendent dimensions of that same reality exist, and I find opening to The Mother through mental instruction or tradition challenging from a distance. 😥🙏🏻🌼🍂[…]

There is nothing disrespectful about what you write. There are many seekers who start this way. The Mother herself has confirmed that generally seekers turn

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I tell them to pray. Doctors are not Gods. There is a power above Doctors that can also change the course of Destiny, but they don’t believe that prayer has such a power. People worship God, but they don’t believe that He/She is Almighty, who can do anything, even miracles. They are totally dependent on Doctors. 🩺🧑🏼‍⚕️🙄🙏🏼🌸

I know. Most often man looks for immediate short term gains because of a narrow perspective. That is what ignorance is. The outward, the sensible

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I want to know if The Mother refers to Sri Aurobindo as ‘Lord’? And so, when They say, the aim of life is to know the Divine and unite with It, do they mean to know the Lord and unite with Him? So, do we look to know Sri Aurobindo and The Mother as the Divine, and unite with Them by offering ourselves to Them integrally? I am curious how you understand this and practice this aim of Life. 😊🙏🏻🪷❤️‍🔥

The Lord is the Ishwara, the Supreme Lord as the Creator of the Worlds, also known as the Purushottama, Paramatma, Parameshwara in Hindu thought.

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