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The Present

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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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.🫨💥⏳🙄

‘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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On a different note, what is happening at Auroville? I recently spoke to a guy who shared his experience of staying at Auroville, and the way he was talking, it was like a hedonistic trip, with people just indulging in substances and getting intoxicated. I was so shocked! How can such a thing happen at Auroville? 😵‍💫🍃🙄🌷🌄

Hedonistic type have always been present in Auroville since its early years. In fact now, due to a strict administration they are being sent out

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The principle of karma is based on progress and development, and the energy we release while performing any action (through emotions, thoughts, intentions, and actions) returns to us. So, does this energy come back in the next birth as well (which we might call destiny or Prarabdha)? And is the coming of this energy determined by the conscious entity or by nature🤨?

The law of Karma is ingrained in nature as part of a vast and complex process through which the soul evolves. But the soul has

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