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Itโ€™s mentioned in Hindu scriptures that we are reborn again, as the Soul has its own journey and this body is just a carrier for this life. I just wanted to understand how many births does this soul takes. Is there anything written about this in the Gita or any Vedic writings? โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿชท[…]

I think there are number of talks on this subject on Auromaa. Rebirth is neither a mechanical journey where we get back to the same

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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 Aurobindoโ€™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. ๐Ÿ˜ฅ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿ‚[…]

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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Sir, the main problem with depressive medicines is that they make the body and mind always sleepy, dull and lethargic. To be honest, I don’t actually know as to how and where to progress on the Spiritual path and in Studies. Even the simplest of things, I am finding it difficult to face off. Really don’t know what to do ahead.๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐Ÿง‘โ€โš•๏ธ๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿซ 

This was true of earlier medicines. But now there are much safer medicines with fewer side effects if any especially of drowsiness. There is nothing

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What if the external comes attracted emotionally, and the Soul does not want?ย So the person goes away again and again?ย I always felt, it’s the soul which is rejecting, but external appreciates and wants, so it comes again and again. Because I am already initiated into Spiritual Life by a Divine Guru, I wanted to be sure throughย my Soul, which is The Real Call?๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿชโœจ

Here is what Sri Aurobindo writes in the Synthesis of Yoga.

‘All Yoga is in its nature a new birth; it is a birth out

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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?ย ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ™„๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒ„

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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Sometimes I feel a peace in my lower abdominal part, but it is not everlasting for a long time. Due to this reason, the central pressure of my heart also does not stay permanently, which gives peace, wideness, bhakti and the feeling of fearlessness. Why is this happening? โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿชท[…]

Difficulties are part of the journey and the work of the Yoga of transformation. It is a long process and one has to go through

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