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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.🫨πŸ’₯β³πŸ™„

‘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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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?πŸŒ€πŸ€―πŸŒͺ️🫠

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

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With what attitude should one console himself when he has lent money to another person and has been cheated by that person (as the person did not return that money)? Or in case when a landlord’s property has been usurped by the tenant. How should the landlord ease his distress in such a situation?πŸ€‘πŸ’΅πŸ’ΈπŸ’°

First we should learn the lessons. All this happens because we live half consciously without understanding human nature and the rules of the game of

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If Karma is fundamentally a process of learning from ignorance rather than a system of punishment, how do we reconcile the suffering caused by “asuric” acts committed in that ignorance, and how can one maintain faith in the Divine’s control while struggling to see the spiritual purpose behind such cruelty? βš–οΈβ™»οΈπŸͺƒπŸ”„πŸ™πŸ»

Yes, thank you for the question and your dilemma or confusion as you call it is quite understandable. In Indian thought, the root of evil

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Is it wise to switch from BCom to an MA and PhD in English to pursue a Teaching career, following one’s Heart’s call over the corporate world, and what specific books or practical steps beyond the syllabus can help build the necessary command of the subject before the March entrance exam? πŸ“šβœοΈπŸŽ“πŸŒŸ

It is a good decision and in keeping with your nature and temperament. Read Sri Aurobindo, read other good writers in English, speak in English

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One of my friends and his family have been going through a very tough life for almost 20+ years. It does make me feel sad, but I ask the Divine Grace to be upon that family and let His will be done. So when we hear about people suffering for a long time, especially someone who is a close friend, how should we face this emotionally? πŸ«‚β€οΈβ€πŸ”₯πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸ»πŸŒ·

Suffering is everywhere. There is not a single person who is not suffering one way or another. What is surprising is that human beings hardly

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