Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on surrender and the divine grace. “Self-surrender to a supreme transmuting Power is the key-word of the Yoga.” – Sri Aurobindo ...
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on meditation, concentration and contemplation. «What do you call meditation? Shutting the eyes and concentrating? It is only one method for calling down the true consciousness. To join with the true consciousness or feel its descent is the only thing important and if it comes without the orthodox method, as it always did with me, so much the better. Meditation is only a means or device, the true movement is when eve ...
The Mother said, «You can become conscious of your nights and your sleep just as you are conscious of your days. It is a matter of inner development and discipline of consciousness.» This book contains guidance for making sleep more conscious, thereby replacing subconscient dreams with conscious experiences. The ultimate goal is to transform sleep into a state of yogic repose, a state in which one can enter into the inner worlds and act there as ...
"Aspiration is the call of the being for higher things – for the Divine, for all that belongs to the higher or Divine Consciousness." (Sri Aurobindo) "This taste for supreme adventure is aspiration – an aspiration which takes hold of you completely and flings you, without calculation and without reserve and without a possibility of withdrawal, into the great adventure of the divine discovery, the great adventure of the divine m ...
Every one of us contributes to this world we live in but which we also fi nd ourselves complaining about. Yet we can’t go on pointing the fi nger at others – we are each of us responsible in some way for war and confl ict, hate and anger and, ultimately, for the breakdown of our society. Now it’s time to choose: are we ready for a radically new way of thinking, which will speed up our spiritual evolution, and take us far from the outdated model ...
A compilation from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. "The rule in Yoga is not to let the depression depress you, to stand back from it, observe its cause and remove the cause; for the cause is always in oneself, perhaps a vital defect somewhere, a wrong movement indulged or a petty desire causing a recoil, sometimes by its satisfaction, sometimes by its disappointment. In Yoga a desire satisfied, a false movement given its ...
A compilation from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. "What is called “new birth” is the birth into the spiritual life, the spiritual consciousness; it is to carry in oneself something of the spirit which, individually, through the soul, can begin to rule the life and be the master of existence…" – The Mother "The soul, the psychic being, is in direct touch with the divine Truth, but it is hidden in man by the m ...
"The Birthday is truly a special day in one‘s life. lt is one of those days in the year when the Supreme descends into us – or when we are face to face with the Eternal – one of those days when our soul comes in contact with the Eternal and, if we remain a little conscious, we can feel His Presence within us. If we make a little effort on this day, we accomplish the work of many lives as in a lightning flash. That is why I give so much impo ...
This is a collection of messages, talks and answers from the Mother which relate to Auroville. At the beginning there are some words of Sri Aurobindo on humanity and its present condition and need. "Auroville wants to be a universal township where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity." ...