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Gratitude — Mother

A loving recognition of the Grace received from the Divine. A humble recognition of all that the Divine has done and is doing for you. The spontaneous feeling of obligation to the Divine, which makes you do your best to … Continue reading →

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Sri Aurobindo’s Grace — Mother

** The Mother on Sri Aurobindo ** His Grace is always with those who want to progress and realise the Truth of tomorrow. January 10, 1959. The help of Sri Aurobindo is constant: it is for us to know how … Continue reading →

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The Birth of The Eternal on Earth — Mother

Today I received a question about a phrase I used on the fourteenth of August, the eve of Sri Aurobindo’s birthday. And this question seemed interesting to me because it was about one of those rather cryptic phrases, that are … Continue reading →

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On External Discipline — Mother

Q: But doesn’t some outer discipline help? If you impose a discipline upon yourself and if it isn’t too stupid, it may help you. A discipline, I tell you — disciplines, tapasyas, all ascetic disciplines are, as ordinarily practised, the … Continue reading →

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🌺 I Give To Each What He Needs, I Do The Best Possible For Each One 🌺 — Mother

Those who come to meet me are those who have some work with me. Naturally, those who come to me have an advantage to be near me, to breathe my atmosphere directly. Evidently they profit a bit by remaining near … Continue reading →

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Making The Best Out of Sleep — Mother

S: Why does one wake up tired in the morning, and what should one do to have a better sleep? Mother: If you wake up tired in the morning, it is because of tamas, nothing else, a formidable mass of … Continue reading →

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Ups or Downs The Pilgrimage Must Go On — Sri Aurobindo

O mortal , bear this great world’s law of pain,In thy hard passage through a suffering worldLean for thy soul’s support on Heaven’s strength,Turn towards high Truth, aspire to love and peace.A little bliss is lent thee from above,A touch … Continue reading →

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Worlds Beyond The Physical — Sri Aurobindo

The physical is not the only world; there are others that we become aware of through dream records, through the subtle senses, through influences and contacts, through imagination, intuition and vision. There are worlds of a larger subtler life than … Continue reading →

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Sri Aurobindo on America

That is one considerable advantage of America; there is evidently a sufficiently widespread eagerness and openness of mind to new things. We have to see whether this will be sufficient to open the mind also to deep and true things. … Continue reading →

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There is Nothing Small in God’s Eyes — Sri Aurobindo

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