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Not Limited By Words, Action in Silence is Always More Important — Mother

In fact, if one reads attentively what Sri Aurobindo has written, all that he has written, one would have the answer to every question. But there are certain moments and certain ways of presenting ideas which have a dynamic effect … Continue reading →

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Savitri’s Dream Part 3: Aspiration, Descent, and Psychic

A mighty life-self with its inner powersSupports the dwarfish modicum we call life;It can graft upon our crawl two puissant wings. Our body’s subtle self is throned withinIn its viewless palace of veridical dreamsThat are bright shadows of the thoughts … Continue reading →

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On Happiness and Joy – Mother

Be happy, my child, it is the surest way to progress. * When the Divine grants the true inner happiness nothing in theworld has the power to snatch it away. * Always remember that on the happiness you give will … Continue reading →

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Sri Aurobindo is Here With Us — Mother

December 14th 1950 To grieve is an insult to Sri Aurobindo who is here with us, conscious and alive. *** December 9th 1950 We must not be bewildered by appearances. Sri Aurobindo has not left us. Sri Aurobindo is here, … Continue reading →

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Savitri’s Dream Part 2: Hostile Forces & The Guardian Power

But all is there, even God’s opposites;He(man) is a little front of Nature’s works,A thinking outline of a cryptic Force. All she reveals in him that is in her,Her glories walk in him and her darknesses. Man’s house of life … Continue reading →

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Savitri’s Dream Part 1: Creation, God & Ignorance

A dream disclosed to her the cosmic past,The crypt-seed and the mystic origins,The shadowy beginnings of world-fate:A lamp of symbol lighting hidden truthImaged to her the world’s significance. All was the deed of a blind World-Energy:Unconscious of her own exploits … Continue reading →

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Effect of Intense and Conscious Aspiration — Mother

If you are in a state of conscious aspiration and very sincere, well, everything around you will be arranged in order to help in your aspiration, whether directly or indirectly, that is, either to make you progress, put you in … Continue reading →

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I’m Here Look At Me — Mother

A Vision (Nolini da) The Mother says:”Just see. Look at me. I am here, come back in my new body—divine, transformed and glorious. And I am the same mother, still human. Do not worry. Do not be concerned about your … Continue reading →

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Body as The Basis of Strength and Transformation — Mother

So long as we are in a body, whatever its age and difficulties, it is certain that we have something to do or learn in it, and this conviction gives the necessary strength to face all vicissitudes. Do not forget … Continue reading →

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Thought As An Instrument & Sense of Possibility in Impossibilities — Sri Aurobindo

Thought is not essential to existence nor its cause, but it is an instrument for becoming; I become what I see in myself. All that thought suggests to me, I can do; all that thought reveals in me, I can … Continue reading →

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