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Qualities Needed for The Sadhana — Sri Aurobindo

The first conditions of this Yoga are: (1) A complete sincerity and surrender in the being. The divine life and the transformation of the lower human into the higher divine nature must be made the sole aim of all the … Continue reading →

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Our Yoga is Not A Past-time, or Part-time Activity — Mother

[“Our yoga is not a past-time, or part-time activity ….otherwise it may take 100K years] Questions to the Mother: “Sweet Mother, how can we find the Divine who is hidden in us?” Mother’s Answer:This we have explained many, many times. … Continue reading →

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On Falsehood — Mother

For those who are eager to get rid of falsehood here is the way. Do not try to please yourself, do not try either to please others. Try only to please the Lord.Because He alone is the Truth. Each and … Continue reading →

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Sadhana on the Level of the Mind — Sri Aurobindo

For one who wants to practise sadhana, sadhana must come first—reading and mental development can only be subordinate things. * Reading can be only a momentary help to prepare the mind. But the real knowledge does not come by reading. … Continue reading →

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An Integral Transformation Is Gradually Realised in You — Mother

April 28, 1929 It has been said that in order to progress in Yoga one must offer up everything to the Divine, even every little thing that one has or does in life. What is precisely the meaning of that? … Continue reading →

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There Is A Power Within That Knows Beyond — Sri Aurobindo

There is a Power within that knows beyond Our knowings; we are greater than our thoughts, And sometimes earth unveils that vision here. To live, to love are signs of infinite things, Love is a glory from eternity’s spheres. The … Continue reading →

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Power to Practise An Inner Isolation — Sri Aurobindo

It is not absolutely necessary to abandon the ordinary life in order to seek after the Light or to practise Yoga. This is usually done by those who want to make a clean cut, to live a purely religious or … Continue reading →

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An Atom of Thy Joy is Sufficient — The Mother

Each time that a heart leaps at the touch of Thy divine breath, a little more beauty seems to be born upon the Earth, the air is embalmed with a sweet perfume, all becomes more friendly. How great is Thy … Continue reading →

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The Effect of Profound Books and Their Loss in Significance — By Sri Aurobindo

November 1936 Disciple: I read your Essays on the Gita twice or thrice before. But when I started reading it again, I found that there were many ideas in it which I had missed before. I think if I read … Continue reading →

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Try to Take Pleasure in All You Do — Mother

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