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The Right Basis for Relationships — Mother

The force of soul in thee meeting the same force from outside cannot harmonise the measures of the contact in values of mind-experience and body-experience; therefore thou hast pain, grief or uneasiness. If thou canst learn to adjust the replies … Continue reading →

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A Prayer for Everyday — Mother

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Reminder: The Only Important Thing — Mother

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What Does it Take to be an Integral Stoic — Sri Aurobindo

It will appear from the description of the complete and perfect equality that this equality has two sides. It must therefore be arrived at by two successive movements. One will liberate us from the action of the lower nature and … Continue reading →

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For Sadhaks Self-Control Protects from Difficulties in the Outer World — Mother

The difficulties that are within are also without. You can, to a certain extent, establish an inner equilibrium, but you live in surroundings full of imbalance. Unless you shut yourself up in an ivory tower (which is not only difficult … Continue reading →

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Jyotipriya: an Instrument of Sri Aurobindo’s Light

We take a moment today to fondly remember and offer our gratitude to Jyotipriya, founder of East-West Cultural Center, on the occasion of her 124th birth anniversary. The Mother and Sri Aurobindo, her spiritual Gurus, in whom she had taken refuge, … Continue reading →

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Inspiration is Always a Very Uncertain Thing — Sri Aurobindo

Inspiration is always a very uncertain thing; it comes when it chooses, stops suddenly before it has finished its work, refuses to descend when it is called. This is a well-known affliction, perhaps of all artists, but certainly of poets. … Continue reading →

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Source of True Happiness — Mother

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The True Lasting Quietness — Mother

The quiet mind one gets through meditation is indeed of short duration, for as soon as you come out from meditation you come out at the same time from the quietness of mind. The true lasting quietness in the vital … Continue reading →

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