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Author Archives: vbamba
Making Truth Valuable — Mother
All of you who have come here have been told many things; you have been put into contact with a world of truth, you live within it, the air you breathe is full of it; and yet how few of … Continue reading
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Correction: Doug Grimes passed away on January 22, 2024
Doug Grimes passed away on January 22, 2024 and not January 22, 2023. We apologize for the error in the previous post.
Doug Grimes passed away on January 22, 2024
Doug Grimes, dedicated seeker deeply devoted to the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, and a precious friend and well-wisher of Sri Aurobindo Center of Los Angeles, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of January 22, 2024. His last days were … Continue reading
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The secret of effort — Mother
As with everything in yoga, the effort for progress must be made for the love of the effort for progress. The joy of effort, the aspiration for progress must be enough in themselves, quite independent of the result. Everything one … Continue reading
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New Year’s aspiration — Mother
We surrender to Thee this evening all that is artificial and false, all that pretends and imitates. Let it disappear with the year that is at an end. May only what is perfectly true, sincere, straight and pure subsist in … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas — The Festival of Light
In the Essays on the Gita Sri Aurobindo mentions the names of three Avatars, and Christ is one of them. An Avatar is an emanation of the Supreme Lord who assumes a human body on earth. I heard Sri Aurobindo … Continue reading
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The truth behind our difficulties – Mother
The nature of your difficulty indicates the nature of the victory you will gain, the victory you will exemplify in Yoga. Thus, if there is persistent selfishness, it points to a realisation of universality as your most prominent achievement in … Continue reading
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Vigilance, alive to the true purpose of life — Mother
Vigilance means to be awake, to be on one’s guard, to be sincere—never to be taken by surprise. When you want to do sadhana, at each moment of your life, there is a choice between taking a step that leads … Continue reading
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Mother on Sri Aurobindo’s Mahasamadhi – Dec 5, 1950
We must not be bewildered by appearances. Sri Aurobindo has not left us. Sri Aurobindo is here, as living and as present as ever and it is left to us to realise his work with all the sincerity, eagerness and … Continue reading
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