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On Circumstances — Mother

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Mental Being Not a Labourer in a Thought-Factory — Sri Aurobindo

To reject doubts means control of one’s thoughts—very certainly so. But the control of one’s thoughts is as necessary as the control of one’s vital desires and passions or the control of the movements of one’s body—for the Yoga, and … Continue reading →

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Mother’s First Meeting With Sri Aurobindo

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When Does Reading Become Light Within — Mother

In a general and almost absolute way, if you truly wish to profit from these readings, as from all of Sri Aurobindo’s writings, the best method is this: having gathered your consciousness and focused your attention on what you are … Continue reading →

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Delight of Existence — Sri Aurobindo

But even if we accept this pure Existence, this Brahman, this Sat as the absolute beginning, end and continent of things and in Brahman an inherent self-consciousness inseparable from its being and throwing itself out as a force of movement … Continue reading →

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Start and End Your Day With The Divine Presence — Mother

When coming out of sleep you must keep quiet for a few moments and consecrate the coming day to the Divine, praying to remember Him always and in all circumstances. Before going to sleep you must concentrate for a few … Continue reading →

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Material Immortality — Sri Aurobindo

To be perpetually reborn is the condition of a material immortality. The Synthesis of Yoga, Sri Aurobindo.

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Truth Cannot be Shut up in a Single Formula — Sri Aurobindo

There is undoubtedly a Truth one and eternal which we are seeking, from which all other truth derives, by the light of which all other truth finds its right place, explanation and relation to the scheme of knowledge. But precisely … Continue reading →

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Four Great Aspects of the Mother — Sri Aurobindo

Four great Aspects of the Mother, four of her leading Powers and Personalities have stood in front in her guidance of this universe and in her dealings with the terrestrial play. One is her personality of calm wideness and comprehending … Continue reading →

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The One Whom We Adore as The Mother — Sri Aurobindo

The One whom we adore as the Mother is the divine Conscious Force that dominates all existence, one and yet so many-sided that to follow her movement is impossible even for the quickest mind and for the freest and most … Continue reading →

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