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The Power of Words – Mother

The Power of Words It seems unnecessary to draw your attention to the quantity of useless words that are uttered each day; this evil is well known to all, although very few people think of remedying it. But there are … Continue reading →

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The Human-Like Perception of Plants

The Soul of a Plant The title sounds like a phrase of idealistic or even fanciful poetry fit to precede some reverie or ethereal dream of the imagination; but actually it is no more than the final idea which naturally … Continue reading →

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Travelling the Path XVII. The fundamental virtue for spiritual life – Mother

Q. What is the fundamental virtue to be cultivated to prepare oneself for the spiritual life? A.     I have told you many times, but it is an occasion to repeat it. It is sincerity.     A sincerity that must … Continue reading →

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Travelling the Path XVI. You are sure to arrive – Mother

I know by experience that there isn’t one being who, were it only once in his life, has had a great urge towards… it doesn’t matter how he calls it – let us say the Divine for facility of speech, … Continue reading →

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Travelling the Path XV. The way to inculcate Faith – Sri Aurobindo

The way to get faith and all things else is to insist on having them and refuse to flag or despair or give up until one has them—it is the way by which everything has been got since this difficult … Continue reading →

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The Secret of Progress – Mother

In all Scriptures meant to help mankind to progress, it is always said that you must be very grateful to those who show you your faults and so you must seek their company; if a fault is shown to  you … Continue reading →

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Life – A lesson from the Divine. Mother

All that comes to each one in life, comes from the Divine to teach us a lesson, and if we take it in the right spirit, we make rapid progress. The Mother (Words of the Mother, Vol. 14 Page: 235)

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Travelling the Path XIV. Set aside time each day to remember the Mother– Sri Aurobindo

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Travelling the Path XIII. Make each day count in the path– A seeker

“Making each day count” is consciously making something happen in the being each day that brings us closer to the Divine Presence in ourselves and for bringing that forward in our daily lives. A seeker.

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Draw back into the stillness within– Sri Aurobindo

(To be constantly governed by the Divine:) A constant aspiration for that is the first thing – next a sort of stillness within and a drawing back from the outward action into the stillness and a sort of listening expectancy, … Continue reading →

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