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Author Archives: vbamba
The First Need – Words of the Mother
People are occupied with outward things. That means that the consciousness is turned towards external things – that is, all the things of life which one sees, knows, does – instead of being turned inwards in order to find the … Continue reading
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The Work of Sri Aurobindo. From a letter to Motilal Roy
15th August is usually a turning point or a notable day for me personally either in Sadhana or life, – indirectly only for others. This time it has been very important for me. My subjective Sadhana may be said to … Continue reading
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Idea, Thought, Intellect and Mind. Some words of the Mother.
17 June 1953 “There is a true movement of the intellect and there is a wrong movement: one helps, the other hinders.” Questions and Answers 1929 (5 May) What is the true movement of the intellect? What exactly do … Continue reading
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Mind and the Mental being. Some answers by the Mother.
Sweet Mother, what is meant by “the substance of the mental being”? My child, the substance means… how shall I put it?… it means the stuff of which the mental being is made. It could be said, for instance, that … Continue reading
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The Discovery of the Absolute Brahman
THE idea of transcendental Unity, Oneness, and Stability behind all the flux and variety of phenomenal life is the basal idea of the Upanishads: this is the pivot of all Indian metaphysics, the sum and goal of our spiritual experience. … Continue reading
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Change of Nature
All faults and errors are redeemed by repentance. Confidence in the Mother, self-giving to the Mother, these if you increase them will bring the change in the nature. Sri Aurobindo (SABCL Vol. 25 p. 326)
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A Conversation with Sriman Aravinda Ghosh: The India Interview (1909)
Article from India (Tamil weekly) 18 September 1909 Interview A few days ago one of our correspondents went to Calcutta and spoke to Mahajnani Sriman Aravinda Ghose on several topics. We give here excerpts from the conversation. Our correspondent had … Continue reading
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On Self-Deception and Anger – Mother.
There are really two quite different forms of self-deception. One can be very shocked by certain things, not for personal reasons but precisely because of one’s goodwill and ardor to serve the Divine, when one sees people misconducting themselves, being … Continue reading
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What is Prana?
The English word life does duty for many very different shades of meaning; but the word Prana familiar in the Upanishad and in the language of Yoga is restricted to the life-force whether viewed in itself or in its functionings. … Continue reading
On Death. An interesting Experience of The Mother
K left his body. The operation had been extraordinarily, almost miraculously successful—one of those dreadful operations where they extract part of your body. He was quite all right for four days afterwards, then everything went wrong. During the operation and … Continue reading
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