Category Archives: Soul

Ego: A Place for Ugly Drama — Mother

All that happens is to teach us one and the same lesson, unless we get rid of our ego there is no peace either for ourselves or for others. And without ego life becomes such a wonderful marvel!… *** Yes, … Continue reading →

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The Liberated Man — Sri Aurobindo

The liberated man has no personal hopes; he does not seize on things as his personal possessions; he receives what the divine Will brings him, covets nothing, is jealous of none: what comes to him he takes without repulsion and … Continue reading →

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The Significance of Archetype and its Origins — Mother

What is “the heavenly archetype of the lotus”? It means the primal idea of the lotus. Each thing that is expressed physically was conceived somewhere before being realised materially. There is an entire world which is the world of the … Continue reading →

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The Dark Agreement By Which All is Ruled — Sri Aurobindo

The body’s rules bound not the spirit’s powers:When life had stopped its beats, death broke not in;He dared to live when breath and thought were still. … In the glow of the spirit’s room of memoriesHe could recover the luminous … Continue reading →

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On Anger — Sri Aurobindo

The Origin The fact that the anger comes with such force is itself enough to show that it is not in you that it is, but that it comes from outside. It is a rush of force from the universal … Continue reading →

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Words of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo on War

The Words of The Mother O men! How can you utter the sublime word “Peace” when there is no peace in your hearts? The War is over, so you say, and yet everywhere man is slaying man and Cain still … Continue reading →

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Should You Be Dissatisfied With The World?

295—Be not deceived by men’s shows of virtue, neither disgusted by their open or secret vices. These things are the necessary shufflings in a long transition-period of humanity. 296—Be not repelled by the world’s crookednesses; the world is a wounded … Continue reading →

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Transcending Liberation and Birth — Sri Aurobindo

Transcendence is the goal of the development, but it does not exclude the possession of that which is transcended. The soul need not and should not push transcendence so far as to aim at its own extinction. Nirvana is extinction … Continue reading →

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The Science of Living Part II — Mother

Read Part I by clicking the link. All this can be realised by means of a fourfold discipline, the general outline of which is given here. The four aspects of the discipline do not exclude each other, and can be … Continue reading →

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The Science of Living Part I — Mother

An aimless life is always a miserable life. Every one of you should have an aim. But do not forget that on the quality of your aim will depend the quality of your life. Your aim should be high and … Continue reading →

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