Category Archives: Sri Aurobindo

To Know How to Suffer — Mother

If at any time a deep sorrow, a searing doubt or an intense pain overwhelms you and drives you to despair, there is an infallible way to regain calm and peace. In the depths of our being there shines a … Continue reading →

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What Can I Do Better Than Anyone Else?

We should never tell ourselves, openly or indirectly, “I want to be great, what vocation can I find for myself in order to become great?” On the contrary, we should tell ourselves, “There must certainly be something I can do … Continue reading →

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The Object of Our Yoga — Sri Aurobindo

The object of our Yoga is self-perfection, not self-annulment. There are two paths set for the feet of the Yogin, withdrawal from the universe and perfection in the Universe; the first comes by asceticism, the second is effected by tapasya; … Continue reading →

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Beyond Doubts into Divine Experience — Sri Aurobindo

I have started writing about Doubt, but even in doing so I am afflicted by the “doubt” whether any amount of writing or of anything else can ever persuade the eternal doubt in man which is the penalty of his … Continue reading →

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Is Soul Truly Subjected to Nature? — Sri Aurobindo

We speak of the soul being subject to Nature; but on the other hand the Gita in distinguishing the properties of the soul and Nature affirms that while Nature is the executrix, the soul is always the lord, īśvara. It … Continue reading →

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The Triple Labor of The Sadhaka — Sri Aurobindo

In all that is done in the universe, the Divine through his Shakti is behind all action but he is veiled by his Yoga Maya and works through the ego of the Jiva in the lower nature. In Yoga also … Continue reading →

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When Will Men Stop Dancing Like Puppets? — Mother

Why all this noise, all this movement, this vain and futile agitation; why this whirlwind carrying men away like a swarm of flies caught in a storm? How sad is the sight of all that wasted energy, all those useless … Continue reading →

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Man the Enigma — Sri Aurobindo

A deep enigma is the soul of man.    His conscious life obeys the Inconscient’s rule,    His need of joy is learned in sorrow’s school,His heart is a chaos and an empyrean.His subtle Ignorance borrows Wisdom’s plan;    His mind is the Infinite’s sharp and … Continue reading →

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On Suffering and Difficulties — Mother

My dear little child Huta You asked for the true path — I gave you the true path. You asked for the knowledge — I gave you the knowledge. You ask for the help — I give you the help. … Continue reading →

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The Love Divine — Mother

Someone who has experienced love for the Divine can no longer love anything but the Divine, and it is the Divine he loves in all those for whom he feels affection; besides, this is the best way to love, because … Continue reading →

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