Category Archives: Sadhana

Stop Being an Archer! — The Mother

71—A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther. — Sri Aurobindo But it is … Continue reading →

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One Can Live Without Quarrelling — Sri Aurobindo

Either do not give the name of knowledge to your beliefs only and of error, ignorance or charlatanism to the beliefs of others; or do not rail at the dogmas of the sects and their intolerance. — Sri Aurobindo The … Continue reading →

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The Yogin Should Not Think Of Anything At All — Sri Aurobindo

The cessation of thought is the one thing which the believer in intellect as the highest term of our evolution cannot contemplate with equanimity. To master the fleeting randomness of thought by regulating the intellectual powers and thinking consecutively and … Continue reading →

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How Shall the Veil of Imperfection Dissappear? — Mother

I await, without haste, without inquietude, the tearing of another veil, the Union made more complete. I know that the veil is formed of a whole mass of small imperfections, of attachments without number…. How shall all these disappear? Slowly, … Continue reading →

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The Poise Ego Needs for New Life — Sri Aurobindo

The practical values given us by our senses and by the dualistic sense-mind must hold good in their field and be accepted as the standard for ordinary life-experience until a larger harmony is ready into which they can enter and … Continue reading →

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Common Myths About Mind & Spirit — Sri Aurobindo

There are several capital and common errors here— (1) That mind and spirit are the same thing. (2) That all consciousness can be spoken of as “mind”. (3) That all consciousness therefore is of a spiritual sub stance. (4) That … Continue reading →

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On Marriage — The Mother

To unite your physical lives, your material interests, to become partners in order to face together the difficulties and successes, the defeats and victories of life—that is the very foundation of marriage, but you already know that it is not … Continue reading →

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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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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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