Category Archives: The Mother

The True Lasting Quietness — Mother

The quiet mind one gets through meditation is indeed of short duration, for as soon as you come out from meditation you come out at the same time from the quietness of mind. The true lasting quietness in the vital … Continue reading →

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On Circumstances — Mother

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When Does Reading Become Light Within — Mother

In a general and almost absolute way, if you truly wish to profit from these readings, as from all of Sri Aurobindo’s writings, the best method is this: having gathered your consciousness and focused your attention on what you are … Continue reading →

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Start and End Your Day With The Divine Presence — Mother

When coming out of sleep you must keep quiet for a few moments and consecrate the coming day to the Divine, praying to remember Him always and in all circumstances. Before going to sleep you must concentrate for a few … Continue reading →

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Four Great Aspects of the Mother — Sri Aurobindo

Four great Aspects of the Mother, four of her leading Powers and Personalities have stood in front in her guidance of this universe and in her dealings with the terrestrial play. One is her personality of calm wideness and comprehending … Continue reading →

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The One Whom We Adore as The Mother — Sri Aurobindo

The One whom we adore as the Mother is the divine Conscious Force that dominates all existence, one and yet so many-sided that to follow her movement is impossible even for the quickest mind and for the freest and most … Continue reading →

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The Theives of the Vital World — Mother

Dear Mother, For the past two days I have felt a great despair and sadness—so much that I think if it goes on for a few days more, it may be very difficult for me to get rid of these … Continue reading →

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I Wouldn’t Have Wasted My Time — Mother

I am even astonished that you don’t feel an intense need for it: “How can one know?” For you know—you have been told, told repeatedly, it has been dinned into your ears—you know that you have a divine consciousness within … Continue reading →

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Transforming The Vital: A Two-step Approach

Generally, all disciplines dealing with the vital being, its purification and its control, proceed by coercion, suppression, abstinence and asceticism. This procedure is certainly easier and quicker, although less deeply enduring and effective, than a rigorous and detailed education. Besides, … Continue reading →

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Thou Must Reach Thy Own Summit — Sri Aurobindo

Question: “Thou must reach thy own summit,” says Sri Aurobindo. Is the summit the same for everybody or does each one have his particular summit? Mother: In the last analysis, it is always the same summit—the divine oneness which is … Continue reading →

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