Category Archives: The Mother

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 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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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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On Speech and Practice — Mother

It is good to read a Divine Teaching. It is better to learn it. The best is to live it. *** (Message for the inauguration of Sri Aurobindo’s Action) To speak well is good. To act well is better. Never … 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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Our Difficulties Show The Way To The Divine

The nature of your difficulty indicates the nature of the victory you will gain, the victory you will exemplify in Yoga. Thus, if there is persistent selfishness, it points to a realisation of universality as your most prominent achievement in … Continue reading →

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For Whom is The Integral Yoga Intended?

The integral Yoga is especially intended for those who have realised in themselves all that man can realise and yet are not satisfied, for they demand from life what it cannot give. Those who yearn for the unknown and aspire … Continue reading →

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