The Mother shares that today’s world is filled with worthless literature. There are many books that lower or degrade one’s consciousness. One needs to consciously choose books that are filled with light.
How to Choose Which Books to Read? Read More »
The Mother explains that religion may be divine in its ultimate origin; in its actual nature it is not divine but human.
The Mother on the Origin and Social Crystallization of Religion Read More »
The Mother explains that religion can actually be a helper to those with spiritual destiny and sincerity of inner effort to realise the Divine.
Religion – Helper or an Obstacle to Spiritual Life? Read More »
When one enters yoga, one must leave all the bondage and clingings of the past life. For a yogin, Divine alone is one’s religion, country, family, everything.
Attitude Toward Religion When You Come to Yoga Read More »
The Mother explains that heaven and hell were invented by religions to control people and also to make them wise. She adds that the creative power of human thought gives an illusory existence of heaven and hell to people who believe in them but only the psychic world can be a true paradise.
Heaven and Hell Created by Religions Read More »
The Mother narrates her trance experience when she concretely ‘saw’ how the money-power which is under the control of Asuric forces can be conquered.
Nature’s Abundance and Conquering the Money Power Read More »
Divine love is a universal force which descends in even the densest matter. Deeper yearning behind all human love is to unite with the Divine.
The Mother on Love Divine and Human Read More »
The Mother’s guidance on Work and Surrender is especially relevant for all aspiring to grow inwardly through yoga of works.
“I make no difference between work and yoga.” Read More »
The Mother gives highly practical guidance about the right attitude necessary for sincerely practicing the yoga of works in a collective setting.
“I do not give positions… I give them work” Read More »
With the advent of supramental consciousness, how do we understand the central aim of education – Know Thyself? What type of education will prepare future generations for the new consciousness and new world?
Why a New Education for Future: Words of the Mother Read More »
In these passages the Mother points to some fundamentals of education which is forward-looking and essential for building a new India.
A True Education for India’s Future: Words of the Mother Read More »
The Mother gives a few fundamentals for how teachers could facilitate impulse-control in children, particularly the impulses of violence and sex.
Dealing with Undesirable Influences and Tendencies in Children Read More »
We have selected a few passages from the Mother’s correspondence with the teachers at Ashram school (SAICE) which are relevant for all educational contexts.
What Matters is the Consciousness with Which You Teach Read More »
A delightful story told by the Mother which speaks of what a real initiation means and how a guru prepares a shishya for receiving higher knowledge.
The Initiation – A Story Told by the Mother Read More »
In the Guiding Light feature we present selected passages from the Mother on the meaning of true maternity, conscious conception, pregnancy and parenting.
True Maternity and Conscious Parenting Read More »
The Mother explains that even when the soul has come consciously and has participated in the formation of the physical body, so long as the body is formed in the usual animal way, it will have to struggle and correct all those things which come from this human animality.
Conscious Conception, Soul’s Choice and More Read More »
A passage from the Mother’s message titled “To the Women of Japan”. This was written sometime between 1916-1920 during her stay in Japan.
“The Superman Shall be Born of Woman” Read More »
We feature a few stories told by the Mother which help children learn how to keep widening the definition of family, and thereby grow in capacity for love.
What is a Family?: Tales Told by the Mother Read More »