“The Superman Shall be Born of Woman”
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.
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Sādhanā: To Give Oneself to Thee in Equanimity
This prayer from the Mother’s Prayers and Meditations instills an aspiration to give oneself to the Divine in peace, serenity and equanimity for Divine’s work to be done.
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Sādhanā: Prayer for a Generous Heart and Boundless Love
This prayer from the Mother’s ‘Prayers and Meditations’ reminds us to pray and aspire for a generous heart and boundless love.
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The Manifestation of the Mother of Ananda
This offering for April 24, the date of second and final arrival of the Mother in Pondicherry, gives a peek into the Yogic work of the Mother.
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Resolving the Inner Revolts by Calling the Mother
Shobha Mitra shares an incident when she was in the grip of jealousy which the Mother made completely disappear from her being.
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The Mahakali Aspect of the Divine Mother
As an offering on the Mother’s 144th birthday and given our theme of Progress, we focus on the Mahakali aspect of the Divine Mother.
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The Mother is Indeed Always Present
Meditating on who the Mother is, opening oneself to Her Force, giving oneself to Her entirely so that She may make of us what She wills – this is the puja for all who have turned to Her.
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Goddess Durga and the Festival of Devi: An Inner Meaning (Part 1)
Though outwardly the festival of Durga Puja symbolizes the victory of Truth over falsehood, this 3-part essay explores the festival’s deeper, inner significance concerning the process of individual and cosmic evolution.
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Goddess Durga and the Festival of Devi: An Inner Meaning (Part 2)
The author outlines how the nine forms of the goddess form an ascending hierarchy of shakti or energy rising from the mulādhara, traveling upwards gaining strength and force and momentum with each upward gust and impulsion until it reaches the crown and passing beyond unites with its Lord.
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Goddess Durga and the Festival of Devi: An Inner Meaning (Part 3)
The author, in this part, cites some significant descriptions given by the Mother of her realisations. These passages speak of how Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga takes a giant leap over tradition wherein he is not content with the slaying of a demon or many demons but by their conversion or dissolution for good. But for this not only man but even the gods must collaborate.
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Adoration of the Divine Mother
This issue is dedicated to invoking several of the names and forms of Shakti – from Aditi, the Divine Mother to Mother India, the Bharat Shakti; from Mahashakti and Her Four Great Powers to Woman as Shakti, Nāri Shakti. It is an expression of our adoration of the Divine Mother because Hers indeed is the force that moves all and acts in all, the universal Energy, the Conscious-Power.
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The Mahashakti and Her Powers
Two selections from Sri Aurobindo’s writings. About the Mahashakti and Her powers; and about the Shakti that governs and guides the destiny of India.
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