What is the nature of the Divine Force? What are the conditions for its working? Can the divine force help develop new powers, bring in new knowledge, change the character?
“Only One Force Acting in the World” Read More »
In this passage, the Mother speaks of how one may draw on the universal vital force and how one may increase the receptivity to the higher force.
“It isn’t the forces that are limited, it is the receptivity” – Words of the Mother Read More »
The Mothers explains what it means to become conscious of one’s psychic being, and how the contact with psychic consciousness gives intensity and joy to the aspiration.
Aspiration and the Psychic Being Read More »
Agni, the Vedic godhead is the seer-will in the universe, the immortal worker in man, the primordial aspiration, the secret inhabitant of Matter and its forms.
Agni, the Divine Will-Force, the Priest of the Sacrifice Read More »
Dr. Aditi Kaul shares about her experience of working with college students on Indian approach to psychology. We also get some keen insights on the value of subtle influence of the teacher, and self-exploration as a pedagogical approach.
Indian Approach to Psychology: An Educator’s Experience and Insights (Video) Read More »
In several letters written to his disciples, Sri Aurobindo emphasised unlimited patience and perseverance because Integral Yoga demands a complete transformation of outer nature.
“A Yoga like this Needs Patience” Read More »
The Mother, with the help of some examples, gives us very practical advice on how to train our vital to endure the difficulties on the path.
Let Endurance be Your Watchword Read More »
In this passage the Mother gives great advice on how to talk to our unruly vital and make it learn the most important lessons of patience and perseverance.
The Long Road to Transforming the Vital Read More »
Selections from various writings and talks of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo are presented to help us understand the meaning of true humility, which is about constantly referring oneself to the Divine, placing all before the Lord, and having a living sense that one is nothing, can do nothing, understand nothing without the Divine. We also learn that excessive self-esteem and self-depreciation are both wrong attitudes when cultivating the quality of true humility.
“True Humility is Humility Towards the Divine” Read More »
In this delightful little essay, Nolini Kanta Gupta reminds us – “Humility, in order to be true and sincere, need not be sour and dour in appearance or go about in sack-cloth and ashes. On the contrary, it can be smiling and buoyant: and it is so, because it is at ease, knowing that things will be done—some things naturally will be undone too—quietly, quickly, if necessary, and inevitably, provided the right consciousness, the right will within is maintained.”
True Humility – “A Living and Secret Contact with the Divine Consciousness” Read More »