The Mother on Bodily Equality
The Mother speaks of the necessity of equanimity in the body to receive the divine forces. She explains how to practice bodily equality at the cellular level.
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On Equality, Misfortunes and Hostile Attacks
How to look at misfortune with a true attitude of equality? We share the Mother’s comment on one of the aphorisms of Sri Aurobindo about this. We also feature a few of Sri Aurobindo’s letters about the significance of equality when confronted with suggestions or attacks by hostile forces.
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The Mother on Gender Equality
The Mother traces the differentiation between masculine and feminine genders to the way the primordial cause of creation of the universe has been explained in many ancient traditions. She adds that both men and women are in several ways enslaved to each other. And to deal with the problem of superiority and inferiority, one must must free oneself from all the inner enslavement and treat both the genders with perfect equality.
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“One is unhappy only when one is not generous”
For the guiding light feature, we present a few short passages from the Mother and Sri Aurobindo which shed light on some key facets related to ‘Generosity’ which are then elaborated upon in other features.
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Give All You Are, All You Have
In this conversation the Mother speaks on giving oneself sincerely to the Divine without bargaining. She also narrates a beautiful story about perfect giving.
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Service to Humanity or an Ambition to be a Great Man?
The Mother speaks candidly that most ideas people have of serving the humanity are nothing but sign of personal ambition.
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Kashithumba, the Generous Flower
A meditation on Balsam ‘Generosity’ flower inspires the author to dig deep into the subtle but important difference between dakshinā, bhikshā and dāna.
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The Generous and the Avaricious
We feature here an excerpt from a conversation between a group of children and the Mother where she explains that both generosity and avarice are deformations of a higher truth.
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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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