Category Archives: Travelling the Path

Relations with the Divine — Mother

“A spiritual Truth and Right have convicted the good and evil of this world of imperfection or of falsehood and unveiled a supreme good…. But behind all these and in them he has felt a Divinity who is all these … Continue reading

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Teaching and Practice — Mother

It is always better not to listen to talks especially on so-called spiritual matters. Each one must follow his own way and the others have nothing to do with it.  9 January 1938 An atmosphere of spirituality sometimes helps much … Continue reading

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Discovery of the Divine – The Mother

People are occupied with outward things. That means that the consciousness is turned towards external things – that is, all the things of life which one sees, knows, does – instead of being turned inwards in order to find the … Continue reading

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The one thing we must be convinced of — Mother

Of one thing we must be convinced ― all that happens is exactly what must happen in order to lead us and the world as quickly as possible to the goal ― the union with the Divine and ultimately the manifestation … Continue reading

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Your soul makes great efforts for you to discover it — Mother

… There seems to be only one way out and that is to go in search of one’s soul and to find it. It is there, it does not make a point of hiding itself, it does not play with … Continue reading

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How to do the Yoga of Sri Aurobindo — Mother

This is an interesting conversation of Udar Pinto, an early disciple of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo with the Mother, as relates as to doing the Yoga. One day I asked Mother, “I have been doing the yoga for many … Continue reading

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The Divine Presence is living consciously in us

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The Divine is seated within — Mother

I am always seated in your heart, consciously living in you. 2 September 1935 Open your heart and you will find me already there. Don’t be restless, remain quietly concentrated in your heart and you will find me there. 1 … Continue reading

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The right attitude — Sri Aurobindo

Everyone who is turned to the Mother is doing my Yoga. It is a great mistake to suppose that one can “do” the Purna Yoga―i.e. carry out and fulfil all the sides of the Yoga by one’s own effort. No … Continue reading

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Learning to listen within — Mother

Below is a response from the Mother to a letter from a disciple. Though meant for the disciple, it is universal in its appeal and can be taken as a powerful reminder to all seekers that the Divine Inhabitant is … Continue reading

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Why am I here — Mother

Q: Are Divine Love and Grace the same thing ? Mother: Essentially, all things are the same. In its essence everything is the same, it is a phenomenon of consciousness; but Love can exist without Grace and Grace can exist … Continue reading

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Universal Consciousness and Sympathy — Mother

The Universal Consciousness Q:    “I have encountered in my life several examples of people living or trying to live in the universal consciousness and it seemed to me that it rendered them less compassionate, less humane, less tender to the sufferings of others. It … Continue reading

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Leave all to the LORD — Mother

Why should you get disturbed ? You must leave everything to the Lord, It is He who knows —not only knows but sees and looks after everything, arranges everything. It is His responsibility and not the responsibility of human beings. … Continue reading

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The heart has wings, not the head. — Mother

There are people in whom the psychic movement, the emotional impulse is stronger than intellectual understanding. They feel an irresistible attraction for the Divine without knowing, without having the slightest idea of what it is, of what it can be, … Continue reading

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The most important thing in your life — Mother

22 June 1955 Mother reads from Lights on Yoga, “Planes and Parts of the Being”. Q: How can one awaken his Yogashakti? Mother: It depends on this: when one thinks that it is the most important thing in his life. That’s … Continue reading

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