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At the Feet of The Mother

Some Reflections on Christ and Christmas

An essay by Dr Alok Pandey in English
According to Sri Aurobindo Christ very much fits into the scheme of Avatars who came to earth with a special mission from the Divine. He based this not on any belief system nor through any religious faith in Christianity but on the intuitive knowledge of truths that are not normally accessible to men.
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The Difficulties and the Process of Surrender

An essay by Dr Alok Pandey (text in English)
The task of creating an individual is itself quite a painful one and requires constant opposition by people and circumstances around us. Surrender in its real sense begins once our individuality is formed.
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How Christmas was started in the Ashram

An essay by Sunayana Panda
Even though all over the world Christmas has become one big shopping season, we in the Ashram have had the privilege of knowing its ancient and occult significance. And it was with this idea of invoking the Light that the Mother had started this tradition in the Ashram.
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The Golden Path: Sunanda Poddar

An interview with Sunanda Poddar by Anie Nunnally
Sunanda Poddar has lived in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram since the age of sixteen with the exception of eight years in East Africa where she worked for SABDA. Her name, given by her parents and unchanged by the Mother, means “Full of Happiness”. ... since 1989 she has been the caretaker of “Srismriti”, the Mother’s Museum.
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Yoga of the Body 14: A Hope (HH 053)

Audio in English
Every action upon earth, in its execution and its consequences, is necessarily mixed because such is the nature of terrestrial life. There is a darkness of Ignorance that hangs over and around everything but there is also a point of Light that shines at the core of everyone and everything. It is this Light of the Divine Presence that is the source of hope in all beings.
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On Unconditional Love

Text in English
With regard to love, it is through bhakti and devotion that we start connecting with the Origin of Love.
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Growing the Fire of Aspiration

AN ESSAY BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
... what we aspire for has already been granted at another level. That is what is meant by saying that aspiration seals our destiny.
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17.10 Asceticism

Ascetic methods are things like repeated fasting, compelling yourself to endure the cold… in fact, to torture your body a little. This indeed gives you only a spiritual pride, nothing more. It masters nothing at all.
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Ideal’s Kingdom, p. 281

Aswapati moves through this plane of the Gods. It is powerful and mighty yet not the complete Truth that he is seeking. This is the plane where most yogis stop, mistaking it for the highest. But Aswapati must go further.
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