AuroMaa

Abolition of War

Dec 18, 2019

A Text in English

The awakening must go much deeper ... before the psychology of nations will be transmuted into that something “wondrous, rich and strange” which will eliminate war and international collisions from our distressed and stumbling human life.

The Mystery of Birth (TH 224)

Dec 16, 2019

A Talk in Hindi (video)

This talk focuses upon the mystery of the soul's birth in physical matter, the constitution of matter and the purpose of our human birth.

The Dark Inconscient Void, pp. 217-218

Dec 16, 2019

COMMENTARY ON SAVITRI BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)

Aswapati now descends into the utter Inconscient to find its source of power and the key to its change.

12.3 Materialism and Spiritual Life

Dec 16, 2019

SELECTIONS FROM CONVERSATIONS BY THE MOTHER (TEXT)

... insistence on the exclusive reality of the physical world, of physical pleasures, physical joys, physical possessions, is the result of the whole materialistic tendency of human civilisation. It was unthinkable in ancient times. On the contrary, withdrawal, concentration, liberation from all material cares, consecration to the spiritual joy, that was happiness indeed.

Towards the Grim Solitude, pp. 216-217

Dec 15, 2019

COMMENTARY ON SAVITRI BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)

Aswapati now moves from dusk towards the Night. His face is turned away from all that is human and living and joyous and beautiful. His steps take him towards the grim solitude of the Night.

Savitri — “The Truth of Tomorrow”

Dec 14, 2019

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOTHER BY MONA SARKAR (TEXT)

The Mother has explained in detail how Savitri can be a constant companion in our ascent towards the Truth. She has shown how to read Savitri, how to find there the answer to all our problems.

Prakash ka Yodha (TH 223)

Dec 14, 2019

A Talk in Hindi (video)

This talk focuses on the warrior aspect of one aspiring for a greater life. It takes up especially the aspect of Truth that we must discover before becoming instruments of the Divine. It also deals with the qualities of a true leader.

Intervals of Passive Peace

Dec 12, 2019

SRI AUROBINDO'S LETTERS TO NAGIN DOSHI (TEXT)

There are long plunges into the passive peace and silence and yet no dynamic action in spite of my rejection of ego-centricity.

It always happens like that so long as the nature is not ready for the continued dynamic action...

Indian Nationalism (TH 222)

Dec 12, 2019

A Talk in Hindi (video)

Nationalism is not opposed to Internationalism but a needed complimentary. It enriches the world rather than opposes its evolutionary march. India too is going through its own process and period of soul-searching. This talk is about the soul of India and true nationalism that will prepare us rightly for the future.

THE MOTHER’S SAVITRI: Book 7 Canto 6

Dec 11, 2019

Unutterably effaced, no one and null, A vanishing vestige like a violet trace, A faint record merely of a self now past, She was a point in the unknowable.

1.8 From Prayers and Meditations: June 2, 1914

Dec 11, 2019

an audio in english

I am nothing but Thy inexhaustible love; I penetrate all things; living within the heart of each atom I kindle therein the fire which purifies and transfigures, the fire that never burns out ...

Force and the Present Social Order

Dec 10, 2019

A Text in English

"While man remains what he is, force, in spite of all idealisms and generous pacific hopes, must remain the ultimate arbiter and governor of his life, and its possessor the real ruler."

Building the Inner Temple (TH 221)

Dec 10, 2019

A Talk in Hindi (video)

This talk centers around converting our inner being into a ground for the temple of the Lord. Some key aspects of turning our life into yoga are shared.

The Abysmal Absolute, p. 216

Dec 9, 2019

COMMENTARY ON SAVITRI BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)

All that is found in the higher states is recreated here as its dark imitation, thereby trapping the fallen beings in a web of lies and propaganda, mixed with terror and fear and the perverted joy of a fallen state.

A Silent Revolution (TH 220)

Dec 8, 2019

A Talk in Hindi (video)

Sri Aurobindo’s yoga is not done for oneself alone but for the Divine. It’s larger aim and scope is eventually not just an individual but a collective transformation. This talk focuses upon some of the processes of this yoga which is meant to have an impact upon the world.

12.2 Knowledge by Identification

Dec 8, 2019

Selections from Conversations by the Mother (TEXT)

Is it not possible to know the universe in its reality as it is in itself, independently of the observer or thinker?

Yes, there is a way: it is by identification. But obviously it is a means which eludes absolutely all physical methods.

The Deeper Meaning: The Eternal Mother

Dec 7, 2019

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOTHER BY MONA SARKAR (TEXT)

Mother, what does this photo represent? ... It depends on one’s receptivity...

Explorations in Savitri 146, pp. 353-355

Dec 7, 2019

Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)

A Mother-wisdom works in Nature's breast To pour delight on the heart of toil and want And press perfection on life's stumbling powers, Impose heaven-sentience on the obscure abyss And make dumb Matter conscious of its God.