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Ordinarily, motivation comes from the Desire-self and takes various forms in our thought and feelings such as ambition, lust, greed, wishes for various objects and hungers of various kinds.
At the Feet of The Mother
Essays on Yoga
Writings by Alok Pandey on Yoga
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... whatever you decide do it as an offering to God to whom alone the results belong.
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... every fall leaves us somewhat stronger and wiser and if we keep the will for progress intact then one day we rise never to fall again.
We are not saying whether man has no right to complain. We are only saying that it doesn't help us one bit.
The relation between Sri Aurobindo and the Mother is an earthly representation of the truth of Ishwara (The Lord) and Shakti (His Eternal Power).
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Central Sincerity refers to the fundamental reason or purpose for which the yoga is being undertaken.
Another year has arrived, hopefully on the wings of change. In a certain sense, New Year is a convention hiding within it the truth of the cyclic movement of Time.
Unlike in ordinary life where the stress is on modifying outer behaviour to suit our vested interests, yoga insists first on an inner change.
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Even as we step into the New Year, it will be good to remember that this Light that we take for granted, has been prepared by those who kept a vigil while we slept peacefully in our comfort zones.
There are three main reasons that negative thoughts and patterns repeat themselves even though something within us recognises them as such and feels the need to get rid of them.
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The return of the Light, though seemingly a repetition, is yet, like the changing of the seasons through blossoming in spring time, toil and effort during summer and the cleansing rains during the monsoons before the slow withdrawal during winters, also a forward movement.
A time comes when the surrender enters its perfection and it becomes impossible for us to act from any personal motive. All we think and feel and will and do becomes a constant flow of Her Light and Love and Harmony and Bliss.
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There is no doubt that lack of discipline is one of the causes of India's downfall.
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The condition of the world is not very pleasant. Nobody can deny that this is far from a perfect world.
... while survival of a particular bodily form in one life is surely important from an individual’s point of view, its longevity is not the sole or the main matter from the divine vision which is much more concerned with our soul’s progress.
Making a conscious choice as to what path if any to follow requires a careful reflection on the aim of life. The choice should be an act of love for the Deity and not an act of fear or social pressure.
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Rejection is an inner process. It is done with reference to how the ego-self and the desire-self engage with the world.
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In Sri Aurobindo's yoga there are no fixed kriyas though there is nothing against any kriyas as individual disciple finds it helpful or necessary at a given stage of his progress.