General Topics

Each plane and part of the being offers its own resistances as we move through the vast and complex journey of the Integral Yoga. Matter responds with dullness and inertia, obscurity and tamas while the vital with impatience and restless impulsiveness. The mind too offers its own resistance to the transforming action of the Grace.

One of the questions that arises in the mind of a sceptic is that if God is the sole Reality then what really prevents us from knowing that That Reality as naturally as we breathe or think or feel. This talk is based on two Mother's conversations separated by nearly 52 years.

A misconception exists on the role of prayers, worship and certain forms of external expressions usually associated with the ritualistic aspects of religion. From a spiritual point of view the attitude is more important than the external action. At the same time there is also a need for the outer and external being to participate in the movement of Yoga.

Is everything that happens in the world the result of Divine Will? Can we decipher or measure God’s Will by the apparent success or failure of an effort? What is our role in it?

This universe was created out of Delight is sustained by Delight and is meant to eventually express Delight through all its manifold movements. This talk delves into some of the ways of contacting this Delight as we move along the great journey of life and Yoga.

Yoga is an inner battle. In fact life itself has an aspect of the battle. Evolution by its very nature implies a battle between what was and what is yet to be. The present talk explores the nature of this inner battle.