By Audrey Weaves

Themes in this talk • Death; need of progress; • Changing Nature’s methods About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; to bring the New Consciousness for mankind. Mother was a tr…

Themes in this talk • Artistry is just contrast; • How to perceive the Divine Guidance? About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; to bring the New Consciousness for mankind. Mo…

Themes in this talk • How should we understand pure delight?; • The “drop of honey”; • Action of the Divine Will in the world About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; to bring…

Themes in this talk • Seeking something without knowing it; • Why are we here? About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; to bring the New Consciousness for mankind. Mother was …

Themes in this talk • God is essentially Delight; • God and Nature play at hide-and-seek; • Why, and when, are you grave? About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; to bring the…

Themes in this talk • Can one go out of time and space?; • Not a crucified but a glorified body; • Individual effort and the new force About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal;…

Themes in this talk • Preconceived mental ideas: • Process of creation • Destructive power of bad thoughts • To be perfectly sincere About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; t…

Themes in this talk • Defeated victories • Change of consciousness • Experiences that indicate the road to take • Choice and preference • Diversity of the manifestation About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations …

Themes in this talk • Virtue of paradoxes • Nothing is impossible • The unfolding universe and the Eternal • Attention, concentration and effort • Capacity for growth almost unlimited • Why everything is not the same • Distinction between will and “willings” • Suggestions and formations • The vital world: adverse suggestions About the project Mirra…

Themes in this talk • Virtue of paradoxes • Nothing is impossible • The unfolding universe and the Eternal • Attention, concentration and effort • Capacity for growth almost unlimited • Why everything is not the same • Distinction between will and “willings” • Suggestions and formations • The vital world: adverse suggestions About the project Mirra…

Themes in this talk • Desire, ego, animal nature • Consciousness: a progressive state • Ananda: desireless state beyond enjoyings • Personal effort that is mental • Reason: when to disregard it • Reason and “reasons” About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in ever…

Themes in this talk • “Knowings” and Knowledge • Reason: summit of man’s mental activities • “Willings” and the true will • Personal effort • First step to have knowledge • Relativity of medical knowledge • Mental gymnastics to make the mind supple • Spiritual life: traditional and in the Ashram About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother …

Themes in this talk • Thoughts created by forces of universal • Mind Our own thought hardly exists • Idea: origin higher than mind • The Synthesis of Yoga: effect of reading • Conquering the desire to appear good • Self-control and control of the life around • Power of mastery • Be a great yogi to be a good teacher • Organisation of the Ashram scho…

Themes in this talk • Thoughts created by forces of universal • Mind Our own thought hardly exists • Idea: origin higher than mind • The Synthesis of Yoga: effect of reading • Conquering the desire to appear good • Self-control and control of the life around • Power of mastery • Be a great yogi to be a good teacher • Organisation of the Ashram scho…

Themes in this talk • Manifestation of divine love • Deformation of Love by human consciousness • Experience and expression of experience About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same go…

Themes in this talk • Delight: the highest state • Delight and detachment • To be calm • Quietude, mental and vital • Calm and strength • Experience and expression of experience About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual real…

Themes in this talk • Taking a new body • Different cases of incarnation • Departure of soul from body About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; to bring the New Consciousness …

Themes in this talk • The supramental race — in a few centuries • Condition for new realisation • Everyone must follow his own path • Progress: no two paths alike About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and th…

Themes in this talk • The Mother’s different ways of speaking • The new manifestation • A new element: new possibilities • Greater number of child prodigies • Laws of Nature and the supramental • Logic of the unforeseen • Child prodigies: example of a child of eight • Creative writers;the hands of musicians • Prodigious children, prodigious men Abo…

Themes in this talk • The Mother’s different ways of speaking • The new manifestation • A new element: new possibilities • Greater number of child prodigies • Laws of Nature and the supramental • Logic of the unforeseen • Child prodigies: example of a child of eight • Creative writers;the hands of musicians • Prodigious children, prodigious men Abo…

Themes in this talk • Soul of desire • Openness; harmony with Nature • Communion with divine Presence • Individuality, difficulties and the soul of desire • Utility of personal contact with the Mother • Inner receptivity • Bad thoughts in the presence of the Mother About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, wa…

Themes in this talk • Questions, practice and progress • Power: predominant quality of vital being • The Divine, the psychic being, the Supermind • How to come out of the physical consciousness • Look life in the face • Ordinary love and Divine love About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’…

Themes in this talk • Material life: seeing in the right way • Effect of the Supermind on the earth • Emergence of the Supermind • Falling back into the same mistaken ways About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisatio…

Themes in this talk • To live spontaneously • Mental formations Absolute sincerity • Balance is indispensable: the middle path • When in difficulty, widen the consciousness • Easiest way of forgetting oneself About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. T…

Themes in this talk • The heaven of the liberated mind • Trance or samadhi • Occult discipline for leaving consecutive bodies • To be greater than one’s experience • Total self-giving to the Grace • The truth of the being • Unique relation with the Supreme About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aur…

Themes in this talk • Protection, purification, fear • Atmosphere at the Ashram on Darshan days • Significance of Darshan messages • Significance of fifteenth August • State of surrender • Divine Grace: has always been all-powerful • Assumption of the Virgin Mary • Sri Aurobindo’s message of 15 August 1947 About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as …

Themes in this talk • Protection, purification, fear • Atmosphere at the Ashram on Darshan days • Significance of Darshan messages • Significance of fifteenth August • State of surrender • Divine Grace: has always been all-powerful • Assumption of the Virgin Mary • Sri Aurobindo’s message of 15 August 1947 About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as …

Themes in this talk • How to light the psychic fire; will for progress • Helping from a distance; mental formations • Prayer and the divine • Grace Grace at work everywhere About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisati…

Themes in this talk • Value of worship • Spiritual realisation and the integral yoga • Symbols: translation of experience into form • Sincerity: fundamental virtue • Intensity of aspiration: with anguish or joy • The divine Grace About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counte…

Themes in this talk • A complete act of divine love • How to listen • Sports programme same for boys and girls • How to profit by stay at Ashram • “To Women about Their Body” About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisa…

Themes in this talk • Unlived dreams • Radha-consciousness • Separation and identification • Ananda of identity and Ananda of union • Sincerity, meditation and prayer • Enemies of the Divine • The universe is progressive About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in …

Themes in this talk • Beauty restored to its priesthood • Occult worlds; occult beings • Difficulties and the supramental force About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; to bri…

Themes in this talk • Aspiration when one sees a shooting star • Preparing the body; making it understand • Getting rid of pain and suffering • Psychic light About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they wo…

Themes in this talk • Birth: entry of soul into body • Formation of the supramental world • Aspiration for progress • Bad thoughts • Cerebral filter • Progress and resistance About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisa…

Themes in this talk • The heart’s mystic light and intuition • Psychic being; psychic contact • Secular refrigeration; secular ethics • True role of mind • Realisation of the Divine through love • Depression; pleasure; joy • Heart: mixture in its action • To follow the soul and not the mind • Physical energy: progressive effort; rest • To remember …

Themes in this talk • Effects of the Supramental action • Education and the Supermind • Right to remain ignorant • Concentration of mind • Reason: not supreme capacity of man • Physical education and studies • Self-imposed inner discipline • True usefulness of teachers and instructors About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri …

Themes in this talk • Sign or indication from books of revelation • Spiritualised mind • Stages of sadhana • Reversal of consciousness • Organisation around central Presence • Boredom: most common human malady About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. …

Themes in this talk • Sign or indication from books of revelation • Spiritualised mind • Stages of sadhana • Reversal of consciousness • Organisation around central Presence • Boredom: most common human malady About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. …

Themes in this talk • Forms as symbols of the Force behind • Art as expression of contact with the Divine • Supramental psychological perfection • Division of works • The Ashram: idle stupidities About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the s…

Themes in this talk • Needs of the body: not true in themselves • Spiritual and supramental law • Aestheticised Paganism • Morality: checks true spiritual effort • Effect of supramental descent • Half-lights and false lights About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart…

Themes in this talk • Beginning of the true spiritual life • Spirit gives value to all things • To be helped by the supramental Force About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; …

Themes in this talk • Threefold union • Manifestation of the Supramental • Profiting from the Divine • Recognition of the Supramental Force • Ascent, descent, manifestation About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisati…

Themes in this talk • God: human conception and the true Divine • Earthly existence: to realise the Divine • Ananda: divine pleasure • Relations with the divine Presence • Asking the Divine for what one needs • Allowing the Divine to lead one About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partn…

Themes in this talk • Ishwara and Shakti: seeing both aspects • The Impersonal and the divine Person • Soul: the presence of the divine Person • Going to other worlds; exteriorisation; dreams • Telling stories to oneself • Creative power in world of vital forms About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sr…

Themes in this talk • Self-creator • Manifestation of Time and Space • Brahman-Maya and Ishwara-Shakti • Personal and Impersonal About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; to br…

Themes in this talk • The witness soul • A Gita enthusiast • Propagandist spirit; Tolstoy’s son About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for the same goal; to bring the New Consciousness for man…

Themes in this talk • Identify with the Divine • The Divine: the most important thing in life • The starting-point of spiritual experience • The boundless finite • The Timeless and Time • Mental explanation not enough • Changing knowledge into experience • Sat-Chit-Tapas-Ananda About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobin…

Themes in this talk • Dynamic meditation • Do all as an offering to the Divine • Significance of 23.4.56. • If twelve men of goodwill call the Divine About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was Sri Aurobindo’s partner and counterpart in every way. They had the same spiritual realisations and they worked for…

Themes in this talk • Animal sacrifice • Sacrifices to hostile forces • Sacrifice: receive in proportion to consciousness • To be luminously open • Integral transformation • Pain of rejection; delight of progress • Spirit behind intention • Spirit and matter: over-simplified distinction About the project Mirra Alfassa, known as the Mother of the Sr…