Mother, what should be done in a class when a child refuses to conform to a discipline? Should he be left to do as he likes? Generally speaking, above the age of twelve all children need discipline. Some teachers believe that you are opposed to discipline. For them, discipline is an arbitrary rule that they impose on the little ones, without conforming to it themselves. I am opposed to that kind of discipline. So discipline is a rule which the child should impose on himself. How can he be led to recognise the need for it? How can he be helped to follow it? Example is

Psychic Education and Spiritual Education So far we have dealt only with the education that can be given to all children born upon earth and which is concerned with purely human faculties. But one need not inevitably stop there. Every human being carries hidden within him the possibility of a greater consciousness which goes beyond the bounds of his present life and enables him to share in a higher and a vaster life. Indeed, in all exceptional beings it is always this consciousness that governs their lives and organises both the circumstances of their existence and their individual reaction to these circumstances. What the human mental c

REBIRTH Sri Aurobindo says that some time after death the vital and mental sheaths dissolve, leaving the soul free to retire to the psychic world before it takes up new sheaths. What becomes of the Karma and of the impressions − Samskaras − on the old sheaths? Do they also dissolve without producing any result, good or bad, which they should according to the theory of Karma? Also, what becomes of the vital and mental beings after the dissolution of the vital and mental sheaths? The outer form only dissolves, unless that too is made conscious and is organised round the divine centre. But the true mental, the true vital and even the tru

(Message for Shri V. V. Giri, President of India, who visited the Ashram) Let us all work for the greatness of India. 14 September 1969

Sweet Mother, What is the difference between desire and aspiration, and between selfishness and self-realisation? Desire is a vital movement, aspiration is a psychic movement. page 409, Some Answers from the Mother - vol -16

*The red lotus is the symbol of the Avatar and the offering of the red lotus is meant to suggest the full consecration to the Avatar; the yellow background represents the supramental manifestation. * 8 November 1933 Page - 43, Words of The Mother, vol -15 (Mother designated the red lotus as the flower of Sri Aurobindo and the white lotus as her own.) Red – lotus symbol of the manifestation of the Supreme upon earth. White lotus – symbol of the Divine Consciousness. 2 February 1930 Page – 32, 7, vol -13, Words of The Mother Home

“I AM WITH YOU” Mother gives always to each one the love he needs. 11 January 1933 I am always seated in your heart, consciously living in you. 2 September 1935 Open your heart and you will find me already there. Don't be restless, remain quietly concentrated in your heart and you will find me there. 1 October 1935 Go deep inside the temple and you will find me there. 11 February 1938 All souls who aspire are always under my direct care. 27 December 1957 Mother is with all those who are sincere

For the mind − knowledge. For the heart − love and joy. For the life − power. For the matter − beauty. page 390 , vol -14 , Words of The Mother , CWMCE