Message of the day : The Divine has many ways of giving.

A practical problem comes up more and more often: should one who is preparing to doYoga and has made it a general rule to offer You everything and depend entirely on You, accept gifts, in money or kind, coming from others? Because if he accepts, he is put under personal obligations and duties. Can a sadhak allow this?  Can he say to himself: “The Divine has many ways of giving”? What is to be done if a person begins to quarrel because one has accepted a gift in one case and refused in another? What is to be done to avoid such bitterness around one, provoked by repeated refusals? Mother says... “The Divine has many ways of giving.” This is the correct thing. One never has any obligation to anybody, one has an obligation only to the Divine and there totally. When a gift is made without conditions, one can always take it as coming from the Divine and leave it to the Divine to take care of what is needed in exchange or response. As for ill-will, jealousy, quarrels and reproaches, one must sincerely be above all that and reply with a benevolent smile to the bitterest words; and unless one is absolutely sure of himself and his reactions, it would be better, as a general rule, to keep silent. - From the 'Words of the Mother'

Message of the Day - Sri Aurobindo

The best homage we can pay to Sri Aurobindo is to prepare for the advent of the Supramental race.  Sri Aurobindo came to tell the world of the beauty of the future that must be realised. He came to give not a hope but a certitude of the splendour towards which the world moves. The world is not an unfortunate accident, it is a marvel which moves towards its expression. The world needs the certitude of the beauty of the future. And Sri Aurobindo has given that assurance.  Sri Aurobindo came to tell us how to find Thee and how to serve Thee.  Without the Divine we are limited, incompetent and helpless beings; with the Divine, if we give ourselves entirely to Him, all is possible and our progress is limitless.  Sri Aurobindo is always present. Be sincere and faithful. This is the first condition. Blessings.  - From the 'Words of the Mother'