Message of the Day: What is Tamas? தமஸ்

The dullness comes from “tamas”; imaginative activity was shaking off the tamas and thus ridding you of the dullness. But this is not the only way to get rid of it. Opening to the Light and Consciousness from above and allowing them to replace the tamas in the external consciousness, is a much better and surer way. - Some Answers from the Mother

Message of the Day - Victory - வெற்றி

Victory will triumph over all obstacles. I was not referring to victory in games, but to the victory of the consciousness over ignorance and stupidity. The Victory is certain and with this certitude we can face patiently any amount of wrong suggestions and hostile attacks. The certitude of the Victory gives an infinite patience with the maximum of energy. - The Mother from Words of the Mother – III

Message of the Day : Solution for falsehood - பொய்மையை நீக்குவதற்கான தீர்வு

There is only one solution for falsehood. It is to cure in ourselves all that contradicts in our consciousness the Presence of the Divine. Yes, I insist on that; it is very true, very true. It may not be easy to understand, but it is a very profound truth. (பொய்மைக்கு ஒரே ஒரு தீர்வுதான் உள்ளது. நம் consciousness -ல்,  இறைவனுக்கு எதிராக உள்ள எல்லாவற்றையும்  நீக்குவது ஒன்றே அதற்குரிய வழி.) - The Mother On Her message of 31 December 1972.

Message of the Day: Openness - திறந்த மனப்பான்மை

What is Openness? Openness is the will to receive and to utilise for progress the force and influence; the constant aspiration to remain in touch with the Consciousness; the faith that the force and consciousness are always with you, around you, inside you and that you have only to let nothing stand in the way of your receiving them. * Opening is a release of the consciousness by which it begins to admit into itself the workings of the Divine Light and Power. * Open to the consciousness which is working on and in you and keep always as quiet and peaceful as you can. (சுருக்கம் - உங்களில் செயல்படும் இறைவனின் சக்தியை, இறை உணர்வை, உங்கள் மீது செயல்படும் இறைவனின் ஒளியை, சக்தியை முழுமையாகச் செயல்படச் செய்ய, பயன்படுத்திக் கொள்ள - நீங்கள்  முழுமையான திறந்த மனப்பான்மையினைப் Openness கொண்டிருக்க வேண்டும். உங்களால் முடிந்த அளவு, மௌனமாகவும், அமைதியாகவும் இருக்க வேண்டியதும் அவசியமாகும் என்கிறார் ஸ்ரீ அன்னை.) - The Mother, Words of the Mother

Message of the Day: What is surrender? சரணாகதி என்பது என்ன ?

What is surrender?   It means that one gives oneself entirely to the Divine. Yes, and then what happens? If you give yourself entirely to the Divine, it is He who does the Yoga, it is no longer you; hence this is not very difficult; while if you do tapasya, it is you yourself who do the yoga and you carry its whole responsibility—it is there the danger lies. But there are people who prefer to have the whole responsibility, with its dangers, because they have a very independent spirit. They are not perhaps in a great hurry— if they need several lives to succeed, it does not matter to them. But there are others who want to go quicker and be more sure of reaching the goal; well, these give over the whole responsibility to the Divine. - The Mother, Questions and Answers 1950 1950

Message of the Day: Earthly life

Earthly life is the place for progress. It is here, on earth, that progress is possible, during the period of earthly existence. And it is the psychic which carries the progress over from one life to another, by organising its own evolution and development itself.   - Questions and Answers - The Mother.

Message of the Day: Meditation - தியானம்

I think the most important thing is to know why one meditates; this is what gives the quality of the meditation and makes it of one order or another. You may meditate to open yourself to the divine Force, you may meditate to reject the ordinary consciousness, you may meditate to enter the depths of your being, you may meditate to learn how to give yourself integrally; you may meditate for all kinds of things. You may meditate to enter into peace and calm and silence—this is what people generally do, but without much success. But you may also meditate to receive the Force of transformation, to discover the points to be transformed, to trace out the line of progress. And then you may also meditate for very practical reasons: when you have a difficulty to clear up, a solution to find, when you want help in some action or other. You may meditate for that too. I think everyone has his own mode of meditation. But if one wants the meditation to be dynamic, one must have an aspiration for progress and the meditation must be done to help and fulfil this aspiration for progress. Then it becomes dynamic.   - Questions and Answers - The Mother.

Quote of the Day : The Aim - வாழ்வின் குறிக்கோள்

The aim of our life on earth is to  become conscious of the Divine.   The true purpose of life— To live for the Divine, or to live for the Truth, or at least to live for one’s soul. And the true sincerity— To live for the Divine without expecting any benefit from Him in return. (இறைவனை உணர்வதே, இப்புவியில் நமது வாழ்வின் குறிக்கோள்)   - Words of the Mother II- The Mother.

Message of the Day - Progress

Progress: the reason why we are on earth.   One has always something to learn and a progress to make, and in each circumstance we can find the occasion of learning the lesson and making the progress.     Progress: to be ready, at every minute, to give up all one is and all one has in order to advance on the way.   - Words of the Mother- The Mother.

Message of the Day: How can one understand the Divine? - இறைவனைப் புரிந்துகொள்வது எவ்வாறு?

How can one understand the Divine? By becoming Him, my child. And that is the only way: by identity. As Sri Aurobindo says, “We know the Divine and become the Divine, because we are That already in our secret nature.” It is because He is the very essence of our being that we can become Him and, consequently, understand Him; otherwise it would be quite impossible.   - Questions and Answers - The Mother.

Message of the Day : Divine Presence

Prayers and Meditations : AS soon as all effort disappears from a manifestation, it becomes very simple, with the simplicity of a flower opening, manifesting its beauty and spreading its fragrance without clamour or vehement gesture. And in this simplicity lies the greatest power, the power which is least mixed and least gives rise to harmful reactions. The power of the vital should be mistrusted, it is a tempter on the path of the work, and there is always a risk of falling into its trap, for it gives you the taste of immediate results; and, in our first eagerness to do the work well, we let ourselves be carried away to make use of this power. But very soon it deflects all our action from the right course and introduces a seed of illusion and death into what we do. Simplicity, simplicity! How sweet is the purity of Thy Presence! . . . (இறைவன் ஒரு செயலில் வெளிப்படும்போது, நாம் செய்யும் முயற்சி ஒரு மலர் மலர்வதைப் போல மிக எளிதாகிறது.)   - Prayers and Meditations - The Mother.

Message of the day: Meditation And Ohm Mantra - தியானம் - ஓம் மந்திரம்

Meditation: .......Only one method is worth recommending: meditation. But as I was telling you last time, there are many ways of meditating; some are very effective, others less so. Each one should find his own by successive trial and error. However, one thing can be recommended to everyone: reflection, that is to say, concentration, self-observation in solitude and silence, a close and strict analysis of the multitude of insignificant little thoughts which constantly assail us. During the few moments you devote each day to this preliminary exercise of meditation, avoid, if possible, the complacent contemplation of your sensations, your feelings, your states of mind. We all have an inexhaustible fund of self-indulgence, and very often we treat all these little inner movements with the greatest respect and give them an importance which they certainly do not have, even relative to our own evolution.  (தியானம் என்பதில் பல முறைகள் உள்ளன. ஒவ்வொரு முறையையும்  சோதித்து அவரவர்களுக்கு ஏற்ற ஒரு முறையை தேர்ந்தெடுத்துக் கொள்வதே சரியானது. ஆனால் தியானத்தில் அனைவருக்கும் தேவையான  ஒன்றைக் கூறுகிறேன். மனதை ஒருமுகப்படுத்தும் தன்மை, தனிமை மற்றும் அமைதி, தொடர்ந்து நம்மை தாக்கும் அற்ப விஷயங்களில் இருந்து மனதை விலக்கும் தன்மை ஆகிய அனைத்தையும் கவனிக்க வேண்டும் என்கிறார் அன்னை.) Meditation with "AUM" : ..............here is a very powerful word, for it can combine the qualities of all three categories: it is the Sanskrit word “AUM”. It is used in India to express the divine Immanence. There, it is associated with every meditation, every  contemplation, every yogic practice. More than any other sound, this sound “AUM” gives rise to a feeling of peace, of serenity, of eternity. (அன்னை "ஓம்" என்ற மந்திரத்தின் சக்தியைப் பற்றியும் குறிப்பிடுகிறார். இது தியானத்தில் உபயோகப்படுத்தப்படும்போது  அமைதியும், நித்தியத்துவத்தையும் அளிக்கிறது என்கிறார் ஸ்ரீ அன்னை.)   - Words of Long Ago - The Mother.

Message of the Day: Family - குடும்பம் என்பது எப்படி இருக்க வேண்டும் ?

Family: We have spoken of the love of parents for their children and of children for their parents. If someone asked you what makes a family, what would you reply? I asked a child the other day and he replied, “Two.” He meant the husband and the wife. I asked another child and he replied, “Three,” thinking of the father, the mother and the child. And yet we can see that the family is very often larger than these three.Suppose, for example, that there are four: father, mother and two children. " Then a new idea, a new friendship comes into play, the friendship of brother and sister. In this friendship, we do not look up, as to a parent, or down, as to a child. We are attached to a friend who is more on our own level, who is in a way our equal, or nearly our equal in age."  (குடும்பம் என்பது என்ன? குடும்ப உறுப்பினர்கள் மட்டும் அல்ல. குடும்பத்தினரிடம் இருக்க வேண்டிய நட்புணர்வை அன்னை இங்கு குறிப்பிடுகிறார். இதில் பெற்றோர் என்பதோ, குழந்தைகள் என்பதோ இல்லை. நமக்கு சரிசமமாக இருக்கக் கூடிய நண்பர்களாகவே, நமது வயதையுடைய நண்பர்களாவே அனைவரும் கருதப்படவேண்டும் என்கிறார் அன்னை.) And so brotherly affection adds a new gem to the wealth of the household.   - Words of Long Ago - The Mother.

Message of the day - How can depressions be controlled?

How can depressions be controlled? Oh! There’s a very simple way. Depression occurs generally in the vital, and one is overpowered by depression only when one keeps the consciousness in the vital, when one remains there. மனஅழுத்தம் என்பதுஉணர்வு நிலையில் எழுவது. நீங்கள் உணர்வு நிலையில் உள்ளபோது, மன அழுத்தம் அங்கு மேலோங்குகிறது. இதில் இருந்து விடு பட ஒரே வழி, Vital - உணர்வு நிலையில் இருந்து அகன்று, அதற்கு மேலே, ஒரு ஆழ்ந்த consciousness நிலையை அடைவதே ஆகும். The only thing to do is to get out of the vital and enter a deeper consciousness. Even the  highermind, the luminous, highermind, the most lofty thoughts have the power to drive away depression.                   எப்பொழுது ஒருவர் தனது நினைவுகளில் , உயர்வான நிலையை அடைகிறாரோ, அவரிடம் இருந்து மன அழுத்தம் விலகுகிறது. ஆனால் ஒருவர், சைத்தியத்தில் அடைக்கலம் புகும்போது,  மன அழுத்தத்திற்கு அங்கு இடமில்லை. Even when one reaches just the highest domains of thought, usually the depression disappears. But in any case, if one seeks shelter in the psychic, then there is no longer any room for depression. (Receptivity - ஏற்புத் திறன் - இறை அருளை ஏற்கும் திறன். )   - Words of The Mother 2 - The Mother.

Message of the Day - Receptivity - ஏற்புத் திறன் - இறை அருளை ஏற்கும் திறன்

Receptivity is the capacity of admitting and retaining the Divine Workings. Receptivity: conscious of the Divine Will and surrendered to it. Integral receptivity: the whole being is aware of the Divine Will and obeys it. Psychic receptivity: the psychic responds joyously to the ascending force. Mental receptivity: always ready to learn. Emotional receptivity: emotions wanting to be divinised. Vital receptivity happens only when the vital understands that it must be  transformed.The vital blossoms in aspiration for the Divine. (Receptivity - ஏற்புத் திறன் - இறை அருளை ஏற்கும் திறன். )   - Words of The Mother 2 - The Mother.

Message : Harm done by incontinence of speech - கட்டுப்பாடற்ற பேச்சினால் விளையும் தீங்கு

So, the subject of our meditation ..will be this: “On the harm done by incontinence of speech.” Very often I have told you that every word spoken uselessly is dangerous chatter. But here, the situation has reached the very limit—there are things which have been said, said over and over again, repeated by all those who have tried to perfect humanity, unfortunately without much result—it is a question of malicious gossip... of slander, of that pleasure taken in speaking ill of others. Anyone who indulges in this kind of incontinence debases his consciousness, and when to this incontinence is added the habit of vulgar quarrelling, expressed in coarse language, then that amounts to suicide, spiritual suicide within oneself. I stress this point and insist that you take it very seriously. (வீண் பேச்சு எவ்வளவு அபாயகரமானது என்பதனை நான் அடிக்கடி குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளேன். ......இத்தகைய கட்டுப்பாடற்ற பேச்சில் ஈடுபடும் எவருடைய தன்னுணர்வும் (consciousness ) குறைகிறது. இத்தகைய கட்டுபாடற்ற தன்மை, கீழ்த்தர வார்த்தைகளை வெளிக்கொணரும் சண்டையாக மாறும் போது, அந்த மனிதனுடைய  ஆன்மிகம் அழிகிறது.அவனே தனது ஆன்மீகத்தினை அழிக்கிறான். இந்தக் கருத்தை நான்  தீவிரமாக வலியுறுத்துகிறேன்.  )   - Questions and Answers - The Mother.

Message of the Day - Devotion - பக்தி - உண்மையான சமர்ப்பணம் என்பது எது?

Give yourself, all that you are and what you do, to the Divine, and you will have peace. * நீங்கள் எதுவாக இருக்கிறீர்களோ, என்ன செய்கிறீர்களோ அனைத்தையும் இறைவனுக்கு அர்பணித்து விடுங்கள். நீங்கள் அமைதி பெருவீர்கள். * Give yourself entirely to the Divine and you will see the end of all your troubles. * நீங்கள்  உங்களை முழுவதுமாக இறைவனுக்கு அர்பணிக்கும் போது,உங்களுது எல்லா பிரச்சனைகளில் இருந்தும் விடுபடுகிறீர்கள்.உண்மையான  சமர்ப்பணம் உங்களை எல்லா ஆபத்துக்களில் இருந்தும் விடுவிக்கிறது. * It is a sincere self-giving that saves one from all difficulties and dangers. * இறைவனுக்குக் கொடுப்பதற்கு ஒன்றுமே இல்லை என்று கூறாதீர்கள். எப்போதுமே, இறைவனுக்கு சிறப்பான வகையில் சமர்ப்பணம் செய்ய உங்களிடம் ஏதாவது ஒன்று இருக்கும். *Never say, “I have nothing to give to the Divine.” There is always something to give, for always you can give yourself in a better and more complete way. *To the Divine you are worth no more than what you have given Him. *உங்களிடம் மிகுதியாக இருப்பதை இறைவனுக்கு சமர்ப்பிப்பது என்பது காணிக்கை இல்லை. உங்களுக்கு எது தேவையோ, அதில் ஒரு பகுதியை இறைவனுக்கு சமர்பிப்பதே உண்மையான காணிக்கை ஆகும். *To give to the Divine what one has in excess is not an offering. One should give at least something out of what one needs.”

-From Words of the Mother 2 - The Mother

Message of the Day : What You want meto be..

And the body says to the Supreme Lord: “What You want me to be, I shall be, what You want me to know, I shall know, what You want me to do, I shall do.”

-From Words of the Mother 1 - The Mother

Message by Sri Mother from "On Education" - இளைஞர்களுக்கு அன்னை கூறும் செய்தி

You who are young, are the hope of the country. Prepare yourselves to be worthy of this expectation. Blessings. Of one thing you can be sure—your future is in your hands. You will become the man you want to be and the higher your ideal and your aspiration, the higher will be your realisation, but you must keep a firm resolution and never forget your true aim in life.              (இளைஞர்களுக்கு அன்னை கூறும் செய்தி - நீங்கள் தான் இந்த நாட்டின் நம்பிக்கை. அதற்கு ஏற்றார்ப் போல் உங்களை நீங்கள் தயார் படுத்திக் கொள்ள வேண்டும். நீங்கள் என்ன நினைக்கிறீர்களோ, அத்தகைய மனிதர்களாக ஆகிறீர்கள். உங்களது எண்ணம் எவ்வளவு உயர்வானதோ, அதற்கேற்ப உங்களது realisation ம் உயர்வாக இருக்கும். உங்களது வாழ்வின் உண்மையான குறிக்கோளை என்றும் மறவாதீர்கள். - ஸ்ரீ அன்னை.   )

-From On Education - Mother

Message of the Day : Helping others - மற்றவருக்கு உதவ விரும்புகிறீர்களா ?

...If you want to help humanity, there is only one thing to do, it is to take yourself as completely as possible and offer yourself to the Divine. That is the solution. Because in this way, at least the material reality which you represent will be able to grow a little more like the Divine..                   (மனித நேயத்திற்காக வாழ்வது அல்லது மனிதர்களுக்கு சேவை செய்வதை நாம் விரும்பினால், அதற்கான ஒரே வழி, நம்மை முழுவதுமாக, இறைவனுக்கு சமர்பிப்பதுதான் என்கிறார் ஸ்ரீ அன்னை. மனிதர்க்குச் சேவை செய்ய அது ஒன்றுதான் தீர்வு.)                                        ........  Give food to the poor?—You can feed millions of them. That will not be a solution, this problem will remain the same.The Divine must know better than you the condition of humanity. What are you? You represent only a little bit of consciousness and a little bit of matter, it is that you call “myself”.      (உதாரணமாக பசியில் வாடுவோருக்கு உணவளித்து விட்டால் போதுமா ? அது அவர்களது பிரச்சனைக்கு நிரந்தரத் தீர்வு இல்லை. நம்மை விட அவர்களது நிலைமை, இறைவனுக்கு நன்கு தெரியும். நீங்கள் உண்மையிலேயே மற்ற மனிதர்களுக்கோ அல்லது இந்த உலகிற்கோ, உதவ நினைத்தால்,   உங்களை இறைவனுக்கு முழுவதுமாக  அர்ப்பணம் செய்வதே, சிறந்த வழியாகும்.                                      If you want to help humanity, the world or the universe, the only thing to do is to give that little bit entirely to the Divine. -From Questions and Answers 1953 - Mother

Message of the Day : To solve the problem of life : வாழ்வின் பிரச்சனைகளுக்குத் தீர்வு

When the mind becomes silent, when it stops judging, pushing itself forward with its so-called knowledge, one begins to solve the problem of life.                    (ஒருவருடைய மனம் எப்போது அமைதி பெறுகிறதோ, எப்போது  அது மதிப்பிடுதல் (judging) என்பதை நிறுத்துகிறதோ, அது பெற்ற அறிவில் இருந்து எப்போது தன்னை விடுவித்துக் கொள்கிறதோ, அப்போது அவர்  தனது வாழ்வின் பிரச்சனைகளுக்கு தீர்வு காண முடியும்.)                                     One must refrain from judging, for the mind is only an instrument of action, not an instrument of true knowledge—true knowledge comes from elsewhere. -From Questions and Answers - Mother

Message of the Day : Mahalakshmi - ஸ்ரீ அன்னையின் மகாலட்சுமி அம்சம்

Harmony and beauty of the mind and soul, harmony and beauty of the thoughts and feelings, harmony and beauty in every outward act and movement, harmony and beauty of the life and surroundings, this is the demand of Mahalakshmi.       Wisdom and Force are not the only manifestations of the supreme Mother; there is a subtler mystery of her nature and without it Wisdom and Force would be incomplete things and without it perfection would not be perfect.       Above them is the miracle of eternal beauty, an unseizable secret of divine harmonies, the compelling magic of an irresistible universal charm and attraction that draws and holds things and forces and beings together and obliges them to meet and unite that a hidden Ananda may play from behind the veil and make of them its rhythms and its figures. This is the power  of MAHALAKSHMI and there is no aspect of the Divine Shakti more attractive to the heart of embodied beings.       Maheshwari lays down the large lines of the worldforces, Mahakali drives their energy and impetus,Mahalakshmi discovers their rhythms and measures, but Mahasaraswati presides over their detail of organisation and execution, relation of parts and effective combination of forces and unfailing exactitude of result and fulfilment.       -From Letters on the Mother

Message of the Day - Maheshwari - ஸ்ரீ அன்னையின் மகேஷ்வரி அம்சம்

Imperial MAHESHWARI is seated in the wideness above the thinking mind and will and sublimates and greatens them into wisdom and largeness or floods with a splendour beyond them. For she is the mighty and wise One who opens us to the supramental infinities and the cosmic vastness, to the grandeur of the supreme Light, to a treasure-house of miraculous knowledge, to the measureless movement of the Mother’s eternal forces. Tranquil is she and wonderful, great and calm for ever. Nothing can move her because all wisdom is in her; nothing is hidden from her that she chooses to know; she comprehends all things and all beings and their nature and what moves them and the law of the world and its times and how all was and is and must be.   Equal, patient and unalterable in her will she deals with men according to their nature and with things and happenings according to their force and the truth that is in them. Partiality she has none, but she follows the decrees of the Supreme and some she raises up and some she casts down or puts away from her into the darkness. To the wise she gives a greater and more luminous wisdom; those that have vision she admits to her counsels; on the hostile she imposes the consequence of their hostility; the ignorant and foolish she leads according to their blindness. In each man she answers and handles the different elements of his nature according to their need and their urge and the return they call for, puts on them the required pressure or leaves them to their cherished liberty to prosper in the ways of the Ignorance or to perish. For she is above all, bound by nothing,attached to nothing in the universe. Yet has she more than any other the heart of the universal Mother. For her compassion is endless and inexhaustible; all are to her eyes her children and portions of the One, even the Asura and Rakshasa and Pisacha and those that are revolted and hostile. Even her rejections are only a postponement, even her punishments are a grace. But her compassion does not blind her wisdom or turn her action from the course decreed; for the Truth of things is her one concern,  knowledge her centre of power and to build our soul and our nature into the divine Truth her mission and her labour.                        -From Letters on the Mother