Sri Aurobindo began his practice of Yoga in 1905. At first gathering into it the essential elements of spiritual experience that are gained by the paths of divine communion and spiritual realisation followed till now in India, he passed on in search of a more complete experience uniting and harmonising the two ends of existence, Spirit and Matter. Most ways of Yoga are paths to the Beyond leading to the Spirit and, in the end, away from life; Sri Aurobindo's rises to the Spirit to redescend with its gains bringing the light and power and bliss of the Spirit into life to transform it. [. . .] It is possible by opening to a greater divine consciousness to rise to this power of light and bliss, discover one's true self, remain in constant union with the Divine and bring down the supramental.

 It is not his object to develop any one religion or to amalgamate the older religions or to found any new religion - for any of these things would lead away from his central purpose. The one aim of his Yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the One Self in all and evolve a higher consciousness than the mental, a spiritual and supramental consciousness which will transform and divinise human nature.

 At the age of thirty-six, the Mother came to Pondicherry from France. Here on 29 March 1914, she met Sri Aurobindo. At once she recognised him as the master who for many years had inwardly been guiding her spiritual development.

From its very beginning in November 1926, Sri Aurobindo entrusted the full material and spiritual charge of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram to the Mother. Under her guidance, which extended over nearly fifty years, the Ashram has grown into a many-faceted community which at present consists of about 1200 persons. Among the Mother's other achievements during this period were the creation of the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education and the initiation of Auroville [see links page]. On 17 November 1973, at the age of ninety-five the Mother left her body.

Links to Sri Aurobindo's and the Mother`s works

auroville.org

sasp.collaboration.org 

sriaurobindoashram.org

searchforlight.org

Activities at Auromesa:

  Wednesdays 6:30 to 8 pm

• Savitri reading
• collective reflection
• deep silence

Our next retreat :

Darshan days

13-14-15 of August 2011

Readings, art projects and reflection  around the Divine Mother.

$140 all inclusive.