This book, originally published in Bengali, presents a series of vignettes from the author's early childhood in Bengal, her first visit to Pondicherry, and her many years of life in the Ashram, where she settled in 1944. The stories convey how a young woman learned some essential truths of spiritual life, while communicating the warmth and intensity of the intimacy she and her companions shared as they...
This compilation deals with five of the most helpful agents-veritable gifts of the evolutionary Force of Grace. These five potent aids for inner growth are: aspiration for progress, will for progress, faith and trust, difficulties and suffering, and the psychic being. The passages selected here have been chosen for their relevance and appeal to all seekers of inner growth whatever path they may be following. Some will be meaningful, particularly to practitioners of Sri Aurobindo's yoga.