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Sri Aurobindo | The Mother
Second edition | 07.2025

“The rule in Yoga is not to let the depression depress you, to stand back from it, observe its cause and remove the cause; for the cause is always in oneself, perhaps a vital defect somewhere, a wrong movement indulged or a petty desire causing a recoil, sometimes by its satisfaction, sometimes by its disappointment. In Yoga a desire satisfied, a false movement given its head produces very often a worse recoil than disappointed desire. What is needed for you is to live more deeply within, less in the outer vital and mental which is exposed to these touches. The inmost psychic being is not oppressed by them; it stands in its own closeness to the Divine and sees the small surface movements as surface things foreign to the true being.” (Sri Aurobindo)

“Indeed, depression is the worst of all illnesses and we must reject it with as much energy as we use to get rid of a disease.” (The Mother)

Contents

I. EXCERPTS FROM THE MOTHER

1. The Mother’s Advice
2. Listen to the Voice of a Friend
3. Perseverance Breaks Down All Obstacles
4. Cause of Depression – I
5. Cause of Depression – II
6. Cause of Depression – III
7. The Vital Being in Us
8. Cure of Depression – I
9. Cure of Depression – II
10. Cure of Depression – III
11. Cure of Depression – IV
12. Cure of Depression – V
13. The Right Attitude
14. Depression and Enthusiasm – Two Extremes
15. Failures and Defeats in Life
16. The Extraordinary Power of Savitri

II. EXCERPTS FROM SRI AUROBINDO

1. Guidance to a Confused Disciple
2. Let Not Depression Depress You
3. Gospel of Sorrow
4. He who would bring the heavens here, must descend himself into clay
5. Faithfulness to the Light of the Soul and the Divine Call