How to live

In early 2000, Georges van Vrekhem made a compilation of these Entretiens, which was published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram under the title The Mother’s Vision: Selections from Questions and Answers. Georges ranged his selections topic wise, e.g. “The Divine and His Creation”, “The Gradations of Existence and Their Expression in the Human Being”, “Religion and Spirituality”, “The Supramental”, and so on.

Aurovilians Béatrice Baldacchino and Ginevra Viscardi chose to make a different selection, focusing on the need of the spiritual aspirant. In their compilation How to Live: Mother’s Advice given in Questions and Answers they have extracted the practical advice given by The Mother on how to go through one’s daily life in harmony with the Presence that inhabits us. Their “how-tos” have been grouped by theme, and arranged alphabetically, making it easy to find a quick response to one’s question. As many of Mother’s explanations were too long to quote, references to the relevant volumes of Questions and Answers have been included.

The 545 page book has been published by and can be ordered from Prisma, [email protected]. Price in India Rs 800.