
Mirra Alfassa
Mirra Alfassa, known to her followers as The Mother or La Mère, was a French-Indian spiritual guru, occultist and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name "The Mother" or "Shri Maa".
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- 9th arrondissement of Paris
- Educated at
- Académie Julian
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Trending topics shown first"O Lord, this earth groans and suffers; chaos has made this world its abode. The darkness is so great that Thou alone canst dispel it. Come, manifest Thyself, that Thy work may be accomplished. Solitud…"
"I started contemplating or doing my Yoga from the age of 4. There was a small chair for me on which I used to sit still, engrossed in my meditation. A very brilliant light would then descend over my h…"
"They do not feel bound by the customary rules of conduct and have not yet found an inner law that would replace them."
"He did not keep me, what could I do? I had to go. But I left my psychic being with him, and in France I was once on the point of death: the doctors had given me Up."
"It is in accordance with the impression that the plate ought to be painted; it gives you an impact, you translate the impact, and it is this which is truly artistic. It is like this that modern art be…"
"With my inner consciousness I understood immediately; a few hours later the creation was gone … and from that moment we started anew on other bases."
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Timeline
1878
Born
Birth1973
Died
Death
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