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On Anger — Sri Aurobindo

The Origin The fact that the anger comes with such force is itself enough to show that it is not in you that it is, but that it comes from outside. It is a rush of force from the universal … Continue reading →

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Words of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo on War

The Words of The Mother O men! How can you utter the sublime word “Peace” when there is no peace in your hearts? The War is over, so you say, and yet everywhere man is slaying man and Cain still … Continue reading →

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Should You Be Dissatisfied With The World?

295—Be not deceived by men’s shows of virtue, neither disgusted by their open or secret vices. These things are the necessary shufflings in a long transition-period of humanity. 296—Be not repelled by the world’s crookednesses; the world is a wounded … Continue reading →

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On Speech and Practice — Mother

It is good to read a Divine Teaching. It is better to learn it. The best is to live it. *** (Message for the inauguration of Sri Aurobindo’s Action) To speak well is good. To act well is better. Never … Continue reading →

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Be Sure of Purity in Your Seeking and Adoration — Sri Aurobindo

The personal realisation of the Divine may be sometimes with Form, sometimes without Form. Without Form, it is the Presence of the living Divine Person, felt in everything. With Form, it comes with the image of the One to whom … Continue reading →

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What is Environmental Consciousness? — Sri Aurobindo

Everyone carries around him an environmental consciousness or atmosphere through which he is in relation with others or with the universal forces. It is through this that these forces or the thoughts or feelings of others enter. *** Each man … Continue reading →

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Transcending Liberation and Birth — Sri Aurobindo

Transcendence is the goal of the development, but it does not exclude the possession of that which is transcended. The soul need not and should not push transcendence so far as to aim at its own extinction. Nirvana is extinction … Continue reading →

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The Science of Living Part II — Mother

Read Part I by clicking the link. All this can be realised by means of a fourfold discipline, the general outline of which is given here. The four aspects of the discipline do not exclude each other, and can be … Continue reading →

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The Science of Living Part I — Mother

An aimless life is always a miserable life. Every one of you should have an aim. But do not forget that on the quality of your aim will depend the quality of your life. Your aim should be high and … Continue reading →

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Our Difficulties Show The Way To The Divine

The nature of your difficulty indicates the nature of the victory you will gain, the victory you will exemplify in Yoga. Thus, if there is persistent selfishness, it points to a realisation of universality as your most prominent achievement in … Continue reading →

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