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To Look on The Suffering of All — Mother

For, even for someone who—this is something I know—even for someone who has come out of this state, who lives in the consciousness of Oneness, for whom ignorance is something external, no longer something intimate and painful, even for that … Continue reading →

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Each Man Has Then A Mission To Fulfil — Mother

Each man has then a mission to fulfil, a role to play in the universe, a part he has been given to learn and take up in the cosmic Purpose, a part which he alone is capable of executing and … Continue reading →

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The True Glory And The True Epic — Mother

Poets make much of death and external afflictions; but the only tragedies are the soul’s failures and the only epic man’s triumphant ascent towards godhead. Thoughts and Aphorisms, CWSA, Sri Aurobindo. Usually man is not afflicted with the only thing … Continue reading →

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Let All Thyself Be Light — Sri Aurobindo

When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge. Reason was the helper; Reason is the bar. When we have passed beyond willings, then we shall have Power. Effort was the helper; Effort is the bar. When we … Continue reading →

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The Best Way To Help The World — Mother

Can one help the world with a vibration of goodwill? With good wishes one can change many things, only it must be an extremely pure and unmixed goodwill. It is quite obvious that a thought, a perfectly pure and true … Continue reading →

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Putting Confidently Your Trust In The Divine Power — Mother

What should one do who wants to change his bodily condition, effect a cure or correct some physical imperfection? Should he concentrate upon the end to be realised and exercise his will-power or should he only live in the confidence … Continue reading →

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You Must Always Step Back Into Yourself — Mother

Most of you live on the surface of your being, exposed to the touch of external influences. You live almost projected, as it were, outside your own body, and when you meet some unpleasant being similarly projected you get upset. … Continue reading →

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All That Happens is Not, in Fact, Divine — Mother

In conclusion, I should like to draw your attention to one point, for it very frequently obstructs true union. It is a great error to suppose that the Divine Will is always acting openly in the world. All that happens … Continue reading →

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Sin Consists Not At All in The Outward Deed — Sri Aurobindo

The liberated man has no personal hopes; he does not seize on things as his personal possessions; he receives what the divine Will brings him, covets nothing, is jealous of none: what comes to him he takes without repulsion and … Continue reading →

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A Captive of Her Love — Janina

I feel that I should not resist – in a way – any wave. I mean, when Mother sweeps this house I must keep myself transparent and accept all the dirt and dust – accept but not hold it, even … Continue reading →

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