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In Silence Seek God’s Meaning in Thy Depths — Sri Aurobindo

The Parable of the Search for the Soul A Power within her answered the still Voice:“I am thy portion here charged with thy work,As thou myself seated for ever above,Speak to my depths, O great and deathless Voice,Command, for I … Continue reading →

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A Captive Of Her Love — Janina

The Mother on Janina: I remember, the very day Janina died (she died at about six in the morning, I think), around four in the morning, suddenly something made me take interest in this question: What will the new form … Continue reading →

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Aspiration in Plants — Mother

Have you never watched a forest with all its countless trees and plants simply struggling to catch the light—twisting and trying in a hundred possible ways just to be in the sun? That is precisely the feeling of aspiration in … Continue reading →

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Knowledge By Unity With The Divine — Mother

Consciousness is the faculty of becoming aware of anything whatsoever through identification with it. But the divine consciousness is not only aware but knows and effects. For, mere awareness is not knowledge. To become aware of a vibration, for instance, … Continue reading →

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You Know Still Less What Power You Are Serving — Mother

(Q) The Divine is everywhere. So if one serves humanity, one serves the Divine, isn’t that so? That’s marvellous! The clearest thing in this matter is to say: “The Divine is in me. If I serve myself, I am also … Continue reading →

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Money is Like Water — Mother

Money is like water, to remain pure it must run. **** First of all, from the financial point of view, the principle on which our action is based is the following: money is not meant to make money. This idea … Continue reading →

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Let Us Shun That Negligence — The Mother

Let us shun the paths that are too easy and ask no effort, the paths which give us the illusion of having reached our goal; let us shun that negligence which opens the door to every downfall, that complacent self-admiration … Continue reading →

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Grumble, If Your Nature Compels You To It, But Persevere — Sri Aurobindo

This Yoga is certainly difficult, but is any Yoga really easy? You speak of the lure of liberation into the extracosmic Absolute, but how many who set out on the path of Nirvana attain to it in this life or … Continue reading →

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The Sunlit Way of Yoga — Sri Aurobindo

Peace was the very first thing that the Yogins and seekers of old asked for and it was a quiet and silent mind—and that always brings peace—that they declared to be the best condition for realising the Divine. A cheerful … Continue reading →

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Calm And Sure Are His Steps in The Growing Night — Sri Aurobindo

“Hard is the world-redeemer’s heavy task;The world itself becomes his adversary,Those he would save are his antagonists:This world is in love with its own ignorance,Its darkness turns away from the saviour light,It gives the cross in payment for the crown. … Continue reading →

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