Category Archives: Soul

Sri Aurobindo is Here With Us — Mother

December 14th 1950 To grieve is an insult to Sri Aurobindo who is here with us, conscious and alive. *** December 9th 1950 We must not be bewildered by appearances. Sri Aurobindo has not left us. Sri Aurobindo is here, … Continue reading →

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Savitri’s Dream Part 2: Hostile Forces & The Guardian Power

But all is there, even God’s opposites;He(man) is a little front of Nature’s works,A thinking outline of a cryptic Force. All she reveals in him that is in her,Her glories walk in him and her darknesses. Man’s house of life … Continue reading →

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Savitri’s Dream Part 1: Creation, God & Ignorance

A dream disclosed to her the cosmic past,The crypt-seed and the mystic origins,The shadowy beginnings of world-fate:A lamp of symbol lighting hidden truthImaged to her the world’s significance. All was the deed of a blind World-Energy:Unconscious of her own exploits … Continue reading →

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Effect of Intense and Conscious Aspiration — Mother

If you are in a state of conscious aspiration and very sincere, well, everything around you will be arranged in order to help in your aspiration, whether directly or indirectly, that is, either to make you progress, put you in … Continue reading →

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Body as The Basis of Strength and Transformation — Mother

So long as we are in a body, whatever its age and difficulties, it is certain that we have something to do or learn in it, and this conviction gives the necessary strength to face all vicissitudes. Do not forget … Continue reading →

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Thought As An Instrument & Sense of Possibility in Impossibilities — Sri Aurobindo

Thought is not essential to existence nor its cause, but it is an instrument for becoming; I become what I see in myself. All that thought suggests to me, I can do; all that thought reveals in me, I can … Continue reading →

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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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