Chapter 11
Awakening in Matter
A resplendent sun rises above the horizon. It is your Lord that comes to you.
The whole world awakes and stretches in delight at the contact of His glory.
As the earth that heaves and opens, as the tree that grows, as the flower that blossoms, as the bird that sings, as the man that loves, let His light permeate you and radiate in an ever-increasing and widening happiness, a happiness steadily moving onward as the stars move in heaven. The Mother
In Matter shall be lit the spirit's glow,
In body and body kindled the sacred birth;
Night shall awake to the anthem of the stars,
The days become a happy pilgrim march.
Sri Aurobindo
The Spirit shall look out through Matter's gaze
And Matter shall reveal the Spirit's face.
Sri Aurobindo
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Our material world is the result of all the others, for the other principles have all descended into Matter to create the physical universe, and every particle of what we call Matter contains all of them implicit in itself. Sri Aurobindo
Matter is the form of substance of being which the existence of Sachchidananda assumes when it subjects itself to this phenomenal action of its own consciousness and force.
Sri Aurobindo
For one who knows how to see behind appearances, there is hidden at the centre of this Matter — at the centre of each atom of this Matter — there is hidden the Supreme Divine Reality working from within, gradually through the millennia, to change this inert Matter into something that is expressive enough to be able to reveal the Spirit within.
The Mother
865 Vital joy in Matter
The reward for abolishing selfishness.
Nierembergia hippomanica. Blue violet
866 First mental awakening in Matter
It has preceded and prepared man's future upon earth.
Tribulus terrestris. Yellow
867 First appearance of the psychic in Matter
A messenger of beauty.
Jatropha multifida. Red or deep pink
868 Psychic awakening in Matter
Matter opens itself to spiritual life.
Dodonaea viscosa. Green
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869 The psychic governs Matter
The psychic influence compels the physical to turn towards the Divine.
Erythrina variegata 'Alba'. White
870 Beginning of realisation in Matter
Matter responds to the divine influence.
Erythrina variegata. Orange red to dark red
871 Matter prepares itself to receive the Supramental
Matter strives to free itself from old habits in order to prepare for the new realisation.
Erythrina variegata. Bright orange
872 Matter aspiring for the supramental guidance
Dissatisfied and troubled, Matter asks for a powerful guide to put it in order.
Odontonema strictum. Red
873 Matter under the supramental guidance
The condition required for its transformation.
Hamelia patens. Orange
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874 Material enterprises
Many projects, many attempts, many constructions.
Ceiba pentandra. Cream white
875 Splendour and opulence in material life
Can become widespread only through transformation.
Quassia amara. Scarlet
876 Material abundance
Nature always shows us what true abundance is — one is overwhelmed!
Gossypium. Cream white
877 Silver
Manifold and white, it aspires for spirituality.
Proiphys amboinensis. White
878 Gold
Should only be used in the service of the Divine.
Bauhinia tomentosa. Light yellow
879 Purified gold
It is purified by being placed at the service of the Divine.
Bauhinia acuminata. White
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880 Ether
Charming and ethereal, it is bound to please.
Porana paniculata. White
881 Air
Light, subtle, almost invisible.
Cestrum nocturnum. Light green
882 Fire
Fears no obstacle.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima. Orange red
883 Water
Fluid, abundant and pure.
Porana volubilis. White
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