II

HIDDEN FORCES WITHIN

Only a little of us foresees its steps,

Only a little has will and purposed pace.

A vast subliminal is man's measureless part.

The dim subconscient is his cavern base.

SRI AUROBINDO

Savitri, Book Seven, Canto Two

A portion of us lives in present Time,

A secret mass in dim inconscience gropes;

Out of the inconscient and subliminal

Arisen, we live in mind's uncertain light

And strive to know and master a dubious world

Whose purpose and meaning are hidden from our sight.

Above us dwells a superconscient god

Hidden in the mystery of his own light:

Around us is a vast of ignorance

Lit by the uncertain ray of human mind,

Below us sleeps the Inconscient dark and mute.

Ibid.

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