VII

SPIRITUAL FORCES OF HELP AND SUCCOUR

A prayer, a master act, a king idea

Can link man's strength to a transcendent Force.

Then miracle is made the common rule,

One mighty deed can change the course of things;

A lonely thought becomes omnipotent.

SRI AUROBINDO

Savitri, Book One, Canto Two

The earth you tread is a border screened from heaven,

The life you lead conceals the light you are.

Immortal Powers sweep flaming past your doors;

Far-off upon your tops the god-chant sounds

While to exceed yourselves thought's trumpets call,

Heard by a few, but fewer dare aspire,

The nympholepts of the ecstasy and the blaze.

SRI AUROBINDO

Savitri, Book Four, Canto Three

Yet can the mind of man receive God's light,

The force of man can be driven by God's force,

Then is he a miracle doing miracles.

For only so can he be Nature's King.

SRI AUROBINDO

Savitri, Book Six, Canto Two

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