1356 UNDATED SCRIPT, c. 1927-1928   [1]   There is no certitude as yet of an absolute kind; even the relative certitude is very much veiled for the present. At any rate the ground has been cleared of much of the remnants of the intelligence. It is practically certain that much more will be done tonight, but the direction is not clear. This will be done. First, in the third chatusthaya the entire elimination of the merely mental reason; the entire elimination of the original mind. The supramentalised form of these things in

1453 Appendix     Material from Disciples' Notebooks   MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, c. 1914   [1]   1454   1455   ———————— 1456   [The first piece on this page was revised by Sri Aurobindo; the next two pieces were written by him.]   1457   [2]   1458   * Viveka is not conscience but true judgment between higher and lower, true and false, right and wrong. [The last six words were added by Sri Aurobindo in his own hand.]   1459     Tat is the unknowable Brahman of which you cannot say that it exists or does not

Publisher’s Note   Record of Yoga is a diary of Sri Aurobindo’s yoga between 1909 and 1927. He kept it fairly regularly from 1912 to 1920, and also wrote a few entries in 1909, 1911 and 1927. At different times he gave this diary different names. “Record of Yoga” was the most typical and the editors have used it as the general title of the work. During the years he kept the diary, Sri Aurobindo also wrote other materials relating to his practice of yoga. These include descriptions of the seven “chatusthayas” (groups of four elements), which are the basis of the yoga of the Record. These materials are published in the Introduc

1344 UNDATED NOTES, c. JANUARY 1927   Amrita— Moses, Brihaspati, Hermes, Michael Angelo, Rudra, Pythagoras.   Bijoy Child Krishna, St Jean, Kartikeya, child Vishnu   Barin Nefdi. Apollo-Aryaman   St Hilaire— Ramakrishna—(The Four)   Kshitish Narada—Bach-Isaie    Kanai Sukadeva—One of the Vital Four    Tirupati One of the Vital Four   Purani Trita. The Angel of Peace—One of the Vital Four    Anilb

1311 SORTILEGE OF 15 MARCH [1913]   March 15th St. . यदा वै विजानात्यादिवाक्य्म व्याकुर्वत्रुत्तरमाह. When the vijnana is active, he (the Master of the Yoga) developing the initial Word, (OM, Brahman) declares all that follows. First, activity of the vijnana, second, constant perception of the Brahman, third, knowledge of the world in the terms of the Brahman.