THAT FOUNTAIN-SONG OF REDNESS HALF HIDDEN IN REPOSE WHEN the grey dusk has laid upon our eyes Not so much weight as lingers in swan's-down That drifts before the faintest whim of air, And the flittering bat- on a noiseless errand plies, And in the grass the glow-worm lights a Lilliput town, O with what pale white gesture her left hand smooths her hair. But half the stars have gained their wonted place In the high windless vaulture of the sky, Nor hath the night bedewed the crimson rose, Heavy with passionate odour, fain of her face That leans in the dim and the dark hour over the hue less cry

ILLUMINATION SPHERED immensity of red That holds emblazoned in its heart of peace The black upjutting line of western hill. Hills of tranquillity steeped in the setting sun ; Ground transmuted in that drench of gold : A hallowed air whose substance is of light And calm and wideness and release of soul. For now the blossom opens from the bud : Surely the seed of the sun has sprouted from the tomb, That all traditionary clods are lit with knowing ? April 14, 1938. Page-318

A WATER-LILY THIS water-lily, like a moon, Slowly came to full A focussed light, a colour swoon. Remote, inerrable. Leaving water, wed with air, Becrowned with pearls of dew- Nothing misshapen wanders there, No evil pierces through. Ere din of sacrilege pluck sway, Or empery of Night, The dreamlike petals every way Muster their quiet light. October 5, 1936. Page-207

There was a time, before Time, when thought did not exist. A time will come, after Time, when thought will no longer be. Before, there was silence. There will be Silence after. There was ignorance before. And the universe did not exist. There will be knowledge after. And the universe will no longer be. Before, no form perceived the universe. One form, after, will extend beyond the universe. For what we call the universe is but a manifested form of what we call God. It corresponds to thought. What does not think cannot perceive it, but perceives something else and obeys other laws. What no longer thinks will no longer perceive it, but will see something else and be governed

Introduction Archaka (Invoker of Light) and Alexandre Kalda were the names of this remarkable author born on 27th December 1943. His first novel published at the age of 16 by Grasset, the prestigious French publisher and then a whole series accepted by the principal publishing houses of France (several by Albin Michel) and hailed by the critics. He arrived at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in India in 1975 where he was based and spent most of his life until he left his body at the age of 53 on 7th February 1996. In the introduction to his "Le Dieu de Dieu" he gives us some glimpses into his life: "I belong to the generation of genocides: the one which came to birth during th

ARCHAKA IMAGES OF THE FUTURE Sri Mira Trust DU MÊME AUTEUR ouvrages publiés en Inde LE JARDIN DU MONDE, poésie (épuisé) NI LA TERRE NI LE SOLEIL EN BOUGENT, péisie (épuisé) JE ME SOUVIENS DU CIEL, théâtre (épuisé) LES TEMPS PRÉ-ÉTERNELS, essai LE SACRILÉGE, roman BÉNÉDICTION DEL'ABÎME, essai LE TEMPLE DE L'APOCALYPSE, essai LA GALAXIE HUMAINE, essai (à paraître) First French Edition: 1992 English Translation: 1999 First French Edition: 1992 English Translation: 1999 © Sri Mira Trust Prin

Dyuman's Correspondence Dyuman's Correspondence with the Mother Courtesy : Overman Foundation. The Mother with Dyuman and Champaklal *   Mother, I had no intention of violating Your orders. The wiping was already finished by the time I received Your last order at 5 p.m. or so. Mother, I am at Your feet for any punishment for violating Your orders even unconsciously. Why punishment, my child? I never thought of such a thing! I never thought even that you had violated any rules. The whole thing is a misunderstanding. You must know that I trust you and have full confidence

  Dyuman "The Luminous" Karmayogi by Krishna Chakravarti Author : Krishna Chakravarti. Source: Krishna Chakravarti's A Garland of Adoration. Courtesy : Overman Foundation. Dear Friends, Chunibhai Patel (19.6.190319.8.1992) was a Gujarati sadhak who was renamed 'Dyuman' ("the luminous one") by Sri Aurobindo on 24 November 1928. He visited Pondicherry for the first time on 11 July 1924 and surrendered himself to Sri Aurobindo. He became an inmate of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in May 1927. He was in charge of the Dining Room and looked after the

Dyuman's Talk Dyuman's Talk on the Service Tree Courtesy : Overman Foundation. Uptil now we know that Hanuman was the greatest servant, dāsa. Today I will tell you how Sri Aurobindo used to serve the Mother, how he waited for the Mother when she was late. We usually had the night-meditation at 12 o'clock, 1 o'clock or 1.40 a.m. One night after 11, seeing the people waiting, the Mother said, "I am coming." Then she rested. She went into a trance. Now it was 1.40 a.m. People were waiting downstairs. Sri Aurobindo was waiting in his room. The Mother was not to be found. Where is the Mother? I went to Sri Aurobindo. I found him sitting on his

-030_Perspectives of Savitri I (A Review).htm Perspectives of Savitri I A Review "All the rest, these are preparations, but Savitri, it is the message," the Mother is reported to have said about Savitri. She is also quoted as having said, "To read Savitri is indeed to practice Yoga, spiritual concentration; one can find there all that is needed to realise the Divine." Little wonder then that such a varied enterprise seems to be developing around this single work—a Center of study and display devoted to Savitri, a web-site not tardy in populating cyberspace with its growing exegetical and exhibitionary paraphernalia, several known and unknown aspirants to the identity of presenters o