Part Two   The Parts of the Being and the Planes of Consciousness       Section One   The Organisation of the Being     Chapter One   The Parts of the Being   Men Do Not Know Themselves   Men do not know themselves and have not learned to distinguish the different parts of their being; for these are usually lumped together by them as mind, because it is through a mentalised perception and understanding that they know or feel them; therefore they do not understand their own states and actions, or, if at all, then only on the surface. It is part of the foundation of Yoga to become conscious of

Chapter Four   The Self or Atman   The Self   It [the self] is being, not a being. By self is meant the conscious essential existence, one in all.   *   The self is the Divine itself in an essential aspect; it is not a portion. There is no meaning in the phrase "not even a portion" or "only an aspect". An aspect is not something inferior to a portion.   *   Do you not know what "essential" means? There is a difference between the essence of a thing which is always the same and its formations and developments which vary. There is, for instance, the essence of gold and there are the many forms which gold can ta

Vol. XXI. No. I  February, 1964 The Divine gives itself to those who give themselves without reserve and in all their parts to the Divine. For them the calm, the light, the power, the bliss, the freedom, the wideness, the heights of knowledge, the seas of Ananda. - Sri Aurobindo. EDITORIALS* THE MOTHER'S COMMENTARY ON DHAMMAPADA XIX OF THE JUST One who comes hastily to a judgment, cannot be just. He indeed is wise who can distinguish between the just and the unjust, (1) Who judges others

                    The truth of all things is in the calm of their depths. SRI AUROBINDO      

.                                 Earth cannot long resist the man whom Heaven has chosen : Gods with him walk; his chariot is led; his arm is assisted. SRI AUROBINDO       Vol. XXI. No. 4  November, 1964 The Divine gives itself to those who give themselves without reserve and in all their parts to the Divine. For them the calm, the light, the power, the bliss, the freedom, the wideness, the heights of knowledge, _ the seas of Ananda. .... Sri Aurobindo.

.                     The Sun and the Light may be a help, and will be if it is the true Light and the true Sun, but cannot take the place of the Mother's Force. SRI AUROBINDO       Vol. XXI. No. 2 April', 1964 The Divine gives itself to those who give themselves without reserve and in all their parts to the Divine. For them the calm, the light, the power, the bliss, the freedom, the wideness, the heights of knowledge, the seas of Ananda. .... Sri Aurobindo.

.                   Find the Guide secret within you or housed in an earthly body, hearken to his voice and follow always the way that he points. At the end is the Light that fails not, the Truth that deceives not, the Power that neither strays not stumbles;, the wide freedom, the ineffable Beatitude. SRI AUROBINDO Vol. XXXIV No. 4 November 1977 The Divine gives itself to those who give themselves without reserve and in all their parts to the Divine. For them the calm, the light, the power, the bliss, the f

.         A deep of compassion, a hushed sanctuary, Her inward help unbarred a gate in heaven; Love in her was wider than the universe, The whole world could take refuge in her single heart. Savitri, BK I, c2   SRI AUROBINDO Vol. XXXIV No. 2 April I977 The Divine gives itself to those who give themselves without reserve and in all their parts to the Divine. For them the calm, the light, the power, the bliss, the freedom, the wideness, the he

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