Not in the state of unconsciousness, but in full awareness when the higher Power will descend into and direct us, then only the yogic life will begin. Sri Aurobindo More Quotes by Sri Aurobindo More Quotes From Sri Aurobindo The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge. Sri Aurobindo issues humanity spiritual India saw from the beginning, - and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the insight, - that life cannot be rightly seen in the sole light, cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities. Sri Aurobindo sri-lanka light ignorance Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius. Sri Aurobindo talent genius average Only when Eternity takes Time by the hand, Only when infinity weds the finite's thought, Can man be free from himself and live with God. Sri Aurobindo infinity men hands The expression "from above" is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action - we call it intuition. Sri Aurobindo intuition expression way While doing work if the mind continues to be active let it be so, but there must be at the same time a capacity for silence. Sri Aurobindo silence capacity mind This world is a vast unbroken totality, a deep solidarity joins its contrary powers. Sri Aurobindo solidarity unbroken world The Person is a bubble on Time's sea. Sri Aurobindo bubbles persons sea The inside must be made entirely calm and quiet and there should reign an upward aspiration - a state of awaiting. Sri Aurobindo calm reign quiet Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealised possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey. Sri Aurobindo veils stage journey The mind is running on all sides to think about many things, - what we call thoughts coming from outside. We must withdraw the mind from these distractions and make it abide in the self. Thus guarding the peace within we shall have to do the work without. Sri Aurobindo self running thinking Terrorism thrives on administrative violence and injustice; that is the only atmosphere in which it can thrive and grow. It sometimes follows the example of indiscriminate violence from above; it sometimes, though very rarely, sets it from below. But the power above which follows the example from below is on the way to committing suicide. Sri Aurobindo atmosphere example suicide A great thing would be done if all these God-visions could embrace and cast themselves into each other; but intellectual dogma and cult egoism stand in the way. Sri Aurobindo vision intellectual way Man in the world's life works out the dreams of God. Sri Aurobindo work-out dream men Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators. Sri Aurobindo horde imitator successful That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others. Sri Aurobindo hinduism embrace sri-lanka The subliminal mind receives and remembers all those touches that delight the soul. Our soul takes joy in this right touching by the Essence of all experience. Sri Aurobindo light essence joy Spirituality is much wider than any particular religion, and in the larger ideas of it that are now coming on us even the greatest religion becomes no more than a broad sect or branch of the one universal religion, by which we shall understand in the future man's seeking for the eternal, the divine, the greater self, the source of unity and his attempt to arrive at some equation, some increasing approximation of the values of human life with the eternal and the divine values. Sri Aurobindo self men ideas A God who cannot smile, could not have created this humorous universe. Sri Aurobindo universe humorous god When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge. Sri Aurobindo knowing
