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 There is a veil between the Supermind above and the lower Prakriti below - the veil of ingrained formations. This veil may completely withdraw or be partially withdrawn. Thus even if there is some little opening, with the contact of Light from above the lower nature will get slowly changed. Sri Aurobindo veils light may What you call the psychic being is the mind of the vital. The heart is the seat of this mind. And this mind is the essence of the senses. It receives things from outside, acts upon things that are outside - knows, gives consent, takes interest in them. But this mind cannot be the Ishwara, but it is the knower, the giver of the consent. Sri Aurobindo psychics essence heart The mind of an ordinary man is truly near the heart. Sri Aurobindo mind heart men Delight is the secret. Learn of pure delight and thou shalt learn of God. Sri Aurobindo pure delight secret India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples. And that which must seek now to awake is not an anglicised oriental people, docile pupil of the West and doomed to repeat the cycle of the occident's success and failure, but still the ancient immemorable Shakti recovering her deepest self, lifting her head higher towards the supreme source of light and strength and turning to discover the complete meaning and a vaster form of her Dharma. Sri Aurobindo light self people We can arrive at a point of view where the preservation of the individual activities is no longer inconsistent with our comprehension of the cosmic consciousness or our attainment to the transcendent and supracosmic. Sri Aurobindo individual consciousness views Each religion has helped mankind. Paganism increased in man the light of beauty, the largeness and height of his life, his aim at a many-sided perfection; Christianity gave him some vision of divine love and charity; Buddhism has shown him a noble way to be wiser, gentler, purer, Judaism and Islam how to be religiously faithful in action and zealously devoted to God; Hinduism has opened to him the largest and profoundest spiritual possibilities. Sri Aurobindo buddhism spiritual men The language of the Veda itself is sruti, a rhythm not composed by the intellect but heard, a divine Word that same vibrating out of the Infinite to the inner audience of the man who had previously made himself fit fot the impersonal knowledge. Sri Aurobindo vedas language men Religions, creeds and forms are only a characteristic outward sign of the spiritual impulsion and religion itself is the intensive action by which it tries to find its inward force. Its expansive movement comes in the thought which it throws out on life, the ideals which open up new horizons and which the intellect accepts and life labours to assimilate. Sri Aurobindo new-horizons spiritual trying Spirituality is the master key of the Indian mind. It is this dominant inclination of India which gives character to all the expressions of her culture. In fact, they have grown out of her inborn spiritual tendency of which her religion is a natural out flowering. The Indian mind has always realized that the Supreme is the Infinite and perceived that to the soul in Nature the Infinite must always present itself in an infinite variety of aspects. Sri Aurobindo keys spiritual character The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race. Sri Aurobindo sri-lanka race spiritual Hidden nature is secret God. Sri Aurobindo sri-lanka secret To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use. Sri Aurobindo helpful use mind No danger can perturb my spirit's calm. Sri Aurobindo calm spirit danger An active mind needs an outlet. If it stops by itself from within, well and good; otherwise one should not try to stop this by force. Sri Aurobindo mind trying needs The one aim of [my] yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the One Self in all and evolve a higher consciousness than the mental, a spiritual and supramental consciousness which will transform and divinize human nature. Sri Aurobindo yoga self spiritual All kinds of indications will come from above and whatever you do must be referred to the Above. Sri Aurobindo all-kinds indication kind Our lives are God's messengers beneath the stars. Sri Aurobindo our-lives messengers stars My God is love and sweetly suffers all. Sri Aurobindo god-is-love inspiration suffering You have however within you an inclination towards completeness. Sri Aurobindo completeness inclination within-you