One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself. Sri Aurobindo More Quotes by Sri Aurobindo More Quotes From Sri Aurobindo Man is a transitional being, he is not final; for in him and high beyond him ascend the radiant degrees which climb to a divine supermanhood. The step from man towards superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth's evolution. There lies our destiny and the liberating key to our aspiring, but troubled and limited human existence — inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner Spirit and the logic of Nature's process. Sri Aurobindo finalsearthmen One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere. Sri Aurobindo his-loveobjectsgod-love All existence is a manifestation of God. Sri Aurobindo manifestationexistencegod Suffering makes us capable of the full force of the Master of Delight; it makes us capable also to bear the utter play of the Master of Power. Pain is the key that opens the gates of strength; it is the high-road that leads to the city of beatitude. Sri Aurobindo painkeysplay There are four great events in history, the siege of Troy, the life and crucifixion of Christ, the exile of Krishna in Brindaban and the colloquy on the field of Kurukshetra. The siege of Troy created Hellas, the exile in Brindaban created devotional religion, (for before there was only meditation and worship), Christ from his cross humanized Europe, the colloquy at Kurukshetra will yet liberate humanity. Sri Aurobindo crucifixion-of-christmeditationeurope What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion. Sri Aurobindo words-of-wisdomsoulknowledge There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind's immobility and thought-free stillness. When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence. Sri Aurobindo silencedonemind When Reason died, then Wisdom was born. Sri Aurobindo bornwisdomreason Watch the too indignantly righteous. Before long you will find them committing or condoning the very offence which they have so fiercely censured. Sri Aurobindo righteouswatcheslong The spiritual path is one of falling on your face, getting up, brushing yourself off, turning and looking sheepishly at God and then taking the next step. Sri Aurobindo soulspiritualfall Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act. All living thought is a world in preparation; all real act is a thought manifested. The material world exists because an idea began to play in divine self–consciousness. Sri Aurobindo realselfthinking The aggressive and quite illogical idea of a single religion for all mankind, a religion universal by the very force of its narrowness, one set of dogmas, one cult, one system of ceremonies, one ecclesiastical ordinance, one array of prohibitions and injunctions which all minds must accept on peril of persecution by men and spiritual rejection or eternal punishment by God, that grotesque creation of human unreason which has been the parent of so much intolerance, cruelty and obscurantism and aggressive fanaticism, has never been able to take firm hold of the Indian mentality. Sri Aurobindo spiritualmenideas By your stumbling, the world is perfected. Sri Aurobindo stumblingworld Detachment is the beginning of mastery. Sri Aurobindo detachmentmastery Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Knowledge is the performer, the Infinite All is the composer and audience. Sri Aurobindo inspirationjoylove-is The great are strongest when they stand alone, A God-given might of being is their force. Sri Aurobindo stand-aloneforcemight Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living. Sri Aurobindo optimismlawhoney Faith is the soul's witness to something not yet manifested, achieved or realised, but which yet the Knower within us, even in the absence of all indications, feels to be true or supremely worth following or achieving. Sri Aurobindo soulfaithabsence Physical education for the body to be effective must be rigorous and detailed, far sighted and methodological. This will be translated into habits. These habits should be controlled and disciplined, while remaining flexible enough to adapt themselves to circumstances and to the needs of growth and development of the being. Sri Aurobindo growthbodyneeds All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away. Sri Aurobindo conventionsattachmentdesire
