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Detachment is the beginning of mastery.

Sri Aurobindo

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.
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Ego God Greatness Stand Vision Way
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.
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Fall God Path Spiritual
Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Knowledge is the performer, the Infinite All is the composer and audience.
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Audience Joy Love Music Performance
Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.
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Art Himself Nature Transcendence
But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.
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Difficult Willing
The all-embracing vast being which is there behind the play of the universe and with which you will have to identify yourself – for this is your true self.
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Identity Play True Universe
Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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Calm Live Peace Shake
In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
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Order Photograph Stop Yourself
For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
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Existence Harmony Problem
If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.
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Forever Limitation Purpose Religion Time Universe
Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.
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Effort Game God Perfection Resistance Sin Virtue
The principle of Yoga is the turning of one or of all powers of our human existence into a means of reaching divine Being.
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Existence Human Ourselves Power Principle
No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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Calm Dangerous Myself Spirit
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.
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Beginning Consciousness Life State Yoga
The cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it.
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Cleaning Divine Empty
He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite.
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Choice Deep Wisdom

Detachment is the beginning of mastery.

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