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.
SRI AUROBINDOYoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one’s ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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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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Delight is the secret. Learn of pure delight and thou shalt learn of God.
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Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
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Recover the source of all strength in yourself, and all else will be added to you … political freedom, the mastery of human thought, the hegemony of the world.
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Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther.
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The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the Theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has seen the shadow of God and clutched at it.
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What is God after all? An eternal child playing an eternal game in an eternal garden.
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The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.
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Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper.
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No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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There is a knowledge in the heart of sleep.
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Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul’s freedom.
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The yogin becomes aware in part of the action of the supramental power organizing the lower vehicle (ādhāra). A part of it remains behind the veil and prepares itself.
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