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What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.

Sri Aurobindo

When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge.
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Beyond Knowledge Known
All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
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Attachment Away Desire Thinking
To doubt the experience is to discourage it. Let it be developed, see what is in it.
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Courage Development Doubt Experience See
This world is a vast unbroken totality, a deep solidarity joins its contrary powers.
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Power Solidarity World
The experiences of your past life which are stored within come up to the surface to be rejected. By rejecting all these by and by the inside will have to be cleansed.
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Cleaning Experience Past People Rejection Willing
The existence of poverty is the proof of an unjust and ill-organised society, and our public charities are but the first tardy awakening in the conscience of a robber.
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Awakening Conscious Existence Poverty Society
Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal’s gate.
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Change Death Forever Gate
Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.
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Divine Honey Law Live
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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Action Awareness Preparation Yoga
Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.
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Better Character Endurance Example Health Perfection Teaching Value
Sit in meditation ! But do not think ! Look only at your mind ! You will see thoughts coming into it ! Before they can enter, throw these away from your mind till your mind is capable of entire silence.
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Meditation Mindset Silence Thinking
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 cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it.
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Cleaning Divine Empty
The mind of an ordinary man is truly near the heart.
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Heart Man Mindset Ordinary
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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Human Politics Recover Source Strength World
Outside and above the mind there is the play of a consciousness which is lighted by the higher Truth, but man is not conscious of it and of that he has to be conscious.
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Consciousness Mindset Play Truth

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