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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.

Sri Aurobindo

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
Material things are not to be despised-without them there can be no manifestation in the material world.
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Manifestation Material World
Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul’s freedom.
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Freedom Nature Soul Stand
For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
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Existence Harmony Problem
Remember that you are at an exceptional hour in a unique epoch, that you have this great happiness, this invaluable privilege, of being present at the birth of a new world.
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Exceptional Privilege Remember Unique World
The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.
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Face Ourselves Practice
That within us which seeks to know and to progress is not the mind but something behind it which makes use of it.
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Mindset Progress Seek
A God who cannot smile, could not have created this humorous universe.
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God Humor Smile Universe
The subliminal mind receives and remembers all those touches that delight the soul. Our soul takes joy in this right touching by the Essence of all experience.
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Essence Experience Mindset Remember Right Soul Touch
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
What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
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Appearance Experience Opinion Prejudice Soul
Stand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself.
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Divine Power Stand Work Yourself
All existence is a manifestation of God.
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Existence God Manifestation
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
Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.
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Human Knowledge Truth
The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.
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Motive Personal Purity Spiritual Work

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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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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