My God is love and sweetly suffers all.
SRI AUROBINDO
SRI AUROBINDO
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The fly that touches honey cannot use it’s wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it’s freedom and hinders contemplation.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo We are sons of God And must be even as he.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo 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 AurobindoSri Aurobindo When Reason died, then Wisdom was born.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo 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.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo The expression “from above” is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action – we call it intuition.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal’s gate.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo 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.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo We cannot afford to raise any institution to the rank of a fetish. To do so would be simply to become the slaves of our own machinery.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo The cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it.
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