That within us which seeks to know and to progress is not the mind but something behind it which makes use of it.
SRI AUROBINDOThe 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.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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Trust the divine power, and she will free the godlike elements in you and shape all into an expression of divine nature.
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Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.
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The cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it.
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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.
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The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge.
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When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
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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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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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Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.
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You have however within you an inclination towards completeness.
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He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite.
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Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealised possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey.
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Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.
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Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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But few are those who tread the sunlit path; Only the pure in soul can walk in light.
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