She saw the myriad gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our present life, ranges of mind beyond our present mind and above these she saw the splendors of the spirit.
SRI AUROBINDOThe spiritual path is one of falling on your face, getting up, brushing yourself off, turning and looking sheepishly at God and then taking the next step.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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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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That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.
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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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One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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You have however within you an inclination towards completeness.
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Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.
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When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge.
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Not only a truer knowledge, but a greater power comes to one in the quietude and silence of a mind that, instead of bubbling on the surface, can go to its own depths and listen.
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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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He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite.
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Ourselves within us lethal forces nurse; We make of our own enemies our guests.
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The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.
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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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The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.
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Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act. All living thought is a world in preparation; all real act is a thought manifested. The material world exists because an idea began to play in divine self–consciousness.
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