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The 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.

Sri Aurobindo

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
There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind’s immobility and thought-free stillness. When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
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Better Chance Mindset Silence Truth
The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit.
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End Freedom Spirit
The anarchic is the true divine state of man in the end as in the beginning; but in between it would lead us straight to the devil and his kingdom.
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Beginning Devil Divine Kingdom Man State True
Life is life – whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.
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Advantage Difference Life Man
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
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God Imagination Laughter Listening People
Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
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Gain Inspirational Strength Victory Win
One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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Divine Manifestation Oneself
For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
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Existence Harmony Problem
The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.
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Motive Personal Purity Spiritual Work
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
A great thing would be done if all these God-visions could embrace and cast themselves into each other; but intellectual dogma and cult egoism stand in the way.
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Ego God Greatness Stand Vision Way
He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite.
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Choice Deep Wisdom
Watch the too indignantly righteous. Before long you will find them committing or condoning the very offence which they have so fiercely censured.
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Commitment Fierce Offense Right
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
In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
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Order Photograph Stop Yourself

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