One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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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A God who cannot smile, could not have created this humorous universe.
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Ourselves within us lethal forces nurse; We make of our own enemies our guests.
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Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal’s gate.
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To doubt the experience is to discourage it. Let it be developed, see what is in it.
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True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.
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The soul in man is greater than his fate.
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The mind has these four levels: physical, vital, buddhi, higher mind. The Supermind is far above these.
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Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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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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One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.
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Only when Eternity takes Time by the hand, Only when infinity weds the finite’s thought, Can man be free from himself and live with God.
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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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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.
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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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Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.
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