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Material things are not to be despised-without them there can be no manifestation in the material world.

Sri Aurobindo

The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.
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Face Ourselves Practice
Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
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Gain Inspirational Strength Victory Win
India saw from the beginning, – and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the insight, – that life cannot be rightly seen in the sole light, cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities.
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Age Beginning External Ignorance Life Power Reason
What is God after all? An eternal child playing an eternal game in an eternal garden.
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Atheist Children Forever Game God Perspective
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
Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.
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Art Himself Nature Transcendence
All existence is a manifestation of God.
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Existence God Manifestation
For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
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Existence Harmony Problem
Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealised possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey.
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Greatness Impossible Journey Possible
Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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Choice Death Imitation Success
The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.
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Motive Personal Purity Spiritual Work
The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.
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Principle Teaching True
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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Better Character Endurance Example Health Perfection Teaching Value
The highest aim of the aesthetic being is to find the Divine through beauty; the highest Art is that which by an inspired use of significant and interpretative form unseals the door of the spirit.
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Aesthetic Art Divine Door Finding Spirit
But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.
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Difficult Willing
The experiences of your past life which are stored within come up to the surface to be rejected. By rejecting all these by and by the inside will have to be cleansed.
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Cleaning Experience Past People Rejection Willing

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