Suffering makes us capable of the full force of the Master of Delight; it makes us capable also to bear the utter play of the Master of Power. Pain is the key that opens the gates of strength; it is the high-road that leads to the city of beatitude.
SRI AUROBINDOArise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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The principle of Yoga is the turning of one or of all powers of our human existence into a means of reaching divine Being.
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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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That within us which seeks to know and to progress is not the mind but something behind it which makes use of it.
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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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Hidden nature is secret God.
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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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Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.
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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 meeting of man and God must always mean a penetration and entry of the divine into the human and a self-immergence of man in the Divinity.
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Knowledge gropes but meets not Wisdom’s face.
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The subliminal mind receives and remembers all those touches that delight the soul. Our soul takes joy in this right touching by the Essence of all experience.
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The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.
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One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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The supreme state of human love is the unity of one soul in two bodies.
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Sit in meditation ! But do not think ! Look only at your mind ! You will see thoughts coming into it ! Before they can enter, throw these away from your mind till your mind is capable of entire silence.
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