An active mind needs an outlet. If it stops by itself from within, well and good; otherwise one should not try to stop this by force.
SRI AUROBINDOThe Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself.
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Knowledge gropes but meets not Wisdom’s face.
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A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface, and you will feel your true being within, separate from them, observing but not carried away.
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Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
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Ourselves within us lethal forces nurse; We make of our own enemies our guests.
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In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
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For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
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By your stumbling, the world is perfected.
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Recover the source of all strength in yourself, and all else will be added to you … political freedom, the mastery of human thought, the hegemony of the world.
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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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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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The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the Theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has seen the shadow of God and clutched at it.
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We are sons of God And must be even as he.
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He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite.
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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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The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself.
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