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The cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it.

Sri Aurobindo

The yogin becomes aware in part of the action of the supramental power organizing the lower vehicle (ādhāra). A part of it remains behind the veil and prepares itself.
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Action Awareness Preparation Yoga
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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Knowledge Listening Power Surface True
When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge.
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Beyond Knowledge Known
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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Forever Hands Life Thinking Time
When Reason died, then Wisdom was born.
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Death One Liner Reason Wisdom
Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.
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Condition Peace Stability
A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther.
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Point Satisfaction Success Thinking Truth
Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper.
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Care Failure Prosper Success Time
There is a knowledge in the heart of sleep.
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Heart Knowledge Sleep
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
Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.
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Effort Game God Perfection Resistance Sin Virtue
You carry in yourself all the obstacles necessary to make your realization perfect. If you discover a very black hole, a thick shadow, be sure there is somewhere in you a great light. It is up to you to know how to use the one to realize the other.
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Carry Discover Greatness Light Necessary Obstacle Oneself Realize
The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.
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Divine Greatness Idea Philosophy Religion Truth
The cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it.
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Cleaning Divine Empty
What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.
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Acceptance Appearance Knowledge Man Reason
But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.
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Difficult Willing

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