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To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use.

Sri Aurobindo

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
The expression “from above” is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action – we call it intuition.
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Action Command Expression Intution Talk Way
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
The supreme state of human love is the unity of one soul in two bodies.
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Body Human Love Soul State
Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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Choice Death Imitation Success
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
Live according to Nature, runs the maxim of the West; but according to what nature, the nature of the body or the nature which exceeds the body? This first we ought to determine.
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Body Determination Live Nature
The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge.
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Culture Economics Future Humanity Issue Knowledge Progress Spiritual
The all-embracing vast being which is there behind the play of the universe and with which you will have to identify yourself – for this is your true self.
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Identity Play True Universe
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
By your stumbling, the world is perfected.
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Perfection World Yourself
The mind has these four levels: physical, vital, buddhi, higher mind. The Supermind is far above these.
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Level Mindset Physical Spiritual
Material things are not to be despised-without them there can be no manifestation in the material world.
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Manifestation Material World
The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.
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Face Ourselves Practice
Watch the too indignantly righteous. Before long you will find them committing or condoning the very offence which they have so fiercely censured.
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Commitment Fierce Offense Right
Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal’s gate.
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Change Death Forever Gate

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