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Not in the state of unconsciousness, but in full awareness when the higher Power will descend into and direct us, then only the yogic life will begin.

Sri Aurobindo

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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Existence Human Ourselves Power Principle
The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit.
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End Freedom Spirit
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
One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.
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God Love Object Religious
Transform reason into ordered intuition; let all thyself be light. This is thy goal.
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Goal Intuition Light Order Transformation
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 fly that touches honey cannot use it’s wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it’s freedom and hinders contemplation.
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Fly Freedom Honey Sweet Touch Wings
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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Atheist God Himself Play Shadow
True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.
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Knowledge Thinking True Yourself
No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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Calm Dangerous Myself Spirit
One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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Divine Manifestation Oneself
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
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God Imagination Laughter Listening People
Faith is the soul’s witness to something not yet manifested, achieved or realised, but which yet the Knower within us, even in the absence of all indications, feels to be true or supremely worth following or achieving.
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Achievement Faith Manifestation Realize Soul Worth
Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence.
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Consciousness Evolution Existence Motive
The soul in man is greater than his fate.
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Fate Greatness Man Soul
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

Not in the state of unconsciousness, but in full awareness when the higher Power will descend into and direct us, then only the yogic life will begin.

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