The expression “from above” is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action – we call it intuition.
SRI AUROBINDO
SRI AUROBINDO
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Sri Aurobindo117 quotes · See all“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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Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealised possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey.
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Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
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