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.
SRI AUROBINDONo danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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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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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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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 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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You have however within you an inclination towards completeness.
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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.
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The mind of an ordinary man is truly near the heart.
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By your stumbling, the world is perfected.
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The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought.
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When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
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All existence is a manifestation of God.
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No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.
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The spiritual path is one of falling on your face, getting up, brushing yourself off, turning and looking sheepishly at God and then taking the next step.
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There is nothing small in God’s eyes; let there be nothing small in thine
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