Suffering makes us capable of the full force of the Master of Delight; it makes us capable also to bear the utter play of the Master of Power. Pain is the key that opens the gates of strength; it is the high-road that leads to the city of beatitude.
SRI AUROBINDOAll thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
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Trust the divine power, and she will free the godlike elements in you and shape all into an expression of divine nature.
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The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit.
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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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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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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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Stand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself.
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That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.
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Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.
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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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The existence of poverty is the proof of an unjust and ill-organised society, and our public charities are but the first tardy awakening in the conscience of a robber.
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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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When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
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But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.
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