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 AUROBINDOThe meeting of man and God must always mean a penetration and entry of the divine into the human and a self-immergence of man in the Divinity.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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All existence is a manifestation of God.
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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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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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Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal’s gate.
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Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul’s freedom.
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To hope for a true change of human life without a change of human nature is an irrational and unspiritual proposition.
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Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.
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Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.
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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.
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What is God after all? An eternal child playing an eternal game in an eternal garden.
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That within us which seeks to know and to progress is not the mind but something behind it which makes use of it.
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India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.
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A God who cannot smile, could not have created this humorous universe.
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Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Knowledge is the performer, the Infinite All is the composer and audience.
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What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.
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