Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.
SRI AUROBINDOTurn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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The mind has these four levels: physical, vital, buddhi, higher mind. The Supermind is far above these.
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No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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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 Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race.
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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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Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.
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Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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Live according to Nature, runs the maxim of the West; but according to what nature, the nature of the body or the nature which exceeds the body? This first we ought to determine.
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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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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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One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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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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All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
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Detachment is the beginning of mastery.
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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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