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 principle of Yoga is the turning of one or of all powers of our human existence into a means of reaching divine Being.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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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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In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
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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.
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The 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.
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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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Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Knowledge is the performer, the Infinite All is the composer and audience.
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A God who cannot smile, could not have created this humorous universe.
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Faith is the soul’s witness to something not yet manifested, achieved or realised, but which yet the Knower within us, even in the absence of all indications, feels to be true or supremely worth following or achieving.
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Ourselves within us lethal forces nurse; We make of our own enemies our guests.
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Remember that you are at an exceptional hour in a unique epoch, that you have this great happiness, this invaluable privilege, of being present at the birth of a new world.
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The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.
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The soul in man is greater than his fate.
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What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
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The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.
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