In this Hindi reflection we see the different levels of human life, especially man in a group or social context, and significance of different levels of collective life.
The Divine Mother now appears on the threshold in response to Aswapati’s aspiration towards terrestrial transformation. What follows in the rest of the Canto is this wonderful vision and adoration of the Divine Mother.
If only we could learn to be simple and humble and open like a flower to the Grace, then life would be so much wonderful. But the sceptic mind stands in the way and an aggressively selfish consciousness opens doors to fear and closes it to the Grace.
A poor man was sitting in a dark hut thinking of his miseries and of the injustice and wrongs that could be found in this world of God's making. ... Shyamsundar(Krishna) is very tricky; luckily he does not reveal himself to me, otherwise I would teach him such a lesson that he would stop playing these tricks.”
There is the goal of self-annulment into the silence of nirvana. But that leaves out the purpose of creation. Creation, on the other hand strives towards progressive perfection through a progressive divine manifestation. It is this secret that Aswapati is seeking.
This is an English translation of a Bengali article entitled “Manush Bhajan” by Nolini Kanta Gupta, a senior disciple of Sri Aurobindo, who once remarked, “If Nolini does not understand my Yoga, who does”. The translation of this article was done by Satadal.
This webinar is based on the Mother's prayer of August 29th, 1914 "OF what use would be man if he was not made to throw a bridge between That which eternally is, but is not manifested..."