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A Thaumaturgist Sat
In our unseen subtle body thought is born
Or there it enters from the cosmic field.
Oft from her soul stepped out a naked thought
Luminous with mysteried lips and wonderful eyes;
Or from her heart emerged some burning face
And looked for life and love and passionate truth,
Aspired to heaven or embraced the world
Or led the fancy like a fleeting moon
Across the dull sky of man’s common days,
Amidst the doubtful certitudes of earth’s lore,
To the celestial beauty of faith gave form,
As if at flower-prints in a dingy room
Laughed in a golden vase one living rose.
A thaumaturgist sat in her heart’s deep,
Compelled the forward stride, the upward look,
Till wonder leaped into the illumined breast
And life grew marvellous with transfiguring hope.
A seeing will pondered between the brows;
Thoughts, glistening Angels, stood behind the brain
In flashing armour, folding hands of prayer,
And poured heaven’s rays into the earthly form.
[Savitri: Book Seven Canto Six]
Playing the Ostrich
Sometimes we do not notice that the adverse forces are attacking us; why don’t we?
You do not notice it! That happens when you are not alert, when you are not attentive, when you are busy with altogether external things, the tiny little things of daily practical life. Then the forces can attack you, enter into you, install themselves without even your noticing it. Most often, they do not attack you directly thus, because if they attack you directly, there is a chance of your feeling it (you may feel uneasy suddenly, that may awaken your attention). They go down into the inconscient and then come up, like that, quietly from below. So you do not know at all what is happening to you. When you are aware of it, it is already there, thoroughly installed, quite comfortably.
Sometimes one cannot distinguish adverse forces from other forces.
That happens when one is quite unconscious.
There are only two cases when this is possible: you are either very unconscious of the movements of your being—you have not studied, you have not observed, you do not know what is happening within you—or you are absolutely insincere, that is, you play the ostrich in order not to see the reality of things: you hide your head, you hide your observation, your knowledge and you say, “It is not there.” But indeed, the latter I hope is not in question here. Hence it is simply because one has not the habit of observing oneself that one is so unconscious of what is happening within.
[The Mother: CWM 5]
Mistake to Argue from One’s Limited Experience
Another thing—it is a mistake to argue from one’s own very limited experience, ignoring that of others, and build on it large generalisations about Yoga. This is what many do, but the method has obvious demerits. You have no experience of major realisations through work, and you conclude that such realisations are impossible. But what of the many who have had them—elsewhere and here too in the Asram? That has no value? You kindly hint to me that I have failed to get anything by works? How do you know? I have not written the history of my sadhana—if I had, you would have seen that if I had not made action and work one of my chief means of realisation—well, there would have been no sadhana and no realisation except that, perhaps, of Nirvana.
[Sri Aurobindo: Letters on Yoga]
Songs of the Soul: October 16, 2026
Sweet and infinite Mother, Mother Divine, Maa, human life is indeed a battle and a pilgrimage. Maa, be with us in this journey of life, terrible and sweet, dangerous and delightful. Be with us as the Protector and Guide. But also prepare us, Maa, to be the perfect instruments of Thy Will, Thy hero-warriors of the Light, Thy spearheads of Truth, Thy workers and servitors in the great unfolding and the forward march of Time.
Maa, the fate of earth and humanity is being decisively decided in this Age. It is a formidable battle within and without. Maa, may we flinch not from any effort needed for Thy Victory. Maa, accept and sanctify and bless the sacrifice of our ego and desires so that all in us may be entirely aligned with Thy Will and obedient to Thy Law.
Maa, may all we have and all we do and all we are be for Thee, for Thy Work and Thy Service, for the fulfilment of Thy Will, for the joy of Thy Love.
Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa
Humanity at the Crossroads: Destruction or a New Creation (13)
It would mean that the evolutionary line of different types of humanity may not proceed along the same line or the same pace. The differentiation will then automatically arise at some point especially because human beings live primarily in the mind. And since the Mind’s operating system is through comparison and contrast, that is to say division, a mentally developed humanity runs the great risk of exaggerating these differences and turning them into a struggle for existence, not between humans and other species but within the species itself, intraspecies so to say.
Where is Divine Justice in the Life of Humanity?
. Justice implies two things. Its first purpose is to punish the evil-doer and protect the righteous and good. Its second purpose that derives from the first is to maintain the balance of creation so that the general consciousness of humanity does not sink below in such a dangerous way that a wholesale or mass destruction remains the only way left to restore the lost balance.
When we think of this in human terms we can only think of physical and material rewards and punishments since we value these alone and our vision is limited only to these things. But the Divine Vision sees much more. It lets a man grow rich through foul means and exploitation of the poor. But a price is extracted in this process. He becomes more and more entrenched in darkness and falsehood thereby cutting himself more and more from the natural joy of life. Then to get back that lost joy he tries lot of artificial means such as parties, drugs, lustful activities and grabbing of political power. The more he does so he is more and more cut off from the Divine Presence within and the joy and peace and happiness that comes from It. Now unless there is a course correction due to some shock or Divine Grace, he finds himself more and more surrounded by flatterers and loses the joy that friends and family can give. Finally, he dies in a state of fear and anxiety and worry over losing all that he has unjustly amassed. Of course, he dies with a lot of money in his wallet but a big hole in his heart, loveless though surrounded with selfish men who are after his wealth and position. As if this is not enough, since he misused the gifts of Nature given to him, he returns in a miserable birth deprived of all that he misused to resume his further journey under much more difficult conditions. I am not saying that it happens exactly like this but there is a truth in the idea that there is no greater punishment than to wander away from our divine core, to lose one’s natural joy, to live in a state of obscurity and inner darkness, cut off from all true light and peace and joy.
We are unable to see this larger picture because our eyes scan only the surfaces and can see life only in small sections of Time. Therefore, we ignorantly believe that a king of a politician who has amassed wealth and power by unjust means is fortunate whereas the seeming ordinary not so rich person who lives with modest income, a life of piety and goodness is not so fortunate. But this is an error of the senses. Kansa, the king of Mathura suffered in his royal palace while the commoners of Vrindavan rejoiced dancing with Krishna. Duryodhana suffered with jealousy and ambition and anger and suicidal thoughts as the king of Hastinapur, the most powerful and influential Kingdom of those times. On the other hand, the Pandavas grew through the ordeals in the forest and have become an ideal for men to follow. Such are the strange ways of Divine justice, strange and mysterious to our superficial vision, but perfectly rational and legit to a deeper and comprehensive view of things.
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