One can take the best decision possible by referring to the goal or else to the deepest impulsion within oneself that is consistent with one’s own inmost nature. One should especially not make the error of mistaking that the Divine Will works to make things easy for us or necessarily brings success. It works mainly for our progress and if we keep that as the main criteria while taking decisions, focusing mainly on the inner progress to be made then we shall be closer to the Divine Will within us. Besides success is a relative term like failure and depends upon what we have placed before us. Much therefore depends upon the attitude we take and that should be the main focus. The decision may be taken according to the highest reason based on the co-ordinates available to us. But the attitude should be one of surrender and faith and the spirit of service to the Divine Will in us and in the world.
At the Feet of The Mother
How to take a right decision when one is unable to know what the Mother’s will is?
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‘Sri Aurobindo does not belong to the past nor to history. Sri Aurobindo is the Future advancing towards its realisation. Thus we must shelter the eternal youth required for a speedy advance, in order not to become laggards on the way.’ The Mother
I had been afraid of meeting her. It had taken me six long weeks to get to this point because I was afraid of her. In some of her photographs we see how formidable she can be.