Do not lend yourself to the superficial forces which move in the outside world. ... Never decide anything without stepping back, never speak a word without stepping back, never throw yourself into action without stepping back.
The necessity of personal effort in sadhana diminishes as we progress in surrender and the Divine Mother takes charge of our life and breath and speech and act. Then it is She who does the sadhana in us and all that is needed is to remain open towards Her.
Is everything that happens in the world the result of Divine Will? Can we decipher or measure God’s Will by the apparent success or failure of an effort? What is our role in it?
A machine is unconscious and hence its perfection is limited, a man is half-conscious with the possibility of collaborating in the evolutionary process and becoming fully conscious.
Aswapati now awaits the Transcendent’s decree. He has already reached the doors from where none returns. He already had a glimpse of the Divine Mother.
The Isha Upanishad introduces to us the integral spiritual realisation and the principle of the integral yoga; within a short space it resolves many difficult problems.