Ascending further Aswapati encounters the higher vital worlds that serve as an intermediary link between the lower vital and the mental worlds.
At the Feet of The Mother
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The work of a karma yogi is a work from the highest state of his consciousness without being troubled by the consequences or the outcome. Sri Aurobindo himself has shown the path of perfect karma yoga in several ways.
There is in us a spark of God that takes in and grows through all experiences, however dark they may seem, for its growth towards God and Light.
The movements of lower nature are only a provisional scheme, a spring board for a still higher ascent of life.
Behind many accepted social or religious truths of human life we can see a spiritual truth. When these truths are followed without proper knowledge or out of fear, they hardly help in the growth of a person, because growth comes with the growth of the state of consciousness.
Such is the strong grip of this little life upon us that we remain strongly tied to it. Our being centered around our little desires and moved by these forces we miss the real purpose of life.
It is the handiwork of these forces of lower vital world that makes our life so short and insignificant.
The talk dwells on various outlooks and attitudes one can take towards life and self and world, especially on the inner attitude behind our daily life. Many clues shown by The Divine Master and The Mother are given, along with the practical examples.
Sri Aurobindo is revealing to us a whole occult side of life, not just the layers and levels but also the beings and forces and energies at each level.