Aswapati now comes in contact with the Divine Supernature that is concealed in the Unknowable. It is the heart of the Unknowable and it is only through Her that the Unknowable can be known.
Vishvamitra was beside himself with rage. He could not concentrate on his tapasyā. He had vowed that if Vashishtha did not acknowledge him as a Brahmarshi that day, he would kill him. To carry out this resolve, he armed himself with a sword as he left his hermitage. ...
In this brief English reflection we take up one of the most basic practices of Yoga, where one learns to shift the needle of consciousness leading to a change of outer circumstances.
In 1994, Dr H. Maheshwari has held a study of Sri Aurobindo’s ‘The Mother’ at the AuroMira Relic Centre in the suburb of London, which has been captured on audio.
The degree of refinement of our senses depends upon the quality of our consciousness. At the same time if the senses indulge in crude pleasures our consciousness becomes more and more heavy and gross.
Accept then all that takes you to the Divine. Reject all that takes you away from it, but do not say that this is good and that is bad or try to impose your outlook on others; for, what you term bad may be the very thing that is good for your neighbour who is not trying to realise the Divine Life.
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.