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Organised material energy

Clustered, compact and methodical, it is powerful through its organisation

Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms (Araliaceae)

Octopus tree

Dull red

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Our material world is the result of all the others, for the other principles have all descended into Matter to create the physical universe, and every particle of what we call Matter contains all of them implicit in itself.

Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 18. - The Life Divine: Books 1

Matter is the form of substance of being which the existence of Sachchidananda assumes when it subjects itself to this phenomenal action of its own consciousness and force.

Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 18. - The Life Divine: Books 1

For one who knows how to see behind appearances, there is, hidden at the centre of this Matter - at the centre of each atom of this Matter - there is, hidden, the Supreme Divine Reality working from within, gradually, through the millennia, to change this inert Matter into something that is expressive enough to be able to reveal the Spirit within.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 9. - Questions And Answers (1957)

A clear and precise vision of what is to be done and a steady, calm and firm will to have it done are the essential conditions for an organisation to be run properly.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 17. - More answers from the Mother

Well, for oneself, one must organise one's own things... And those who can do that are generally those who can put their ideas into order and can also organise their character and can finally control their movements. And then, if you make progress, you succeed in governing your physical life; you begin to have a control over your physical movements. If you take life in that way, truly it be comes interesting. If one lives in a confusion, a disorder, an inner and outer chaos in which everything is mixed up and one is conscious of nothing and still less is master of things, this is not living.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 6. - Questions And Answers (1954)

What did You mean to tell me by giving the flower "Organisation"?

Organise your life, your work, your consciousness.

Organisation consists in putting each thing in its true place.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 17. - More answers from the Mother

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