Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

11. Visions and Symbols

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The lake is the being in its individual consciousness, the sea is the same being with a universalised consciousness which can hold the universe and its cosmic forces in itself – the one (individual) merges into the other (the universal). The boat is the formation of the Mother’s consciousness in you in which you are preparing to sail in this sea.