DAILY MESSAGES Series I 701) While it is possible either to be a yogi or
a householder, it is difficult to do yoga in the domestic life. This is so
because the yogi centres in the mind -- or in one of the parts of the being
-- and the householder centres in the vital, whereas to combine them one has
to centre himself in the psychic being. 702) When they say that Sri Aurobindo was
Napoleon or Mother was Elizabeth, Mother explains that the Force dwelled in
them for a period, not their whole life, often for a brief while. The Force for the purposes of its
work chooses an appropriate vessel and acts through it and withdraws later.
That period is seen as a great one in the life of the Instrument. The
events of that period in the life of the Instrument are great not according
to social or psychological values but evolutionary purposes. Often they are
contrary to ethical or social values. 703) The growth of each part of our being begins
with the lowest part and moves upwards as each part exhausts its role. The
mind grows by the support of the body, moves to the support of the vital when
it exhausts the use of the body. 704) The soul exhausts its growth by the support
of the body, the vital and the mind and starts growing on its own. HE calls
this phenomenon as the soul forgetting
the problems of life or its own problems. 705) In the process of its exhaustion of the use
of each part, there are two parts, the individual and the universal. 706) When the soul starts growing on its own, it
draws upon the Soul, the Self. Even this has two parts, the immutable Soul
and the involved Soul. 707) The soul, forgetting its problems, is the
inner dominating the outer. The soul involved in its problems is the outer
deciding the inner. 708) The world is governed by a physical
organisation. Those who have life knowledge like the three musketeers, are in
touch with the emotional organisation of the world. 709) To be in touch with the emotional
organisation means life always cooperates with you fully at your level. 710) The individual in the society does not grow
all by himself like a tree or an offspring of a less evolved species where at
birth they are separated from the mother. The society at large gives him physical
protection, the family psychological protection and the institutions of the
society special equipment. Occasionally there are individuals and
institutions trying to foster the well-being and growth of certain sections
of population thereby making the impossible for others, possible for these
favoured persons. Mother acts in the lives of people
who come to Her as these special institutions. SHE does one better by
becoming a personal deity of protection and favour. 711) The time of the ego is over. It must
dissolve. So, it is natural that the family which is only the extension of
the individual ego also should dissolve. 712) As the nation soul is shaping and growing
into universal soul, the movement of destruction of the family is apparently
contradictory. But only when the family gives way, the individual ego will
give way. Both are the same movements but appear to conflict with each other. 713) It is not possible to overdo in the act of
surrendering because it is ever increasing from inside. It comes to a natural
halt when the effort is exhausted. 714) Follies, ignorance and consequent suffering
issue out of evaluating one situation in the context of another situation.
Elders evaluate the youngsters in terms of the values of their generation. 715) Psychological values do not so readily
change as social values. One who readily changes his dress, will not equally
readily change his values of social superiority, or etiquette. 716) Mother restores lost objects, lost rights,
lost happiness, etc. Restoring a broken bottle is theoretically possible when
melted into the original liquid glass, but in practice it is not feasible.
Lost rights need change in law or custom to be restored. Can the wounded
heart or scorched feelings be restored to happiness? As the glass needs to be
melted and reach its original form of liquid, the feelings need to go to
their ORIGIN to be transformed into their opposites. 717) Giving up all initiation -- I¿bejÉhhÿ»ÓäeÂ
-- means not to use the power, however
small it is, as we like, e.g. expressing an opinion or an attitude. To let a
habit express itself for its own joy or comfort is like that. A beginning can
be made by controlling the irresistible desires. 718) It is a valuable self-guidance to decide to
examine, after each advice we give others, as to how much we ourselves follow
that advice. To set about following it makes for great progress. 719) As there is a level of thought to be
understood by speaking out loud, there is a thought at a higher level that
can be understood only by silent
reading. The higher mind understands without thought, the illumined
mind receives without understanding, the intuitive mind without light while the Supermind dispenses with a need
to know. 720) Sri Aurobindo's writings convey Supramental
knowledge, rather knowledge of the Supermind. To receive it fully, mind
should cease to think, see visions. It must be in a position to directly
receive without thought or sight. That knowledge becomes complete only when you
find what is coming in is the same knowledge as what is inside differently
formed. 721) Concentrating on the individual, the
universe created the Manomaya Purusha. 'The Individual fulfils himself in the
universe.' Manomaya Purusha extending into Nature and finding himself as the
psychic being is the Individual universalising himself since universe is
Nature and the Psychic is the soul of Nature. 722) For man to go ahead, he needs to complete
his experience at the level where he is. It means knowledge, enjoyment,
possession of results must be there. For instance, if one of these at any
level is incomplete, surely he cannot rise effectively further. He may rise
further by virtue of other strengths but as long as one item in an earlier
stage remains incomplete, the work at the level to which he rose will not be
complete. If you seek enjoyment now, without
it you cannot rise further. Enjoy you must, but rightly.
Otherwise you will not rise. 723) What I have learnt today as compelling
knowledge, I learnt 30 years ago as ideas. It took 30 years for the emotions
to learn what the mind once knew. 724) Mother accepted in any plane fully makes
the knowledge you already have in another plane true in that plane. 725) To serve selfishness is a weakness and a
sin. It can also help you to destroy your selfishness at a later stage while
in the final stage the same act while fully wiping you out, will help destroy
universal selfishness. All these are valid only when the ego is still in
existence. After the extinction of ego, selfishness for you is like any other
trait including selflessness. 726) Locating the volition to think and
surrendering it, thought ceases. Identifying the structure of thought and
withdrawing the energy of mental urge from it, the structure dissolves. At a
further step, the mind dissolves similarly. 727) As mental consciousness is aware, it is
easily possible to do this while dissolving the nervous or physical
sensation; likewise it is more difficult in view of their unconsciousness. 728) Dissolving the ego in these parts is an
essential prerequisite to embark on these ventures. 729) Consciousness grows even when we are
unconscious. One has experiences even when he does not know of them. The
psychic can grow, experiences can collect, consciousness can become richer
while the surface is unaware of it. Of course, it is all up to a point. 730) Transition from one society to another, one
psychological status to another, one consciousness to another takes place on
the surface at once, but it takes long
for the depth to change. 731) Social behaviour changes in one generation,
social beliefs have taken a century to change, social structure will change
only when its units dissolve and reform as does the family at present. 732) Psychologically, man has changed on the
surface in the last 5000 years. 733) Consciousness has changed last when man was
evolved. 734) Body determines the mind is the minor
truth. The major Truth is, mind determines the body. 735) When we are centred in the bodily
functions, body determines the mind. The mind determines the body when we are
centred in the mind. 736) Thinking is the physical function of the
mind and he who thinks is determined by his physical activities. 737) Mind's proper function, rather its native
function is understanding, not so much thinking. When the Mind understands
without thinking, Mind determines the Body. 738) There are omens like symptoms that develop
alongside a project serving as an index of their success. The symptoms
completing themselves successfully clearly indicate the success of the
project. This is the rule. But there are exceptions. 739) In the exceptional cases, the symptoms
failing become an indication of the Project's success. 740) There are conditions that lie outside the
rule and exception. Often Mother's situations are there. These projects
succeed whether the symptoms fail or succeed. A further condition too is
available where even when the Project itself fails, SUCCESS is guaranteed. 741) Knowledge becomes complete and precise only
when we know the determinant precisely; to know what determined the creation
of Hamlet or Symposium is to know precisely. 742) As the Absolute is THE determinant, it is
necessary we should know the Absolute's status that fixes the production of
Hamlet. 743) Sensation being the determinant, we live in
the physical plane. Likes and dislikes fix us to the vital plane while
ethical views of good and bad retain us in the mind. Mind conceiving of the
Good without the opposite of evil, rises to the Supermind or restores its
lost connection with the Supermind. 744) Truth, Good, Beauty, Timeless Eternity,
Spaceless Infinity do the same service to the sadhak of transcending the Mind
when it is focussed on any one of them. 745) The vital or physical man who does not have
a mind cannot use it. To put a mind to use and think, he must first create a
mind in himself. Similarly Man presently does not have a centre that can
comprehend the Good. To do so he must create the Supramental consciousness in
his mind first. This cannot be created by moving to one of the Purushas like
Manomaya Purusha. Moving to the psychic in the subliminal enables it. This is
the occult secret He looked for for ten years. 746) The Divine itself is the key to its enigma. The Divine in life becomes the
enigma whereas moving towards the Divine itself resolves it. 747) This can be extended to other aspects of
life as "Love itself is the key to its problems." Love creates a
problem by its imperfection; while perfecting it, the problem is solved. 748) We cannot realise the Absolute without the
Absolute itself touching us. Man in the society cannot progress without the
society offering him higher progress he is incapable of. It is the
individual's aspiration swelling that comes back to him as the collective
opportunity, thus retaining the initiative with the individual still. 749) The Avatar is the Infinite in the Finite. 750) Man being unconscious, his progress too is
unconscious. It is possible for man not to know the spiritual experiences that
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