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DAILY MESSAGES
Series II
451) Outgrowth
is a limitation set by the being for each part. The limits can be varied
either way by a choice of the being. p 452) An
act of dissipation abridges the result in proportion when the act is within
the plane. For one who tries to rise to the next plane, the same act of
dissipation totally cancels his effort. p 453) Achievers
think of the work; non-achievers think of results. µ 454) He
who works for perfection in content, wanting to impress those who are perfect
in form, defeats his higher purpose. µ 455) Should
he succeed in impressing them, he would have failed in his true endeavour. µ 456) The
hold of Form on the social consciousness is so great as to infect the
content. µ 457) The
surfacing past in the mind truly belongs to the physical consciousness,
particularly its ego part. s 458) It
is obvious that imperfect human instruments cannot produce perfect practical
results. At best such an endeavour 459) It
is possible to abridge a 5 year project in 5 weeks even if the original 5
year period is an ambitious target, if past consecration can touch the
depths. p 460) Of
all the efforts, man finds the psychological effort the most formidable. p 461) Social
development made great strides in this century when the society realised the
truth in the yogic idea that the negative expresses the unexpressed part of
the whole which the positive is not capable of expressing. p 462) The
perfect skill, the complete consecration, living fully in the present, moving
into the depths, and the several other disciplines of yoga bring the energy
of the infinite into the finite to discover the former in the latter. p 463) Only
the Infinite can recognise the Infinite; so it is either the Jiva or the
psychic alone which reveals the Infinite in the finite. p 464) Complete
emancipation from physicality is indicated by inability to use force or
might. Nor can he use any social or psychological force that represents
physical prowess in one form or another like administrative power or money
value. p 465) Tolerance
tolerates the intolerable. Patience permits out of a higher understanding. p 466) People
having differing sets of values or working at cross purposes will be able to
achieve in a project what is less than possible. Their maximum accomplishment
will be the minimum possible in the project potentials. µ 467) Work
relationships endure; emotional relationships do not last that long, since sooner
or later the tendency to dominate or exploit rears its head. Even in its
absence, emotional relationships last only as long as the intensity is there;
and intensity, by definition, is short-lived. µ 468) Intensity
in emotional relationships or in any other situation can last forever, if
constantly higher intensities are sought after. µ 469) If
courage is in proportion to the distance of the project, faith in an
impossibly great project is in inverse proportion to its distance. (Harlan
Cleveland) µ 470) Freedom
in any measure, rights that are never dreamt of, wealth of high proportion,
if given to anyone to whom it is not due, will be readily received by him as
if it is his prerogative and privilege. µ 471) Even
when the power of ego dies either due to age or due to retirement, the charm
of money and power remains. The character of ego is everliving even if its
power is outlived. µ 472) He
who works against his own ideal but longs for the result proves the theory of
an awakened mind, alive to the ideal, accompanied by an active vital. µ 473) He
who exhausts his potential can rise to the top of his plane. To rise above
that plane, he must exhaust the potentials of the plane in him. µ 474) Dissipation
maintains the equilibrium of energy in the body. µ 475) Giving
up dissipation without acquiring a higher discipline will result in
disequilibrium. µ 476) No
man can accept a discipline that would absorb the energies which would be
otherwise dissipated, without raising his level of living. µ 477) Giving
up dissipation necessarily means acquiring higher discipline and moving to a
higher level. µ 478) To
convert irresistibility into irresistible aspiration is a vast gain with
unparalleled results, but still, it is not to possess the yogic force. µ 479) Irresistibility
converted into complete control issues the yogic Force. p 480) Irresistible
force of desire converted into Force seeking to be conscious on our
determined initiative is transformation. p 481) Our
determined initiative at that stage is possible only when the egoistic
initiative is surrendered. Then such initiative is Mother’s Initiative. p 482) Our
surrender to Her is inclusive of surrender of irresistibility, surrender of
initiative and is the beginning of Her Initiative. p 483) The
Poet sees the universal truths in life events and finds linguistic figures
for their expression as poetry. p 484) Mother’s
organisation is not the structure of external organisation but the
psychological system of Mother’s value accepted by the central person. p 485) All
the others would only offer discipline appropriate to their position in
society. µ 486) In
the measure they voluntarily respond to the Mother’s discipline of their
leader, the Mother’s organisation is born and is effective. p 487) To
expect members of such an organisation to accept Mother’s discipline is to
put the cart before the horse. µ 488) In
practice it will be a transformation from social organisation to Mother’s
organisation through the inner initiative of the leader. µ 489) The
second generation of wealth, political power, organisational advantage
enjoying disproportionately higher privileges is natural. Only that it should
be matched by a disproportionately higher discipline than the first
generation. µ 490) Irresistibility
is the power of the Force, not the power of the ego. It expresses through the
ego. p 491) Ego
has no innate power, but it has an innate organisation and direction. p 492) The
power the ego has is the power of its own organisation, not the power of the
being or the power of Consciousness. p 493) Nostalgia
can at best be a sentiment but cannot afford to be a goal to be sought after. µ 494) Not
to feel outraged by an outrageous act is partiality. µ 495) To
justify it is injustice personified inherently capable of cruelty. µ 496) To
know the knowledge of Ignorance one needs to have tasted what knowledge is. p 497) Service
is a loving relationship of voluntary subordination. µ 498) To
offer it to unrelated people is to throw away one’s energies. To give it to
those who look down upon you is the surest door through which ruin can be
invited. µ 499) Perfection
in numbers is primary, that in language is secondary. The same in thought or
concept is a complex tertiary level of perfection. µ 500) Perfection
in an act is the final level at which human perfection can find expression. µ |
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