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DAILY
MESSAGES Series III 351) To
take interest in anything is natural and possible. It is to express a
movement of Prakriti. The effort to evolve replacing the interest is
transformation of life into yoga. Interest in explaining an idea turns into
evolution if the explanation gives place to silence and silence into a
capacity to communicate in silence. Moral abhorrence losing its edge and
changing into adoration of the very
act one detested is emotional evolution. öÁÖ¨¦ ¸¨£õÁx £›nõ©®. 352) Of
the many ways in which Joy and pain can be explained, one is: work accepted,
in the doing of it, expands the foundations, joy issues; contracts, pain
results. Education that enlivens the mind or ensures a career gives joy.
Office work where credit will go to others while you are high and dry
oppresses. The
deeper the foundation that expands, the greater is the JOY. Youthful joy
results from expansion of physical energy; the achiever receives the
psychological joy; the moksha-seeking yogi from the expanding spirit; Purna
yogi from the evolving level of the spirit. At
any given moment what gives us joy can be the physical energy, psychological
achievement, the opening spiritual horizon, the evolving mind or Supermind or
Satchidananda or the Absolute. For
the Absolute to evolve in us now, we must have realised the Absolute in that
plane. The evolving ego gives pain, evolving out of ego gives expansiveness
and hence no pain but joy. 353) The
creative genius finds it harder to understand what is presented to him even
if it is from another genius than to examine himself creatively. In other
words, it is easier for a genius to create afresh than to exercise a lower
faculty like comprehension. It is easier to found a company than to set right
an existing one. 354) Self-discovery
is formation of skill at the physical, pleasant victory over a situation in
the vital, comprehension in the mental; silence, drishti, intuition at
further levels. Discovering the determinant is supramental self-discovery. To
continue the search, it can be discovered as Ananda, Consciousness, Purusha
and finally the Absolute, all in the ascent.
Knowing the corresponding stages of self-hiding which is necessary for
the self-discovery from the Absolute to Matter helps in the subsequent
process of self-discovery. 355) The
dualistic system of balanced pairs of opposites is a necessity for
intellectual conception. This is the method of Maya. As the intellectuality
conceives of an external object, unlike the infinite's self-conception, the
conceiving subject and the object which is conceived of become opposites. In
developed intellects, the opposition is balanced making thought viable.
Undeveloped intellects have unbalanced opposites that generate confusion
where no thought could function. 356) The
One Eternal in the many transient; The One Consciousness in many
consciousnesses; He am I; I am Brahman the Eternal, the four pillars on which
Vedanta has raised itself, taken together can be summarised as Objective
Realisation moving to Total Subjectivity, since they start with the outside
and proceed inward. I - The external perception of the
Eternal. II - To see the Being as Consciousness III -The Outer being recognised the
inner, a movement from outside to inside. IV - The same viewed from inside, the
outside having lost its reality. 357) Shakespeare,
rather the Parabrahman in Shakespeare, created original thoughts in the
subtilised atmosphere, a field of immortality. Hence it is Eternal.
Hallucination, apparition is the same in the field of sensation. Permanence
issues out of the depth from which it originates and the nature of the field
where it expresses. Theoretically man can create similar permanences in the
material field. 358) Accomplishment
requires submission to the entire circumstances. The weak, the idealist and
the yogi accomplish through this principle. The submission is the same
everywhere, but the purpose is different on each occasion. GÁ¸øh¯ \õuøÚ²® £oÁõÀ
|h¢u÷u. 359) It
is our belief that one who responds to charm, lure, attraction outside his
right is an animal, i.e. we expect to meet a man of psychological values.
Humanity can evolve a man of psychological values only when the social plane
is saturated with social values which is not yet a fact. Man of psychological
values can be held as an ideal whereas the social man is the only reality. 360) Human
relationship is between people of humane qualities. It does not come into
existence between two people of different levels of character. 361) Families
do have excellent atmosphere of affection in spite of alcohol drinking and
compromising sex behaviour, since it is composed of individuals of character. The
character of the family ensures higher happiness overriding the factors of
dubious behaviour. [George's mother-in-law vowed not to touch alcohol and
runs a non-alcoholic restaurant in France. Hers is a happy family which
enjoys a wedding dinner between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. None of them is a moralist
in matters of sex. 362) Mother
acting instantaneously conferring full benefits happens when Mother's Great
Energy descends. It happens either when there is a great inner determination
from an equally great calm or a call rises from great turbulence inside.
Thought that is passing or a strong conviction never does it. Surely no wish
moves such forces. If ever thought does it, it must be an
earth-shaking idea such as generosity for a miser or free woman in a
household. In theory, thought that is penetratingly full can perform this
even if it is an ordinary one. The secret key is -- whether it is energy,
thought or aspiration or prayer, it must enjoy a fullness of totality man
does not presently know. 363) When
weakness realises what it is, it starts becoming strength. Weakness that
mistakes itself to be strength is irritated, bursts out in anger, wants to
wreak vengeance, contemplates the various sides of the issue and lapses into
sadness. 364) The
evolutionary foundation is laid where Mind dominates Matter. Work done by
Mind initiated by Matter becomes structures to be overcome and undone for
evolutionary growth. 365) Fullness
of being comes out of fulfilment at a deeper level of inner existence. It
happens when a wider idea is expressed by the emotion that accepted it or
when the body has the circumstance to live it as an enjoyable experience.
Feeling of fullness becomes complete in the psychic experience. 366) Silent,
calming Quiet in the mind, energising joy that expands the emotion, sense of
cosy comfort in a relaxed body or an ease that enjoys itself in the being are
indications of fullness. 367) The
static Absolute chose to move. That movement that began at Existence will
not and cannot stop till it goes back to its Origin. What we see as
irresistibility is that movement. 368) Purusha
as well as Prakriti are stung by that movement of irresistibility. For
Prakriti it is dissipation, for Purusha it is evolution. 369) Irresistibility
cannot be overcome or given up. It can change its character or direction.
Even in stability or quiescence the movement continues in withholding action.
It is only in the Absolute either before the Movement begins or after its
return to it that the movement dissolves changing into an eternal potential
of every possibility of which this Movement is one. When we say the Absolute is beyond and
above Movement and Stability, we mean it is capable of both as well as
withholding both. 370) Thinking
as we know -- the mental effort of which facts or thoughts are the raw
material -- cannot help in comprehending Supermind, Satchidananda, Absolute
which reveal themselves to intuition. Transition from one to the other is
effected by consecration which relates the part to the whole. 371) Crossing
the borderline, the finite becoming the Infinite, irresistibility turns into
evolutionary force. Force can return to its anterior state of Being and
further the Being can choose to lose its manifest state, thus returning to
the Origin, the Absolute. 372) He
who can rise from thought to Silence or from Mind to Supermind or make his
emotion accept an idea is the traveller on the path of Being returning to its
Origin. Though his stage is primary, the capacity is ultimate. 373) The
first obstacle in dhyana is sleep. Mind goes to sleep when it is not active,
says He. Dhyana is concentration of energy. Comprehension of the mind is
limited, Increasing concentration after comprehension ends sends mind to
inactive but blissful sleep. 374) Equality
is the condition of the soul when it realises the Absolute. (p. 792, S.Y.U
Edition) 375) Enjoyment
of one is felt by enjoyment of all in the depths. Only the surface sulks. A
cheat's delight in successfully robbing you is received in your subliminal
as the same delight. That is why Sri Aurobindo speaks of Krishna's tricks
behind the temptation of the devil. 376) Intentional
cruelty, sin, perversity on the surface is still felt as joy in the depths,
not only of the perpetrator but also by the depth of the victim, because
there is nothing but JOY at that level. 377) Living
in the depths of the surface life, one can feel the rasa, the essential joy
of living. There is no pain in the act. Pain is felt by the surface
personality in the act, rather the act is received by the surface as pain or
pleasure while the act is in essence only Joy. 378) Psychic
sadness is a phenomenon of the psychic growing into its fullness and the
resistance it finds in the Nature to its growth. It is not yet the glad
laughter of the soul. 379) When
a subject is too vast or too lofty and everyone finds it escapes their
comprehension, we find two phenomena: 1) localised issues, or 2) the general
outline is clearly grasped by those that are intelligent and interested. It
becomes complete knowledge only when one explains in terms of the other all
the way through. 380) Such
a knowledge becomes integral knowledge when the reader knows the significance
of each detail. Its significance lies in its capacity to explain the outline.
The outline becomes significant when we know why a certain detail is
permitted into its scheme of things. Understanding Life Divine that way is a
Jnana Siddhi, is Purna Yoga. 381) In
the absence of culture man sees himself as the centre and wants only to take.
Touch of culture gives an urge to give in every contact. 382) A
man of great devotion and small personality cannot offer great service to
Mother because his personality is not capable of it. Because of
perseverance, if he does so, the entire atmosphere either revolts or
non-co-operates, as his own personality is part of it. It amount to doing
violence to the equilibrium of Nature. Should he succeed in his endeavour, he
must first work to raise the atmosphere and offer service in the measure that
possibility permits. 383) It
is the irony of life or logic of super-life that negative people, even when
inclined to offer service, can do so only negatively. For example, the urge
for a negative man to serve as sincerely as possible surfaces as a desire to
quit the arena of service so that he would not spoil the work. 384) Planes,
people, work of entirely different or opposite character cannot adjust with
each other. The strong can only dominate the situation. The dominant party
can offer a cultural adjustment to a weak uncultured party from his own side
of convenience, not from the opposite side. The militancy of an invader can
offer not to attack the civilian people or places from his own sense of
self-restraint, not in consultation with the enemy. 385) Growth
is described as moving from unconsciousness to consciousness. Infancy is a
period of physical unconsciousness. Till we emerge into adulthood, we are
moved by the society, i.e. we are socially not conscious. The academic
scholar till he becomes a thinker is mentally unconscious. Emerging psychic
makes us spiritually conscious. Humanity is spiritually unconscious. 386) Material
property, functioning organisation, the power of a moving mass of adherents
are necessary for evanescent idealism to strike roots in the ground.
Otherwise idealism becomes an unideal unreality and vanishes into thin air.
Even the gods are unable to reach constant remembrance without the base of a
physical body. Blood is thicker than water is true when that blood flows
through concrete work relationship that is really profitable business
propositions. Material
Prosperity is the physical body that makes constant remembrance of the blood
relationship real and lasting. 387) What
is evident to genius in one generation becomes commonplace knowledge in the
next generation. Here too, the cream that carries on the tradition of genius
rises to the intellectual occasion of absorbing the essence of the knowledge
the genius gave. The rest belongs to the crowd mouthing the words. The Life Divine has not yet created that
cream to appreciate its import. The appearance of the genius creates that
permanent possibility in posterity, but to avail of that possibility is left
to posterity. 388) Thrusting
an external discipline on unwilling shoulders, one can witness the general
atmosphere resisting. An unwilling engineer, if pressed to accept a major
responsibility of the entrepreneur, which he is not by inner makings, will
witness his shed sealed for the default of another. 389) Willingness
to work is the sign of excess energy and capacity in greater measure;
unwillingness the sign of their opposites. 390) Capacity
is high on the scale of human work next only to character and values.
Training can give skill, not capacity or talent. Several skills meshing and
letting their essence pool in a centre generates capacities. Even when a
person is willing, it is a long drawn out process. With unwilling people, the
proposition does not arise at all. A tyrannical, overbearing mastery may
achieve a modicum of it. 391) Cruel
tyranny has the positive side of creating capacity in an unwilling
population. Pkø©US›¯Áº ¸®¦Áx öPõkø©. 392) Divine
Love that descends as Grace will have the same overbearing power of cruel
tyranny, as there is a parallel in their powers. 393) When
disciples who are masters of methods to whom method is the mantra and
godhead, want to destroy their guru, they cannot resist the temptation of
seeking the approval and blessings of the self-same guru they aim at
destroying. 394) Those
who are punished for no fault of theirs are those who pester everyone else
for undeserving help. E£zvµÁ® ö\´x Eu ÷PmhõÀ,
ö\´¯õu £õÁzvØS ushøÚ QøhUS®. 395) Life
brings you exactly the opportunity of offering advice to others which you
yourself need. uÚUS ÷uøÁ¯õÚx ¤Ó¸US AΨ£x
E£÷u\®. 396) Curing
the ache by inner light or removing a correspondence or prayer is finite
becoming Infinite. Á¼ø¯ }US® JÎ, ©ÛuøÚ
¤µ®©©õUS®. 397) The
powerful, inner, silent bargaining comes to you as the nagging, nasty,
irrational outer bargaining. Á®¦ ö\´x ÷Pm£Áß Á¼¯¨ ÷£õ´
ußøÚ AÈzxU öPõÒÍ ÷ÁsiÁ¸®. 398) Polite
hesitation to expose self-styled great men is impotent spirituality, not
inherent nobility. ÷£õ¼°ß ÷Áåzøu |_UP ©Ö¨£x
ö£¸¢ußø©°Àø», uSv¯ØÓ uÁ®. 399) Romance
is high strung, short-lived, fleeting, ends as fast as it appeared, perhaps
as romantically, and cannot keep company with deep devotion that loyalty
generates forever. 400) An
inner turnaround surely expresses as outer drastic change of events and
attitudes, almost bringing about changes in events that are past remedy. That
inner reality does have the capability of this outer reality. |
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