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DAILY MESSAGES Series VI 251) Man
increases his enjoyment of a thing, imagining that he does not really want
it. Therefore he refuses. What man most refuses is what his heart is
really after. The attraction of a philanderer overcomes even that subconscious
reverse behaviour. The woman irresistibly courts him. Psychologically she is
attracted to his falsehood. Physically it is her evolutionary urge to
conceive for him who has enchanted her heart. J 252) Oblivious
selfishness is best seen by those who send telegraphic messages without
return addresses and are disappointed in not receiving a reply. They
blissfully assume that their address must be known! J 253) Desire
to shun company is desire for distinction. In the weak it leads to
distinction; in the strong it brings wider recognition. J 254) Mind
uses reason. Brahman reveals to integral experience. Intuition relates both.
Starting from reason one can go to intuition and finally complete it by
integral experience. 5 255) Man
acts to preserve his survival; he acts more readily to fulfil his least silly
desires. J 256) No
member of the orthodoxy – Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist – when he
realises his spiritual individuality in life, need find himself in any social
stratum other than the top.J 257) Blindness
in the devotees indicates they are blind to Grace. 5 258) Each
man has something to boast of. Let him take that skill or capacity and
implement it in his own life by the highest value he knows. He will rise to
the top of his profession. J 259) The
meanest of men who cherishes psychological meanness can by a social effort
pass for a perfect gentleman. J 260) To
think that a person will be interested in his own self is folly; to know that
he may be more interested in his own silly desires appears to be wisdom. J 261) To
trust a treacherous character in the guise of friendship and to offer egoistically
proud fools what they do not deserve are the same. J 262) Short
term goals are not in preference to long term goals, but are even at their
expense. When the long term goal is restoring a broken betrothal and the
short term is the wedding function, the short term does prevail. J 263) It
is not the whole truth that a clear wrongdoing like Lizzie’s diamond possession
will bring unpopularity to her. It is also true that it may make her very
admired by Lady Glencora. J 264) If
only man would listen to others, unashamedly people would ask him to destroy
himself because that is the only thought uppermost in men’s minds. Man
cherishes the idea of destroying a rival. He would want his rival to accept
his advice for self-destruction. J 265) The
token work is the material link between the subtle spiritual power and the
material world where it should be achieved. J 266) The
longer the heart waits to be rewarded, the sweeter is the reward of the heart
that accepts it. J 267) Unwillingness
to respond to opportunity of grace is silent opposition of the meek and
insecure. J 268) They
say nothing succeeds like success. If so, if you are after success, pay
attention to success, since there is no greater response than to attention. J 269) Grace
comes to one directly or through goodwill, or even ill-will. As long as you
are open to Grace, it shall come to you. 5 270) To
be satisfied with little or less in the name of austerity or simplicity is a
subconscious perversity acting hypocritically, not an idealistic discipline. J 271) Subconscious
ego is capable of refusing good or even Grace, just because it is offered. 5 272) He
who stipulates how Grace should come to him, denies it. 5 273) Service
to evil disqualifies a person from receiving Grace, even if it is done to a
wife or husband or parent or child. Still, in extreme cases, the person can
serve as a channel of Grace to others. 5 274) In
a family or an organisation, a person may have an endowment. Grace will pass
to all those through that person. No Grace will come to them if they refuse
that channel. 5 275) Our
own birthdays are spiritual openings for growth. Our rival’s birthdays are
occasions for the destruction of opposition. 5 276) Family
happiness – formula: Look at an issue from the other man’s point of view till
it becomes your own point of view. J 277) The
great man, rather the great souls of the world have seen the wholeness of
creation in the parts where their interest lay. The saints have realised the
whole in part. Sri Aurobindo realised the whole as a whole and expressed it
in his integral experience by bringing the Brahman to the material physical
world. & 278) Brahman
created the world for Delight. The Superconscient felt it as static bliss.
Jivatma sees the bliss as pain but remains unaffected. Ego receives the
Delight as pain. & 279) It
is a backward society where man is respected for his strength or wealth or
even knowledge. One should be respected for his culture. J 280) Imitation
becomes innovation when the inner springs are released by the outer touch. 5 281) Condescension
is the aim of weak substance with strong consciousness. J 282) Unconscious
development opens up opportunities for the oppressed to rise and assert.
Assertion leads to development; humility opens up greater development.
Conscious development calls for repentance, reversal of attitudes. J 283) Learn
the lesson – “Desire to give out of self-giving as well as desire to take out
of selfishness are the same.” Self-giving to be true must be Self-giving, the
Self in us giving to the Self. 5 284) He
who insists on offering now, when he learns the lesson, will not even agree
to give when requested. J 285) To
put oneself at the disposal of the other is a type of self-giving, maybe the
best type. J 286) Access
to seats of power is an expression of inner power. Its higher version is
humility. J 287) It
is not easy to behave like a gentleman. Should one be psychologically a
gentleman, he is one step into the territory of His Yoga. 5 288) For
one who brings his own vital under the control of his own mind, his family
will be a source of happiness to him. J 289) Man
cherishing evil or at least evil-minded persons, in spite of their evil
tendency, is his link with the other side.5 290) Every
development opportunity tries to destroy the existing set up at some point or
other. If resisted, it leads to clash. J 291) Whatever
be his situation, he who looks up is right; he who looks down is not. The
last rung of the ladder is that which helps him to discover the inner god in
outer life. 5 292) Their
words are nothing if they are not literally TRUE. & 293) Development
occurs when the physical pressure is replaced by mental urge for progress. J 294) The
world has leaped from mind to Spirit seeking moksha. HE has attempted
rising from mind to Supermind gradually and bringing it back down. That is
the only possible method for social development. So far, the privileged
leaped to power and prosperity. Democracy has opened the route of power to
the lowest. We must orchestrate Man’s rising to full power; and FULL power
descending to him. J 295) Family
happiness will be secure and everlasting if we remember two things: 1) the family is a social unit; 2) other
family members expect the same out of us as we do from others. J 296) Mental
perversions express as life problems. J 297) Indigenous
formula for prosperity: 1) Devise
values and skills to achieve from your own culture and spirituality what
Westerners have achieved. 2) Draw
upon the subtle life power to solve crises and create opportunities. 3) Let
the Indian discover the spiritual individual to become effective in Indian
democracy. J 298) A person may be good to you or not;
still, it is possible for Grace to come to you through him. If he is good,
Grace will also come to him because he is a channel. 5 299) Those who are in the periphery of Her
atmosphere are beckoned to avail of Her Grace as Luck.5 300) The capacity to please another and
the wish to give joy have a touch of the Divine in them.5 |
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