Liberation [2]

A poem by Sri Aurobindo


Liberation - II

My mind, my soul grow larger than all Space;
    Time founders in that vastness glad and nude:
The body fades, an outline, a dim trace,
    A memory in the spirit's solitude.

This universe is a vanishing circumstance
    In the glory of a white infinity
Beautiful and bare for the Immortal's dance,
    House-room of my immense felicity.

In the thrilled happy giant void within
    Thought lost in light and passion drowned in bliss,
Changing into a stillness hyaline,
    Obey the edict of the Eternal's peace.

Life's now the Ineffable's dominion;
Nature is ended and the spirit alone.



Part VII : Pondicherry (Circa 1927-1947) > Sonnets from Manuscripts (Circa 1934-1947)   




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NOTES FROM EDITOR

2-3 October 1939, revised 5 November. Three hand-written manuscripts.



Manuscript