Sri Aurobindo's diary of his yogic practice between 1909 and 1927.
Sri Aurobindo's diary of his yogic practice between 1909 and 1927. This two-volume record of sadhana contains fairly regular entries between 1912 and 1920 and a few entries in 1909, 1911 and 1927. It also contains related materials Sri Aurobindo wrote about his practice of yoga during this period, including descriptions of the seven 'chatusthayas' (groups of four elements), which are the basis of the yoga of the 'Record'.
Manek.
Manek is the name of the old introducer of the writing. Let us get rid of him at once. My name does not greatly matter. I am a spirit of the higher realms not present on the earth, but communicating from above.
First, let me tell the purpose of the script. It is to open a first means of embodied communication with the other worlds. There can be other means, but this was the readiest at the time. In all respects it was the most suitable. As a beginning only.
The object now is to introduce the wider knowledge of past, present and future beyond the range of the present terrestrial mind—That is all today—
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This short writing was found in a letter-pad used principally for Vedic translations and notes. Below it, on the same page, are a few lines that have been classified as Record-related script and published in Part Four (the first piece of “Undated Script, c. 1920”). That piece has been dated by terminology to around March 1920. The present writing describes itself as “script”, that is, a “means of embodied communication with the other worlds”; but the “spirit of the higher realms” who speaks is evidently not the Master of the Yoga. The item is therefore classified as automatic writing rather than script.
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