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'.
[1]
There is no possibility of immediate success in the physical siddhi or in the higher vijnana. The riot of the lower ideality stands in the way. It must quiet down before the drashtri vijnana can act with any completeness.
[2]
The Sortilege. It is to be revived once more. There is no writing this morning. The script is also to resume its movement. First, it has to be absolutely spontaneous. That is almost finished. It is a little obstacle, the suggestion.
Most of the amertume is a momentarily effective amnesia of the amara purusha. Momentary only. That is all at all today possible.
This denial must suffice both for the present and for all similar ascriptions in the future.
T² first—not complete, but perfect in the representative imperative—logos Vijnana
Thought-siddhi in interpretative imperative—d[itt]o.
Rupa siddhi, not yet stable.
Internal vijnana—perfect in thought-siddhi—growing in lipi[,] drishya etc
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The first of these two scripts is the last piece of writing in a letter-pad whose other contents (Vedic translations, etc.) provide no explicit dating clues. The term “drashtri vijnana”, which occurs in the script, is found otherwise only in the Record of March 1920. The second piece, consisting of three short entries, was written on two loose sheets that cannot be precisely dated. The third entry employs the term “logos Vijnana”, which occurs in the Record only in October 1920.
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