... any time overriding altogether the laws of universal Karma and rigorous Justice. But what is this third Force? Well, it is divine Compassion but in another form and in another mode of action. In a simplistic language of imagery we may say that divine Compassion is like a frozen sheet of shining whiteness covering the whole field of world manifestation but almost in a static way by its very... unmitigated series of sorrows and sufferings and disasters. But in reality it is not so. The question is why. Here comes the second cosmic Force operative in man's life. This may be called 'divine Compassion'. It is an impersonal divine Force of love and goodwill which is acting always in every man's life and in the world at large, irrespective of any variation of conditions and circumstances.... to us because of our constant defaulting. We may recall in this connection two statements of the Mother concerning the protective contribution of this second Force of statically operative divine Compassion: "Who can stand before Thee, Lord, and say in all sincerity 'I have never made a mistake'? How many times in a day we commit faults against Thy work, and always Thy Grace comes to efface ...
... with the Consciousness which reflects the Beauty and Ananda of existence without deforming it. From this look emanates the joy of existence, the power of manifestation of the Eternal Truth, the divine Compassion, the love of perfect Union, the Benevolence without limit, as well as the wrath of God. This look of the divine consciousness in which love pours itself in an unending flow to save the world... vision climbs back to the high summits where the spirit soars in the joy and harmony of the heavens of the Eternal Truth. The spirit of Beauty expresses itself in these eyes. This gaze full of divine compassion absorbs all the sufferings, pain and miseries of men and the creatures of this ruthless Nature dominated by the anti-divine forces, and renders them pleasant, loving, habitable, without which... starts speaking as if Sri Aurobindo were present .) These eyes measure, survey, sense rather than see things as one sees them ( trance ). His gaze so loving, sweet, full of sympathy pours out a divine compassion which relieves and consoles the miserable and agonising earth that is trying to free itself from the clutches of anti-divine and hostile forces. There is in His eyes the love that transfigures ...
... Divine Grace—for you seem to think it should be something like a Divine Reason acting upon lines not very different from those of human intelligence. But it is not that. Also it is not a universal Divine Compassion either, acting impartially on all who approach it and acceding to all prayers. It does not select the righteous and reject the sinner. The Divine Grace came to aid the persecutor (Saul of Tarsus)... thick veils by means not calculable by the mind and when the state of Grace comes then the Grace itself acts. There are these three powers: (1) the Cosmic Law, of Karma or what else; (2) the Divine Compassion acting on as many as it can reach through the nets of the Law and giving them their chance; and (3) the Divine Grace which acts more incalculably but also more irresistibly than the others. The ...
... Treasures - Edition-II To the World Vegetarian Congress Love alone can overcome hate and violence. Let the Divine Compassion express itself through you always and in all circumstances. The divine compassion reaches out not only to the one who is eaten but also to the one who eats, not only to the one who is tortured but also the one who tortures. ...
... To the World Vegetarian Congress 1957 Love alone can overcome hate and violence. Let the Divine Compassion express itself through you always and in all circumstances. The divine compassion reaches out not only to the one who is eaten but also to the one who eats, not only to the one who is tortured but also the one who tortures. 1957 ...
... Divine Grace—for u seem to think it should be something like a Divine Reason ^mg ^"H lines not very different from those of human 9ence. But it is not that. Also it is not a universal Divine Page 57 Compassion either acting impartially on all who approach it and acceding to all prayers. It does not select the righteous and reject the sinner. The Divine Grace came to aid Saul of Tarsus the... behind thick veils by means not calculable by the mind and when the state of Grace comes then the Grace itself acts. There are these three powers: (1) The Cosmic Law of Karma or what else; (2) the Divine Compassion acting on as many as it can reach through the nets of the Law and giving them their chance; (3) the Divine Grace which acts more incalculably but also more irresistibly than the others. The only ...
... sadhaka of an integral Yoga none of these reasons are valid. With weakness and selfishness, however spiritual in their guise or trend, he can have no dealings; a divine strength and courage and a divine compassion and helpfulness are the very stuff of that which he would be, they are that very nature of the Divine which he would take upon himself as a robe of spiritual light and beauty. The revolvings of... Kshatriya; he is turned from the battle by the contrary egoism of weakness, the shrinking, the spirit of disgust, the false pity that overcomes the mind, the nervous being and the senses,—not that divine compassion which strengthens the arm and clarifies the knowledge. But this weakness comes garbed as renunciation, as virtue: "Better the life of the beggar than to taste these blood-stained enjoyments; I ...
... stain and darkness of the soul in the hour of difficulty and peril?" asks Krishna of Arjuna. The question points to the real nature of Arjuna's deviation from his heroic qualities. There is a divine compassion which descends to us from on high and for the man whose nature does not possess it, is not cast in its mould, to pretend to be the superior man, the master-man or the superman is a folly and an... fighter, the soul of his chivalry, which will not break the bruised reed, but helps and protects the weak and the oppressed and the wounded and the fallen. But it Page 58 is also the divine compassion that smites down the strong tyrant and the confident oppressor, not in wrath and with hatred,—for these are not the high divine qualities, the wrath of God against the sinner, God's hatred of ...
... others is not always born of love for its object. It is sometimes a self-regarding shrinking from the sight of pain; sometimes the rich man's contemptuous dole to the pauper. Develop rather God's divine compassion than human pity. 526) Not pity that bites the heart and weakens the inner members, but a divine masterful & untroubled compassion and helpfulness is the virtue that we should encourage. ... either soul, mind or body, is one of the bitterest of experiences for the humanly compassionate. 528) Human pity is born of ignorance & weakness; it is the slave of emotional impressions. Divine compassion understands, discerns & saves. 529) Indiscriminate compassion is the noblest gift of temperament, not to do even the least hurt to one living thing is the highest of all human virtues; but ...
... The lights one sees in concentration are the lights of various powers or beings or forces and often lights that come down from the higher consciousness. The violet light is that of the Divine Compassion ( karuṇā —Grace)—the white light is the light of the Mother (the Divine Consciousness) in which all others are contained and from which they can be manifested. Page 123 Purple is the... in the vision as flowing from the heights of the spiritual consciousness down on the earth. The golden cup is I suppose the Truth consciousness. Violet is indeed the colour or light of Divine Compassion, so also of Krishna's grace. Page 128 Golden Light Golden Light is the light of the divine Truth descending from above. The golden light is the light of the Divine Truth ...
... Divine Grace—for you seem to think it should be something like a Divine Reason acting upon lines not very different from those of human intelligence. But it is not that. Also it is not a universal Divine Compassion either, acting impartially on all who approach it and acceding to all prayers. It does not select the righteous and reject the sinner. The Divine Grace came to aid the persecutor (Saul of Tarsus)... thick veils by means not calculable by the mind and when the state of Grace comes then the Grace itself acts. There are these three powers: (1) the Cosmic Law, of Karma or what else; (2) the Divine Compassion acting on as many as it can reach through the nets of the Law and giving them their chance; and (3) the Divine Grace which Page 168 acts more incalculably but also more irresistibly ...
... equally―but it triumphs in those who care for it. ( Message for the World Vegetarian Congress ) Love alone can overcome hate and violence. Let the divine compassion express itself through you always and in all circumstances. The divine compassion reaches out not only to the one who is eaten but also to the one who eats, not only to the one who is tortured but also the one who tortures. 1957 ...
... die in the weak. The other category of suffering, whose initial cause is the pain of separation created by the adversary, is totally opposite in nature: it is the suffering that comes from divine compassion, the suffering of love that feels compassion for the world's misery, whatever its origin, cause or effect. But this suffering, which is of a purely psychic character, contains no egoism, no self-pity;... petty self-pity which is the cause of depression and weakness. Nevertheless, when one is vigilant enough to refuse this mixture or at least to reduce it to a minimum, one soon realises that this divine compassion is based on a sublime and eternal joy which alone has the strength and the power to deliver the world from its ignorance and misery. And this suffering too will disappear from the universe ...
... tly, the protection acts only in the measure of his faith. 14 December 1966 Sweet Mother, In the Darshan message of November 24th, Sri Aurobindo speaks of the influence of the Divine Compassion and the Divine Grace. 32 But what is the difference between the two? The compassion seeks to relieve the suffering of all, whether they deserve it or not. The Grace does not recognise... captain. × "There are these three powers: (1) The Cosmic Law, of Karma or what else; (2) the Divine Compassion acting on as many as it can reach through the nets of the Law and giving them their chance; (3) the Divine Grace which acts more incalculably but also more irresistibly than the others." Letters ...
... time that apparent insensitiveness that looks like the negation of divine compassion; there comes a point when you see both as having become true and being able to exist not simultaneously but as ONE thing. As recently as the day before yesterday, I had the perfectly concrete experience of an extremely intense wave of divine Compassion [in the face of one of those "psychological contagions"], and I had ...
... ever are you now. ( Gaia goes out .) Athene and Aphrodite stand rapt, thrilled, speechless. Marvellous music fills all space, and a hymn of praise arises. Immortal Love, O Love Divine, Compassion endless, pure, Vast Wisdom, Majesty benign, Thee Goddess we adore. Queen of the Sun-World, Knowledge, Light, Creatrix great and wise, Spouse of the Truth, Supernal Might... asleep, I see her rising in the upper air, Her golden robes outspread upon the world, Gathering and healing all its anguish, pain. Aurora, Nymphs 0 sweet Demeter!... What divine compassion! Page 44 Hesperus Most strange and true. I do not think she sleeps, And yet the human load she fully bears, In a human body, even as mortals do. She's gone for some deep ...
... universal, this whole-souled sympathy and spiritual oneness. Here there is no room, not merely for hatred or anger or uncharitableness, but for aloofness, disdain or any petty pride of superiority. A divine compassion for the ignorance of the struggling mind, a divine will to pour forth on it all light and power and happiness there will be, indeed, for the apparent man; but for the divine Soul within him there ...
... compassion in the Aryan fighter, the soul of his chivalry, which will not break the bruised reed, but helps and protects the weak and the oppressed and the wounded and the fallen. But it is also the divine compassion that smites down the strong tyrant and the confident oppressor, not in wrath and with hatred,—for these are not the high divine qualities, the wrath of God against the sinner, God's hatred of ...
... others is not always born of love for its object. It is sometimes a self-regarding shrinking from the sight of pain; sometimes the rich man's contemptuous dole to the pauper. Develop rather God's divine compassion than human pity. 530—Not pity that bites the heart and weakens the inner members, but a divine masterful and untroubled compassion and helpfulness is the virtue that we should encourage. ...
... And it is quite evident that with the amplitude and totality of the vision, there comes something which is a compassion that understands—not that pity of the superior for the inferior: the true divine Compassion, which is the total comprehension that each one is what he must be. Page 29 ...
... mean a spiritual supremacy and freedom which enables one to understand perfectly, put the right values on things and heal from above instead of struggling from below. It does not inhibit the divine compassion and helpfulness, but it does inhibit the human and animal sorrow and suffering. The link between the spiritual and the lower planes of the being is that which is called in the old Vedantic ...
... The passion of pity with its impure elements of physical repulsion and emotional inability to bear the suffering of others has to be rejected and replaced by Page 353 the higher divine compassion which sees, understands, accepts the burden of others and is strong to help and heal, not with self-will and revolt against the suffering in the world and with ignorant accusation of the law of ...
... combinations, the character and shades of the colour, the play of forces": red = physical; orange = supramental in the physical; yellow = thinking mind; green = life; blue = higher mind; violet = divine compassion or grace; gold = divine Truth; white = the light of the Mother, or the Divine Consciousness. (See also Agenda IV , May 18, 1963 .) ...
... Aurobindo's letter also indicated the meaning of the colours: Red — Physical Orange — Supramental in the physical Yellow — Thinking Mind Green — Life Blue — Higher Mind Violet — Divine Compassion or Grace White — The Light of the Mother or the Divine Consciousness Gold — Divine Truth On 3.4.56 the Mother asked me to decorate many idols which were in her private Stores. The Mother ...
... 1957 White Roses 31 May 1957 The Divine Compassion is limitless. ...
... could escape. They were haunted by the inflexibility of this Fate, and even their gods seem to have been subject to it. In their mythology and in their legends, one finds little trace of the divine compassion and grace. This notion of compassion and grace made its appearance in Europe later with the Christian religion—whereas in Asia and especially in India it had long before been the very essence ...
... started crying and crying.... That has been the dominant note of these last few days. And as if underneath, as if coming from the depths, beneath, the perception of this Compassion—the divine Compassion—the perception of the way the thing is seen and felt by the Divine.... That was wonderful. It really was a dominant note. And there are so to speak no contradictions from outside—I don't ...
... unavoidable but if it has some exultation in it we lower ourselves. Our minds should be calm and, in the very act of killing, we should offer not only our act but also the being of the victim to the Divine Compassion. Then our consciousness is not caught up in the work of extermination although it is directed towards it and does not wander away, rendering the work a fumble or a mess. In fact, all ...
... silence ) And it's quite clear that with the breadth and totality of the vision something comes which is a compassion that understands—not that pity of the superior for the inferior: the true divine Compassion, which is the total understanding that everyone is what he must be. There remain only distortions. There was also the explanation of distortions. It was a decisive vision that puts everything ...
... through his personality which radiates more and more of spiritual lustre and love. It is touching to see how deeply he feels the sorrows of others and becomes a beautiful, luminous instrument for divine compassion, generosity, grace and tenderness to flow out from him. He is a living inspiring example of being the Mother's true child. Working with him is a joy. Even to be with him is to be flooded with ...
... by the inner consciousness in some kind of swapna samadhi. Very often a realisation comes like that as the inner being wakes in what seems to be sleep. Violet is indeed the colour of light of Divine Compassion, as also of Krishna's grace. January 1935 The Mother did not tell Nolini to ask you to come for a little time, so I do not see why you shall make the Mother Page 210 ...
... could escape. They were haunted by the inflexibility of this Fate, and even their gods seem to have been subject to it. In their mythology and in their legends, one finds little trace of the divine compassion and grace." (CWM, Vol. 15, p. 247) However, with the progressive development of his consciousness, man started thinking along a different line. He became convinced that it is improper to ...
... of the group, Govinda, was on the point of tears at the farewell! Just think! Again the supramental! The supramental is beyond all thinking. August 19, 1938 Please have some divine compassion and give me something new. Well, well, well! We'll see. How long can one keep this Yogic attitude? Why not? A Yogi must always have Yogic attitude. I asked Rajani for some cheese ...
... changed into 'a' but 'I' doesn't go so easily, as you know (Laughter), though it is a small 'i' here! 286 However, I feel, as I've told you before, more than once, that there is a Divine Compassion, a Divine Grace acting upon your class. And I have ample proof of this. Even yesterday, on the eve of the class, as it has happened before, a visitor rushed into my room: "Are you so and so ...
... when you feel unhappy for the unhappiness of others, there comes in a mixture. That is to say, to your personal grief is added a psychic element which I described as the reversed image of the Divine Compassion. Now, if you can distinguish between the two, the personal anguish and the disinterested sorrow, come out of what is egoistic and concentrate upon the divine element, make yourself one with it ...
... troubled world, distracted beyond measure, Erring in the double darkness of ignorance and ill-will, Seeking remedy and refuge from evil At Evil's gate, Pour, pour thy soothing Light, 0 Divine Compassion! When men have passed through their little illusions, They will love thee and cling to thee the more passionately, And understand thee with a clearer vision; They will know thee and ...
... contact. It is not that He does not come in contact with the soul of the persons who come to visit me, but He invites them to live this life. He shows them what is this love which purifies all, the Divine compassion and protection, He bathes you in this atmosphere. He leads you like this by the hand and shows you the divine joy. It is an absolutely different experience. It lifts you up completely towards ...
... times reluctant for some reason to give a birthday card to someone or write a person's name or "love and blessings" on it, if she refuses to see another on his birthday, Champaklal appeals to her divine compassion and makes her rescind her decision. The Mother sometimes asks him, "What shall I write?" "Why, love and blessings, Mother!" is his reply. He says that he suffered a lot in his childhood because ...
... Mother found this living vision of beauty and harmony soothing, sweet and wonderful; and with it came "a compassion that understands - not that pity of the superior for the inferior: the true divine Compassion, which is the total comprehension that each one is what he must be." 17 Page 737 ...
... always the logical difficulty & seized on the practical fact. There is here, undeniably, the phenomenal existence of something which feels, desires, sins & suffers, and the great principle of divine Compassion in him which far more than reason & logic was the master key of his thinking, compelled him only to take hold of this great sufferer, this tormented self-deluder & turn it into that path by which ...
... n, be it noted, is not an ignorant subjection on his part to Nature or even an outcome of sympathy as ordinarily understood by man. It proceeds on the basis of knowledge, — it is an act of divine compassion, an act of grace. The greatest saviours of men do not have to deal directly with outwardly great or critical events in the life of humanity. For, when properly understood, man's problems ...
... any rule, even to the Cosmic Law—for all spiritual seers have distinguished between the Law and the Grace. ... There are these three powers: (1) The Cosmic Law, of Karma or what else; (2) the Divine Compassion acting on as many as it can reach through the nets of the Law and giving them their chance: (3) the Divine Grace which acts more incalculably but also more irresistibly than the others." (Sri ...
... for a spiritual life. Observe this mania for suffering sincerely and you will see that it is a pose of your vital which hopes in this way to attract the sympathy of others and maybe even the divine compassion. 20 September 1966 ...
... 23 October 1966 How to be truly grateful to someone who has helped you? I have found people who have goodwill for everyone. These are the true sages ... The divine compassion is spread over everyone, and each is able to receive its help according to his capacity. It is to the Divine that our gratitude should go, always and for everything . 23 October 1966 ...
... musical soirees where I had to sing without his dear, eager presence – in short, every scene rebuked me sternly for having stopped short where he had taken a leap into the dark, trusting to the Divine compassion alone to see to his safe landing. In the end, his absence began to haunt me so much that it would hardly be an exaggeration to claim that what he had achieved at one bound gave me just that decisive ...
... to children. ( She warms up ) No wonder he's hailed by those to whom he comes: Lone men and women robbed of joy by Fate, For 'tis with such souls he consorts, our great Lord of divine compassion, who will not bow To the pride and pomp of haughty royalty. And so he shunned not me, my King of Grace, Nor ever withheld from me his angel smile, The unfailing friend of every pauper in this ...
... the publication of her poems in our press and so, that would be all right. (From Indira Devi to Sri Aurobindo) August 12, 1950 I write this not to thank you for the Divine compassion but to express my deep gratitude for making me conscious of the Divine Grace. I am grateful to you not for your Mercy, for the Divine to be merciful is nothing new, but I thank you ...
... as a whole -something of an Olympian temper patiently poised, rather than the Titan mood which runs to extremes. I advise you something similar - with the added touch of a devoted faith in the divine compassion and force with which Sri Aurobindo and the Mother are ready to invest your days. 1 will certainly continue to pray to them at the Samadhi on your behalf. But you have to put yourself in a condition ...
... And it is quite evident that with the amplitude and totality of the Vision, there comes something which is a compassion that understands-not that pity of the superior for the inferior: the true divine Compassion, which is the total comprehension that each one is what he must be. Page 74 ...
... Thoughts and Aphorisms Aphorism - 527, 528 527—Human pity is born of ignorance and weakness; it is the slave of emotional impressions. Divine compassion understands, discerns and saves. 528—Pity is sometimes a good substitute for love; but it is always no more than a substitute. To understand the divine intention and to work for its ...
... combinations, the character and shades of the color, the play of forces": red = physical; orange = supramental in the physical; yellow = thinking mind; green = life; blue = higher mind; violet = divine compassion or grace; gold = divine Truth; white = the light of the Mother, or the Divine Consciousness. * About S 100, 000 Page 232 That's how it is, like an imperative Order: ...
... aspiration arising from the music. But I have rarely had an experience in churches. Rather the opposite: I have very often had the painful experience of the human effort to find solace, a divine compassion... falling into very bad hands. One of my most terrible experiences took place in Venice (the cathedrals there are so beautiful—magnificent!). I remember I was painting—they had let me settle ...
... Future"? To begin with, not to stick to the old habits individual and national. May this year be a year of luminous peace in the joy that comes from true kindness—the human child of Divine Compassion. Page 181 Let us hope also that this year will not pass without bringing us together once more. Let the dawn of the New Year be for us also the dawn of a new and better ...
... × "There are these three powers [governing life on earth]: (1) The Cosmic Law, of Karma or what else; (2) the Divine Compassion acting on as many as it can reach through the nets of the Law and giving them their chance; (3) the Divine Grace which acts more incalculably but also more irresistibly than the others." (Sri ...
... human virtues; but God practises neither. Is man therefore nobler and better than the All-loving? 528—Human pity is born of ignorance and weakness; it is the slave of emotional impressions. Divine compassion understands, discerns and saves. Page 218 You answer: "To understand the divine intention and to work towards its accomplishment, is that not the surest way to help humanity ...
... troubled world, distracted beyond measure, Erring in the double darkness of ignorance and ill-will, Seeking remedy and refuge from evil At Evil's gate, Pour, pour thy soothing Light, O Divine Compassion! When men have passed through their little illusions, They will love thee and cling to thee the more passionately, And understand thee with a clearer vision; They will know thee and ...
... identification, be it noted, is not an ignorant subjection on his part to Nature or even an outcome of sympathy as ordinarily understood by man. It proceeds on the basis of knowledge,—it is an act of divine compassion, an act of grace. The greatest saviours of men do not have to deal directly with outwardly great or critical events in the life of humanity. For, when properly understood, man's problems are ...
... tell Her everything. What a marvellous situation to be in! When everything was spoken out then the inner ‘I’ would automatically fall silent. The Mother would smile sweetly and envelop us in Her divine Compassion. Then She would place some flowers in our hands and look at us for a little while. We would feel blessed by the benediction of Her eyes. After confiding in Her all our difficulties and obstacles ...
... despite our physical and vital tamas and the mind’s innumerable, hard resistances. I offer my infinite salutations at the Lotus Feet of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. They have surrounded us with divine Compassion forever. These words of the Mother keep coming back to me: “Never think, not even by mistake, that I shall leave you. You will not be able to rid yourself of me.” Right from my childhood ...
... giving me strength. It is a protection, a sure protection.... Nothing harmful can come near me now. (Enraptured) How beautiful is the violet light around you! The violet colour symbolises Divine Compassion (Karuna or Grace), as also "the radiance of Krishna's protection". 17 No wonder the Clairvoyant, now psychically awakened, feels comforted and protected. The Poet too is profoundly moved ...
... t at some Centre, the delegation of a sadhak to a conference or seminar, or the sending of a message of benediction to a centenary programme - she always brought a divine understanding and a divine compassion into her work. No doubt thousands were engaged in the centenary celebrations, but equally it was her Grace that was to sustain and bring them safely through every trial and difficulty. VII ...
... permission or appointment was the general rule, but in case there happened to be an urgent necessity the Mother would always allow the person to come to her. There was no rigidity about the rule. The divine compassion and consideration were always there. One day I went to the Mother in a very upset state because of an unpleasant matter which had hurt me very much. As soon as I entered the room, I fell ...
... constant contact with my psychic being, guiding me patiently through my difficulties and failures, and helping me constantly never to lose sight of the aim of my life and assuring me that Her divine compassion and Grace were always with me! ...
... The Crescent of Beauty 428 The Crowning Vision of Dante 194 The Dead 416 The Death of Vivekananda 534 The Divine 534 The Divine Denier 137 The Divine's Compassion 584 The Eternal Vast 258 The Eyes of Botticelli's Madonna 548 The Fall 109 The Finishing Touch 470 The... 186 Demi-monde 298 Descent 149 Dilemma 442 Discipleship 551 Disclosure 150 Disloyalty 486 Distance 724 Divine Dark 429 Doctor Gogarty 709 Dolce Riso 33 Dragon 183 Each Night 132 Earth's Roof 284 Earth-Heaven 7 Eden Ever-present... 304 Innermost 95 Insights 617 Intangible 4 Inverted Temple 558 Invisible 49 Invocation 463 Invocation to the Fourfold Divine 86 Inward 485 Inward and Upward 602 Isis of the Black Veils 36 Judgment Day 381 Kailas of Night 520 Kingfisher ...
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