... individuals who are at the very summit necessarily have the least needs; their material needs become less as their capacity of material vision grows. And that is very true. It is automatic and spontaneous, not the result of an effort: the wider the consciousness, the more it embraces things and realities,—the less its material needs; automatically, because they lose all their importance and value. The need... the inner position of each one. What is true is that materially every human being has the right —but it is not a 'right'... The organisation should be such, should be so arranged, that the material needs of everyone are assured, not according to ideas of rights and equality, but on the basis of the minimum needs. And once that is established, each one should be free to organise his life according ...
... individuals who are at the very summit necessarily have the least needs; their material needs become less as their capacity of material vision grows. And that is very true. It is automatic and spontaneous, not the result of an effort: the wider the consciousness, the more it embraces things and realities―the less its material needs, automatically, because Page 272 they lose all their importance... of each one. What is true is that materially every human being has the right―but it is not a "right"... The organisation should be Page 266 such, should be so arranged, that the material needs of everyone are assured, not according to ideas of rights and equality, but on the basis of the minimum needs. And once that is established, each one should be free to organise his life according ...
... way up (one or those) necessarily has the least amount of needs; his material needs decrease as his capacity of material vision increases." And it's perfectly true. It's automatic and spontaneous; it's not the result of an effort: the vaster the consciousness and the more things and realities it embraces, the smaller the material needs become—automatically so—because they lose all their importance and... incompetence. It's the reign of the most equally shared stupidity. Yes, that's right!... But I am referring to the system all the way down, socialistic or communistic, which represents material needs.... Basically, it corresponds to a sort of absence of government, because they don't have the power to govern others: they are forced to transfer their power to someone who exercises it, like a ...
... the top (he or they") have necessarily a minimum of needs; their material needs diminish as their capacity of material vision increases." And that's quite true. It's automatic and spontaneous; it's not the result of an effort: the vaster the consciousness and the more it embraces things and realities, the fewer the material needs — automatically - because they lose all their importance and value... It's the reign of the most It's the reign of the most widespread folly. Yes, that's it!... But I'm speaking of the lowest system, the socialist or communist which represents material needs.... Basically that corresponds to a sort of absence of government, because they don't have the power to govern others: they're obliged to transfer their power to someone who exercises power, ...
... must discover some appropriate means to replenish and renew its gross substantial existence without needing any outside material aliments. But is this operation at all feasible ? How can the material needs of the body be met otherwise than by the incorporation of matter itself? If these misgivings have to be adequately resolved we must first inquire into the mystery of Matter and try to... substantial replenishment of the body without the aid of any material aliments. It is through the process of the direct tapping and materialisation of energy that the New Body can very well meet its material needs. And since energy is not limited to its physical forms alone but rises through an ascending scale, as we have seen in the previous chapter, to forms subtler and still more subtle, there is no... of physical substance and that only it will bring into operation hitherto-unknown new processes that will enable it to harness the supernal grades of energy and substance for satisfying its material needs. As a matter of fact, "the ascent of man from the physical to the supramental must open out the possibility of a corresponding ascent in the grades of substance to that ideal or causal ...
... front of the house where your family lives, or a villa out of town, or another two storied house. Because of its situation, the villa seems the best, provided arrangements can be made for your material needs. If not Page 307 possible, you might live in the empty family house and receive food prepared for you in your family's house. 5) Haradhan said also that you wished to cook for yourself... common sense. It is simply that you have to stay at Vizianagaram for some time—as you have rightly seen, for several months, and during that time you must take what help they can give you for your material needs, without that binding you in any way to them. But on this matter as on the other questions raised in your letter we shall write fully in our next letter. [6] 5.3.26 Dear Tirupati. ...
... that doesn't mean that anybody is deceived. The bargaining is everywhere, in all the parts of the being. It is always give and take, from the highest spiritual experiences to the tiniest little material needs. There is not one in a thousand who gives without bargaining. Page 17 And the beauty of the story I told you—moreover, there are many others like it here—is just this, that when the ...
... give very little Page 9 thought to the true education which should be imparted to children. When they have brought a child into the world, provided him with food, satisfied his various material needs and looked after his health more or less carefully, they think they have fully discharged their duty. Later on, they will send him to school and hand over to the teachers the responsibility for ...
... something is preserved, unless indeed we are entirely cut off from the great centres of civilisation, all energetic spirits withdrawn from our midst and we ourselves wholly occupied with immediate material needs. An advanced race, losing its intelligent classes and all its sources of intelligence and subjected to these conditions, would be in danger of descending to the same level as the Maori or the Basuto ...
... for love of the other shore. I must have been especially dense: many have become Aurobindonians at a slighter pull. I continued my quest. But there was also the ordinary life and its material needs. One day I noticed that my shoes looked rather shabby. So I drove myself to visit the market for a new pair. I never thought the Gods could have anything to do with such a locality, though ...
... subjective liberation from the rapacity of hunger is no doubt an all-important necessary prerequisite but by no means a sufficient condition for the ultimate cancellation of the body's material needs. Let us see why. 1 Mundaka Upanishad, III . Page 259 ...
... the daily consumption of electricity at Ashram houses. × The department that supplies the basic material needs of the Ashram members. × Golconde, a fifty-room residential quarters. ...
... conscious, vibrant. I say, "It is possible"; it is a fact. Only, what is needed... what prevents it generally is that the physical consciousness in most men is very obscure; it is made only of the most material needs, desires, reactions. But what is needed is to awaken in the cells the love for the Divine; it is always so, all the time, and it does not change, does not change any more. It is even much more ...
... that's just the point. The true part is that every human being has the right ... (but it's not a "right" ...). The organization must be such, must be arranged in such a way, that everyone's material needs should be guaranteed, not according to notions of right and equality, but on the basis of the most elementary necessities; then, once that is established, everyone must be free to organize his ...
... (ii) He may, by personal contact, provide motivation to the students for various works, topics or subjects, according to the needs and circumstances; (iii) He will ensure that all the material needs of studies and work are provided for; (iv) He will keep an overall record of the work of every student in the unit, and will see that the Page 99 students get the necessary guidance ...
... me where you would like to stay. I know that you have no home, and that you have all along lived like a pilgrim. I shall make all arrangements for you. And you will have not to worry about your material needs and comforts. You are my adviser for life, wherever you may be." I felt deeply happy. I thanked him for his kindness. Then I said, "I wish to be near Brahmaputra, somewhere on its banks so ...
... rightly imparted. Prof. K.K. Jain referred to the warning given by Dr. Radhakrishnan in his report when he said that "if you want to bring Rakshasa Raja, starve the soul and cater to the material needs of the individual." He said that the foreign rule had already played havoc with our culture; unfortunately, the same policy is being followed by our rulers since independence. He deplored the fact ...
... But this (Her body) is still dependent on what is around it. It is conscious but it is not yet what it ought to be, it is dependent on all these (pointing) bell, pencils, table; on all the material needs — eating, sleeping, dressing, on time and on space; on all that develops, Page 167 decays; in short, all the mutations because of the inconscience, the ignorance, and the ego ...
... II can be in want of anything now.' The king was moved by the pundit's simple and greedless answer. But then he thought that the pundit had not understood that he was enquiring about his material needs. So he went and asked his wife: 'Ma, if you have need of anything kindly let me know. I will do my best to see that your needs are taken care of.' 'We can eat two fistfuls of rice twice ...
... hierarchy, not of political or money power, but "based on each one's power of consciousness": ...the individual or individuals who are at the very summit necessarily have the least needs; their material needs become less as their capacity of material vision grows.... The man at the top should be a representative of the supreme Consciousness because an integral and pure power of consciousness alone ...
... He in February of 1945 and I in July 1945. (I believe he had made a short visit earlier.) Pranab-da was a well-built man — obviously exercised and familiar with the care of the body and its material needs. He carried a good head with ‘frank’ open eyes which held a strength with the reassurance of a smile. A generous nose straight and not too broad. A mouth that normally smiled along with the eyes ...
... hands for love of the other shore. I must have been especially dense: many have become Aurobindonians at a slighter pull. I continued my quest. But there was also the ordinary life and its material needs. One day I noticed that my shoes looked rather shabby. So I drove myself to visit the market for a new pair. I never thought the Gods could have anything to do with such a locality, though I had ...
... physical-vital and vital-material force. November 1933 What aspect of the Mother's personality comes out on Prosperity day? Is it something like the goddess Annapurna, who satisfies one's material needs? I suppose it would be some aspect like that—an aspect of Durga. 2 March 1934 Your attitude towards any divine manifestation in the Mother's external consciousness is illuminating, " ...
... various reasons, give very little thought to the true education which should be imparted to children. When they have brought a child into the world, provided him with food, satisfied his various material needs and looked after his health more or less carefully, they think they have fully discharged their duty. Later on, they will send him to school and hand over to the teachers the responsibility for ...
... occupied with something else and are not interested in food—then that can help one to climb to a slightly higher degree of consciousness, to free himself Page 61 from the slavery to material needs. But fasting is above all good for those who believe in it—as everything. When you have the faith that this will make you progress, is going to purify you, it does you good. If you don't believe ...
... incapable of governing — we see what governments are like, it's dreadful! (long silence) There is a psychological viewpoint: there is something very interesting, which is that material needs diminish in proportion to the spiritual consciousness. Not (as Sri Aurobindo said) through asceticism, but rather because the attention, the concentration of the being shifts fields.... One can ...
... idea. Because, in France, I was always asking myself: How can one find the time to find oneself? How can one even find the time to understand how to become free? So then I thought: a place where material needs will be sufficiently provided for, so that if one truly wants to become free, one can do so. And the Page 197 Ashram was founded on this idea, not on any other—a place where people ...
... was in France, I was always asking myself, "How can people have the time to find themselves? How can they even have the time to understand the way to free themselves?" So I thought: a place where material needs are sufficiently satisfied, so that if you truly want to free yourself, you can do so. And it was on this idea that the Ashram was founded, not on any other: a place where people's means of existence ...
... attendant, were behind and beside her, ready to support her. She looked so pale in her silver cloak. This morning, August 22, she has sent Satprem a note and soup packets, remembering even his material needs. Her handwriting is quite changed. ) August 22, 1968 Here are some soups, you must not have any left. This time, it is TRULY interesting—but a bit total and radical. How far, far away ...
... consciousness, it means someone incapable of governing—we can see how governments are, it's frightful! ( long silence ) There's something very interesting on a psychological level: it's that material needs decrease in proportion to the spiritual growth. Not (as Sri Aurobindo said), not through asceticism, but because the focus of attention and concentration of the being moves to a different domain ...
... many letters from them regarding this matter. I had a notion that since I had dedicated my life to the Divine I must live ascetically and prove myself a true sadhika: if I wrote to my family about material needs, the Mother would be displeased, and I would fail to reach my goal. But she cleared my mind: Certainly you can write to your mother and ask from her whatever you need; and when your brother ...
... (ii) He may, by personal contact, provide motivation to the students for various works, topics or subjects, according to the needs and circumstances; (iii) He will ensure that all the material needs of studies and work are provided for; (iv) He will keep an overall record of the work of every student in the unit. and he will see that the students get the necessary guidance from himself ...
... the quantity was not adequate for us. In consequence we went Page 9 half hungry. Our appeals for more went somehow unheeded. "Ask and thou shalt be given" did not seem applicable to material needs. We, being new-comers, were not allowed to join the common Dining Room. Our meals were sent to our rooms. Sometimes we went to the Ashram to have the darshan of the Mother when she would go ...
... the afternoon, come with these prayers formulated. But be careful about what you ask. They are granted. Don’t ask for material things, for I can’t give them. Ask what I can give." "Mother, my material needs are very few. I don’t need to ask for them," I replied. In the afternoon, I went to her with the prayers written on a piece of paper. She read them and said, "They are all granted. I will speak ...
... Mother." She gave me the new year’s diary with my name and her blessings written on it. On the first of every month the Mother used to go to the Library House to distribute to the sadhaks their material needs for the month. It was called the Prosperity day. Some of us would accompany her. She had to pass through a long corridor where quite a number of people used to assemble. The Mother would have fun ...
... a being incapable of governing—we see what governments are like, it's dreadful! (long silence) There is a psychological viewpoint: there is something very interesting, which is that material needs diminish in proportion to the spiritual consciousness. Not (as Sri Aurobindo said) through asceticism, but rather because the attention, the concentration of the being shifts fields.... One can ...
... her body. Her day always started very early and finished very late at night. Up to 1950 her main work was to look after Sri Aurobindo and His needs. Then she attended to the spiritual and material needs of the sadhaks staying in the Ashram. She gave several darshans throughout the day. Thus we had Balcony darshan at 6:30 a.m. Before coming for the Balcony darshan she would meet some individuals ...
... for which they have at present no place, they are bound to meet with the same disillusionment as the capitalist system. The disillusionment can be avoided only if, having satisfied the immediate material needs of the masses and being con- fronted with a growing uneasiness and sense of emptiness in the lives of people, they awaken to the necessity of a deeper life and give to Progress a wider meaning ...
... intellect for its own ends. Page 266 merely physical, economic being, the human animal. It will be a reversion to the dead uniformity of a mechanised society, bound up with its material needs and their satisfaction, and harnessing the intellect to the service of Matter. But the soul and the higher mind of man will not consent to immolate themselves on the altar of the body, or barter ...
... obeyed; labour for great things first and the small will come of themselves. Cherish the might of the spirit, the nobility of the ideal, the grandeur of the dream; the spirit will create the material it needs, the ideal will bring the real to its body and self-expression, the dream is the stuff out of which the waking world will be created. It was the strength of the spirit Page 916 which ...
... personality, but it would also embrace all knowledge in its scope. It would pursue physical and psychical sciences not merely to know the world and Nature in her processes and to use them for material human needs, but to know through them the Spirit in the world and the ways of the Spirit in its appearances. It would study ethics in order, not only to search for the good as the mind sees it, but also... which has been negating the meaning and purposefulness of the material world. After centuries of experiments, materialism is gradually giving way to the pressures of new discoveries which require exploration of the psychical and spiritual domains. Similarly, centuries of experiments in the spiritual fields have shown that the neglect of material life and neglect of collective welfare result in poverty or... mental, vital, physical claims and urges, a complex political, social, administrative, economic, cultural machinery, and organized collective means for his intellectual, sensational, aesthetic and material satisfaction. Man has created a system of civilization which has become too big for his limited mental capacity and understanding and his still more limited spiritual and moral capacity to utilize ...
... obeyed; labour for great things first and the small will come of themselves. Cherish the might of the spirit, the nobility of the ideal, the grandeur of the dream; the spirit will create the material it needs, the ideal will bring the real to its body and self-expression, the dream is the stuff out of which the waking world will be created. It was the strength of the spirit which stood with us before ...
... personality, but it would also embrace all knowledge in its scope. It would pursue physical and psychical sciences, not merely to know the world and Nature in her processes and to use them for material human needs, but to know through them the Spirit in the world and the ways of the Spirit in its appearances. It would study ethics in order, not only to search for the good as the mind sees it, but also... negating the meaning and purposefulness of the material world. After centuries of experiments, materialism is gradually giving way to the pressures of new discoveries, which require exploration of the psychical and spiritual domains. Similarly, centuries of experiments in the spiritual fields have shown that the Page 141 neglect of material life and neglect of collective welfare result... arisen because of the disbalancement between the material advancement on the one hand and inadequate spiritual progression, on the other. If, therefore, Page 145 this crisis has to be met, development of psychic and spiritual consciousness should be fostered. Unfortunately, spiritual consciousness is often conceived as a denial of material life and concerns of collective life. In Sri Aurobindo's ...
... supplementary reading materials for school children based on stories and parables available/developed on value themes. *Following example of NCERT, community singing programme needs to be extended to schools on a large scale and materials prepared for the same in each language. *Audio, video and multi-media modes needs to be explored in a large scale for production of materials. Research... are influenced by self interests and material pursuits everywhere. However, teacher education needs to emphasise throughout each programme that teachers alone can kindle the spirit of value based growth and development and motivate other to lead their life with full commitment and adherence to common values as imbibed in the constitution of India. Material Development *There is need to develop... This situation needs to be corrected. During these very years, the number and proportion of girl students has been increasing. In the case of co-educational colleges, girls feel isolated by and large. In the case of girls' colleges, a sense of kinship does grow and that is helpful. This dimension of the problem also needs to be noted and taken care of. The reading material which come to the ...
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