... afraid in the desert wood" passing quickly into sorrowful reproach, the despairing & pathetic attempt to delude herself by thinking the whole a practical jest, and the final outburst of that deep maternal love which is a part of every true woman's passion, is Page 318 great in its truth & simplicity. Steep and unadorned is Vyasa's style, but at times it has far more power to move & to reach ...
... for example: I have studied cats a lot; if one knows them well they are marvellous creatures. I have known mother-cats which have sacrificed themselves entirely for their babies—people speak of maternal love with such admiration, as though it were purely a human privilege, but I have seen this love manifested by mother-cats to a degree far surpassing ordinary humanity. I have seen a mother-cat which ...
... courage to use extraordinary Page 71 means and go beyond her limitations. Then she will have fulfilled what she was born for and will be more able to help François unravel his knot. Your maternal love did not help François, quite the opposite, though you may have had illusions about it. This illusion was so strong that you even write: “He seemed to be so well ... we thought he was out of danger ...
... which I have seen in animals, very simple, unpretentious virtues. As in cats, for example: I have studied cats a lot; if one knows them well they are marvellous creatures .... People speak of maternal love with such admiration, as though it were purely a human privilege, but I have seen this love manifested by mothercats to a degree far surpassing ordinary humanity. I have seen a mother-cat which ...
... image of the Mother is very beautiful. This Mother- the universal Mother was before now the "heedless mother". But the newly born stir, the vague aspiration "clutched the heedless mother" and the maternal love vaguely awoke in her apparently unconscious breast. She was reminded of the "endless need" of the newly born aspiration. 9. "To seek for a spirit sole and desolate". Desolate does ...
... , in brief, behind all desire, whether conscious or not? and, among the higher orders, in the self-sacrificing devotion of the female for her young ones?" ... which in human beings becomes maternal love. The only difference is that it is conscious of itself. And in animals it is often even purer than in human beings. There are instances of the devotion, care, self-forgetfulness of animals for their ...
... they had been written down and applied to a woman instead of to a cat, superb novels would have been made, people would have said: "What a person! How marvellously devoted are these women in their maternal love!" Exactly the same thing. Only, cats could not use flowery language. That's all. They could not write books and make speeches, that is the only difference. But I have seen absolutely astonishing ...
... afraid in the desert wood", passing quietly into sorrowful reproach, the despairing and pathetic attempt to delude herself by thinking the whole a practical jest, and the final outburst of that deep maternal love which is apart of every true woman's passion, is great in its truth and simplicity. Steep and unadorned is Vyasa's style, but at times it has far more power to move and to reach the heart than mere ...
... from 1895 to 1902—was rejected by the monks of the Ramakrishna Mission which too was Vivekananda's handiwork. They disowned Nivedita. Ma Sarada Devi, on the contrary, never ceased to pour her maternal love on the 'child' —her pet name for Nivedita was 'Khuki.' India took this daughter in her arms and in her heart. The awakened Spirit of India was then pouring itself out in myriad ...
... truth-consciousness only power, only knowledge and illumination ? it is much more. Listen to the voice of the maternal Divine Love : "Oh beloved children, sorrowful and ignorant, and thou of rebellious and violent nature, open your hearts, tranquillize your force. It is the Omnipotence of Love that is coming to you." Page 52 ...
... Supermind brings to birth that unborn Power. Is it only Power ? It is much more; listen to the voice of the maternal Divine Love. "0 beloved children, sorrowful and ignorant and thou, 0 rebellious and violent Nature, open your hearts, tranquillise your force, it is the omnipotence of Love that is coming to you." 9 In spite of the glib talk of there being no difference between the cultures ...
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