... the psychic within takes a decision and sends out a force, it is quite visible, it is visibly a psychic inspiration. One can at times see a sort of shadow pass which comes from the mind or the vital; but these are interventions of no importance which cannot at all change the nature of the psychic inspiration, if one does not let them have the upper hand. None of these things is irremediable, for ...
... working at their highest pitch under the stress of a psychic inspiration. The rhythm is of the same character, a direct, straightforward, lucid and lucent movement welling out limpidly straight from the psychic source. The same characteristics are found in another short lyric of Shelley's which is perhaps the purest example of the psychic inspiration in English poetry: I can give not what men call ...
... experienced something akin to ecstasy when he used to recite: "Your name is fading music upon my worship's mouth;" as it made me realise in a new way what Sri Aurobindo termed "psychic inspiration" in a letter to me in 1931 when I tried to translate Shelley's famous lines: I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the... obviously the spirit of the poem,— and it is this spirit in it that made me write to Amal the other day that it would be perhaps impossible to find in English literature a more perfect example of psychic inspiration than these eight lines you have translated....As to the tail, I doubt whether your last line brings out the sense of 'something afar from the sphere of our sorrow.' If I make these criticisms ...
... working at their highest pitch under the stress of a psychic inspiration. The rhythm is of the same character, a direct, straightforward, lucid and lucent movement welling out limpidly straight from the psychic source. The same characteristics are found in another short lyric of Shelley's which is perhaps the purest example of the psychic inspiration in English poetry: I can give not what men ...
... night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow. ("To-") Sri Aurobindo remarks that "it would not be easy to find a more perfect example of psychic inspiration in English literature" than these lines. And he adds that they possess "the true rhythm, expression and substance of poetry full of the psychic influence." 5 5. Ibid . ... satyasya mukham ). We are making a distinction here between psychic and spiritual poetry; however we should not forget that there is no clear-cut demarcation between the two. In fact, psychic inspiration opens the soul towards the higher visions of truth. The poetry that is created in the heart illumined by the above-mental knowledge can be called psycho-spiritual poetry. About a passage from ...
... the psychic within takes a decision and sends out a force, it is quite visible, it is visibly a psychic inspiration. One can at times see a sort of shadow pass which comes from the mind or the vital; but these are interventions of no importance which cannot at all change the nature of the psychic inspiration, if one does not let them have the upper hand. None of these things is irremediable, for otherwise ...
... order to have vital power you yourself must be perfectly calm. February 1961 * A difficult period is beginning. What would be the true attitude for the teacher? The psychic inspiration alone is true. All that comes from the vital and the mind is necessarily mixed with egoism and is arbitrary. One should not act in reaction to outer contact, but with an immutable vision of love ...
... a good deal of Indian music, quite a good deal indeed. I came across very rarely any that has a great vital force, not more than four or five times. But I have heard quite often that with a psychic inspiration behind. It is music directly translated from the inner into the physical. To listen you must concentrate, as it is something very thin, very fine and tenuous, having nothing of the vital vibration ...
... Playground in 1953. I had known from her that something of Beethoven's power had possessed him or had reincarnated in him. She regarded the musician César Franck highly for his pure psychic inspiration. Her admiration for Bach and Beethoven is well known, but perhaps it is not so commonly understood ¹ Centenary Edition Vol. 3, p. 106. Page 144 that Wagner ...
... distinguish between the two kinds; these things have to be felt and perceived by experience. I would prefer to give examples. I suppose it would not be easy to find a more perfect example of psychic inspiration in English literature than Shelley's well-known lines, Page 68 I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And ...
... distinguish between the two kinds: these things have to be felt and perceived by experience. I would prefer to give examples. I suppose it would not be easy to find a more perfect example of psychic inspiration in English literature than Shelley's well-known lines, I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject not ...
... is a veil and an obstruction. But surely it can't help in the manifestation. It can help in the action if it takes its true place and true movement. And if it becomes completely docile to the psychic inspiration, it can help to organise life, for this is its function, its reason of existence. But first of all the psychic being must have taken possession of the field, must be the master of the house. ...
... it is a good idea. An atmosphere of friendly collaboration is always best. February 1961 A difficult period is beginning. What would be the true attitude for the teacher? The psychic inspiration alone is true. All that comes from the vital and the mind is necessarily mixed with egoism and is arbitrary. One should not act in reaction to outer contact, but with an immutable vision of ...
... also is not absolute—and the ideal condition is at each occasion to receive in the inner silence the guidance from above. With constant practice and goodwill, it becomes possible. The psychic inspiration alone is true. All that comes from the vital and the mind is necessarily mixed with egoism and is arbitrary. One should not act in reaction to outer contact, but with an immutable vision of ...
... distinguish between the two kinds; these things have to be felt and perceived by experience. I would prefer to give examples. I suppose it would not be easy to find a more perfect example of psychic inspiration in English literature than Shelley's well-known lines, I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject ...
... heard a good deal of Indian music, quite a good deal indeed. I came across very rarely any that has a great vital force, not more than four or five times. But I have heard oftener that with a psychic inspiration behind. It is a music directly translated from the inner into the physical. To listen you must concentrate, as it is something very thin, very fine and tenuous, having nothing of the vital vibration ...
... in what has been religious music, but this is not very frequent. Indian music, when there are good musicians, has almost always a psychic origin; for example, the rāgas have a psychic origin, they come from the psychic. The inspiration does not often come from above. But Indian music is very rarely embodied in a strong vital. It has rather an inner and intimate origin. I have heard a great deal... This very high inspiration comes only rarely in European music; rare also is a psychic origin, very rare. Either it comes from high above or it is vital. The expression is almost always, except in a few rare cases, a vital expression—interesting, powerful. Most often, the origin is purely vital. Sometimes it comes from the very heights, then it is wonderful. Sometimes it is psychic, particularly in... there is this origin of music—of the idea and emotion and inspiration—if you reach there, you can taste these things without being in the least troubled by the forms; the commonplace musical form can be linked up again with that, because that was the inspiration of the writer of the music. Naturally, there are cases where there is no inspiration, where the origin is merely a kind of mechanical music. ...
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