... Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol. 7 Soviet Gymnasts (I) As you know, sometime back – quite a few years now – we had a group of Soviet Gymnasts in our midst. And what a pleasant, perfect performance they gave! Their hammer-and-sickle floating against the wind, the first time they stepped in unison on our sports ground, marching to the... some occult phenomena, some happenings in the inner world, each marking a step forward in the manifestation of the New World of the Supramental. To come back. Among the characteristics of the Soviet Gymnasts, also the major lessons that one can learn from Page 473 them, are: first, difficult and complicated body movements. Such control of the body is indeed hard to acquire. It calls... and profounder mental world – the unconscious or subconscious. Spiritualists and yogis speak of still another unknown and invisible world, above and beyond the mind. Somewhat in the same way the Soviet gymnasts are telling us and, more than that, showing us, that there is no limit, or almost none, to the capacities of our body. At any rate, we can go a good deal farther than the limits usually set for ...
... Reminiscences XII Soviet Gymnasts (1) As you know, sometime back—quite a few years now—we had a group of Soviet Gymnasts in our midst. And what a pleasant, perfect performance they gave! Their hammer-and-sickle floating against the wind, the first time they stepped in unison on our sports ground, marching to the tune of the Russian... occult phenomena, some happenings in the inner world, each marking a step forward in the manifestation of the New World of the Supramental. To come back. Among the characteristics of the Soviet Gymnasts, also the major lessons that one can learn from them, are: first, difficult and complicated body movements. Such control of the body is indeed hard to acquire. It calls for physical strength... and profounder mental world—the unconscious or subconscious. Spiritualists and yogis speak of still another unknown and invisible world, above and beyond the mind. Somewhat in the same way the Soviet gymnasts are telling us and, more than that, showing us, that there is no limit, or almost none, to the capacities of our body. At any rate, we can go a good deal further than the limits usually set ...
... rigidly your method because the children like to be free and spontaneous in their movements, and this freedom is good for their growth. My love and blessings. 6 June 1950 To the Soviet Gymnasts 3 We salute you, brothers already so far on the way to the physical perfection for which we all aspire here. Be welcome in the Ashram, amongst us. We feel sure that today one step more... Sri Aurobindo; see The Supramental Manifestation , Cent. Vol. 16, pp. 1-4 . × Message to the Soviet Gymnasts who gave demonstrations at the Ashram sports ground on 2 and 3 April 1956. ...
... of Indian Culture 575 on Mother's laces and fans 613 on Dolls 624 on Mother's writings 649 on Mother's paintings 734, 754 visits of Jawaharlal and Indira 595-6, 716, 777-9 visit of Soviet gymnasts 623 distinctive aspects 678 teacher-pupil relationship in 625-7, 677 visits of the Education and the University Grants Commissions 695, 715, 731-2, 754 'Free progress' system 728ff... a poet: 'content with doing' 607 distributes her saris to sadhikas 613 experiences the Supramental Manifestation 614-20 changes her way of working: restricts interviews 622 message to the Soviet gymnasts 623 sees Vinoba Bhave 623-4 visits Ananta's island 624 opens the Delhi Branch and the Mother's School 624-5 Page 907 suffers hemorrhage in left eye 633 symbolic dream of the ...
... and transforming vibrations would fill the air with a sense of urgency and effect the change we now despair of bringing about. II On 2 and 3 April 1956, a group of ranking Soviet gymnasts, "many of whom were gold medalists and world champions", visited the Ashram and observed its many departments at work. The visitors gave an exhibition of their gymnastic skill, watched the Ashram... touching. The self-restraint - especially the practice of brahmacharya - by the Ashramites also produced great interest in the visiting gymnasts. In the course of a subsequent reference to the Soviet gymnasts, the Mother said: ...we saw with what ease they did exercises which for an ordinary man are impossible.... Well, that mastery is already a great step towards the transformation of the body ...
... Gymnastics Federation of India. He sent a proposal that if Mother agreed, he could arrange to send this Soviet gymnastics team to the Ashram after their programme in Madras. Mother agreed and the Soviet gymnasts came to the Ashram on 2nd April 1956. Mother once said to me that the Russians were mystic people. She praised their proficiency in music also. Mother wrote an address which I read before ...
... liked them. Mother asked: "Pranab, shall I get you a dish everyday?" I said: "No Mother, since you don't like non-vegetarian food, I won't take it either." Sometime later later the Soviet gymnasts came to the Ashram. Mother decided to feed them non-vegetarian food cooked in Mother's Kitchen. Mother said: "Pranab, just eat and tell me how it's been cooked." Incidentally, let me tell ...
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