... the ways of God in the world, an insufficient faith in the divine Wisdom and Will that created the world and for ever guide it. It admits a wrong notion about that supreme Wisdom and Power and therefore cannot itself be the supreme wisdom and power of the spirit to which the world can look for guidance and for the uplifting of its whole life towards the Divine. The Western recoil from religion, that ...
... if some demand is mixed up with it, you can be sure that it will not be granted. I hope that the trouble in Kashmir is the first step towards the unity of India and Pakistan. 10 The Supreme Wisdom is seeing to it. Of one thing we must be convinced—all that happens is exactly what must happen in order to lead us and the world as quick as possible to the goal—the union with the Divine and... starting an international city—evidently he copies you. He has made a graph of meditation. I send it to you. It seems it is transcendental! Everything and anything can be an instrument for the Supreme Wisdom to prepare the earth in view of the new creation!... Blessings. 28 November 1967 Page 309 Mother, I have been rather unwell for the last three or four days ...
... both objective and subjective, which are operative in a sadhaka' s life and consciousness at a given moment of his spiritual journey, the divine Guidance, through the exercise of a prescient supreme Wisdom, chooses the shortest path to the Ultimate Goal and arranges events in the sadhaka' s life, in a way conducive to the following of this optimum pathway. And, therefore, this one cannot... whatever has happened in one's life had to happen as the best possible course in terms of all the various factors prevailing at that moment. And as this has been decided upon by the all-seeing supreme Wisdom, it cannot but be that this has had to happen. This is so far as the present event is concerned but what about the future? Therein lies another significant facet of spiritual truth. And ...
... same point. Things are so because they are so, because they had to be so, otherwise they would not be. Things are so, because they are as they are. There's no doubt about it. And that indeed is supreme wisdom. Is there not a physical law that is able to explain everything in the universe? Page 80 Find it out, I shall be very glad. Can it be found by science? Yes, if it moves ...
... acquire perfection, you will feel that the support is there, always guiding, showing the way. And if there is a difficulty, then instead of wanting to fight, you hand it over, hand it over to the supreme wisdom to deal with it—to deal with all the bad wills, all the misunderstandings, all the bad reactions. If you surrender completely, it is no more your concern: it's the concern of the Supreme who takes ...
... what to shun and what to pursue—oh, how wearisome it is! But when one lives like this, quite open, like a Page 256 flower blossoming in the sun before the Supreme Consciousness, the Supreme Wisdom, the Supreme Light, the Supreme Love, which knows all, which can do all, which takes charge of you and you have no more worries—that is the ideal condition. And why is it not done? One does ...
... and superficial, of its needs which a child has, must be replaced progressively by a wider, deeper and truer conception which culminates in the perfect conception of needs in accordance with the supreme wisdom, until we realise that the Divine alone knows what our true needs are and rely upon Him for everything. 19 November 1954 Page 124 The most important condition is trust, a child-like ...
... only by those who already know, and, knowing, are able to give these poor external terms a changed, inner and transfigured sense. As the Vedic Rishis insisted in the beginning, the words of the supreme wisdom are expressive only to those who are already of the wise. The Gita at its cryptic close may seem by its silence to stop short of that solution for which we are seeking; it pauses at the borders ...
... Supreme Mother. Our motion one with her motion and merged in it, our will one with her will, our energy absolved in her energy, we shall feel her working through us as the Divine manifest in a supreme Wisdom-Power, and we shall be aware of the transformed mind, life and body only as the channels of a supreme Light and Force beyond them, infallible in its steps because transcendent and total in its ...
... to assist the progress of the tendency until its contribution to human development is fulfilled. That is the idea of Kala or the Zeitgeist working, and, put religiously, it means that God being Supreme Wisdom uses everything for His supreme purposes and out of evil cometh good. This is true of our private life as every man of spiritual insight can testify; he can name and estimate the particular good ...
... June 16, 1971 ( Satprem suggest several extracts from the Agenda for "Notes on the Way," the first being that of May 22 on the intervention of the Supreme Wisdom: "The possibility of a breathtaking success—not in the sky: here." ) That's quite good. It brings back the atmosphere.... Is it too soon to say it? I don't know. Yes, perhaps, I had a little ...
... absolute, as long as they last; then, through certain signs that I know (I am accustomed to it), I notice that the body consciousness begins closing up again. Or rather, 'something'—evidently a Supreme Wisdom—decides it's sufficient for this time and that the body has had enough. It ought not to break, which is why certain precautions are taken. So this comes in several little stages that I know quite ...
... allow things to be done luminously and peacefully—consciously, luminously, peacefully... all-encompassingly. Let us not be part of the obstacles. Let us be... ( Mother opens her hands ) let the supreme Wisdom pass, pass through... something Page 312 that is not an extra obstacle. That's all. ( Mother plunges in ) ...
... Surrender to the Divine Will Words of the Mother - II To Will What the Divine Wills Surrender: to will what the Divine wills is the supreme wisdom. To will what God wills―that is the supreme secret. Will one with the Divine will: a condition that triumphs over all obstacles. Divine Will―the will expressing the highest Truth. Let ...
... examination, it is extremely dangerous to imagine that one is responsible for setting examinations for others. That is the open door to the most ridiculous and harmful kinds of vanity. It is the Supreme Wisdom which decides these things, and not the ignorant human will. 12 November 1957 Each time you have to make progress, you have to undergo an examination. 12 November 1957 In ...
... which is still a bit cloudy—it isn't fully grasped like this ( gesture ). This is the normal state, but it's obviously being worked out, being built, taking shape. And it's very wise. The supreme Wisdom is infinitely greater than ours! In our enthusiasm, we sometimes think, "Oh, if things were like that!" ( Mother gives herself a slap )—Be quiet, that's all. Page 262 We are very clumsy ...
... and superficial, of its needs which a child has must be replaced progressively by a wider, deeper and truer conception which culminates in the perfect conception of needs in accordance with the supreme wisdom, until we realise that the Divine alone knows what our true needs are and rely upon Him for everything. 19 November 1954 ...
... to the Divine, to receive and be the Divine, to transmit and spread forth the Divine: these are the three simultaneous movements which constitute our total relation with the Divine. It is the supreme Wisdom that decides these things and not the ignorant human will. And yet the Divine is everywhere in the ignorant man as well as in the sage. S is always present in our thoughts and living in our ...
... and superficial, of its needs which a child has must be replaced progressively by a wider, deeper and truer conception which culminates in the perfect conception of needs in accordance with the supreme wisdom, until we realise that the Divine alone knows what our true needs are and rely upon Him for everything. November 19, 1954 1955-04-26 The Avatar The supreme Divine manifested in ...
... to the Divine, to receive and be the Divine, to transmit and spread forth the Divine: these are the three simultaneous movements which constitute our total relation with the Divine. It is the supreme Wisdom that decides these things and not the ignorant human will. And yet the Divine is everywhere in the ignorant man as well as in the sage S. is always present in our thoughts and living in our ...
... of meditation and the doctrine of Atman. But Siddhartha turned back dissatisfied on the ground that this teaching did not lead to aversion, absence of passion, cessation, quiescence, knowledge, supreme wisdom, and Nirvana, but only as far as the realm of nothingness 1. Adapted from Buddhism by Rhys Davids, Indological Book House, Delhi, 1973. Page 91 Siddhartha next approached Uddaka ...
... the heart and soul of the listener whose ears are not sealed. The very first major event of the Ramayana brings to us the great Vishwamitra, himself a hero-warrior and yet a profound sage of supreme wisdom, who marks out Sri Rama — who was at that time an adolescent lad — to be so competently heroic that among all who could vanquish the demoniac giants, as the most valiant conqueror. Sri Rama ac ...
... be bad for you, what to shun and what to pursue — oh, how wearisome it is! But when one lives like this, quite open, like a flower blossoming in the sun before the Supreme Consciousness, the Supreme Wisdom, the Supreme Light, the Supreme Love, which knows all, which can do all, which takes charge of you and you have no more worries — that is the ideal condition." (MCW, Vol. 3, pp. 256-57) ...
... delight and each step you take reveals a marvel of splendour. And the Mother's concluding word on the Dhammapada is pure gratitude, leaving "the goal and the result of our endeavour to the Supreme Wisdom that surpasses all understanding". The Mother's comments on selected verses from the Dhammapada at once illuminate the ancient teaching of the Buddha and set it in the wider Aurobindonian ...
... where we were. Now we shall go a little further. The further problem that arises, which we touched upon yesterday, is the problem of pain. If there is an omnipresent Reality at work, a supreme wisdom and grace managing the Page 62 cosmos, why is there any place for pain and suffering in life? Savitri has chosen Satyavan for her husband, and he is fated to die one year ...
... and receptivity”¹ Conditions of Grace "But there are conditions to fulfil: a great purity must be there and a great intensity in the self-giving, and that absolute trust in the supreme Wisdom of the Divine Grace which knows better than us what is truly good for ourselves. If the aspiration is offered to That and the offering is made truly and with enough intensity, the result will ...
... sees also the possibilities of Higher Worlds and feels their action upon himself. He has to work out his destiny with the Divine help upon this terrestrial globe. This has been determined by a supreme Wisdom and Power. All this we see while we share the Master's cosmic gaze turned towards the earth. The vision of the elements that help and those that hinder, — and by their very hindrance make the ...
... 1963 White Roses March ? There is only one Will governing the world; it is the Will or the Lord —(I ant only His executive Power). He is supreme Wisdom and supreme Truth, and He alone knows what is truly good for each one and everybody. Only let me suggest that you should join your prayer to mine—it might bring a quicker result. ...
... the individual and the universal are terms of that higher and vaster Being, their fulfilment must have some real place in the supreme Existence. There must be behind them some high purpose in the supreme Wisdom and Knowledge, some eternal strain in the supreme Delight: they cannot have been, they were not created in vain. But the perfection and satisfaction of humanity like the perfection and satisfaction ...
... doubtful value. It is human, but also puerile, to impose the insufficient and narrow standards of our own Ignorance on the larger and more intricate operations of cosmic Nature or on the action of the supreme Wisdom and supreme Good which draws or raises us towards itself by a spiritual power working slowly in ourselves through our inner being and not by a law of temptation and compulsion upon our outer vital ...
... as the siddhi of the first & second chatusthayas have proceeded. It can do so because every motion, even the most adverse, is accepted as a step in the necessary process guided & imposed by the supreme Wisdom, Love & Power. This is the namas of the Prakriti to the Purusha. Till now it was only the submission of the Jiva to the Ishwara, & could not be perfectly effective because the exterior Prakriti ...
... human progress and, as I told you at the beginning, we shall try to realise a little of all the beautiful things he has taught us, but we shall leave the goal and the result of our endeavour to the Supreme Wisdom that surpasses all understanding. 5 September 1958 Page 297 ...
... sovereign clarity which does not waver, the divine clear-sightedness which never errs, and, above every contrast and contradiction, it will establish in all the splendour of Thy knowledge which is the supreme wisdom. Thy force is like a rising tide, invading the entire being and breaking upon all things. Lord, Thy force will penetrate all life and create in it the effective strength which never fails, the ...
... to the Divine, "Give me this, give me that", or, "I need this, I must have that." You will tell Him, "Do what is necessary for me and lead me to the Truth of my being. Give me what Thou in Thy supreme Wisdom seest as the thing I need." And then you are sure of not being mistaken, and He will not give you something which harms you. There is a still higher step, but it's a little more difficult ...
... can be realised one after another. But for this there are conditions to be fulfilled. One must have a great purity and a great intensity in one's self-giving, and that absolute trust in the supreme wisdom of the divine Grace, that It knows better than we do what is good for us, and all that. Then if one offers one's aspiration to It, truly gives it with enough intensity, the results are marvellous ...
... and superficial, of its needs which a child has, must be replaced progressively by a wider, deeper and truer conception which culminates in the perfect conception of needs in accordance with the supreme wisdom, until we realise that the Divine alone knows what our true needs are and rely upon Him for everything. 19 November 1954 * Why do children have fear? Because they are weak. ...
... exclusive wills. And then, all at once there appeared as though a light: the possibility of the Victory. It is still... it is not miraculous, but it is the Intervention... the intervention of the Supreme Wisdom. Will it be concrete? We will see. It seems to come, it seems to come in this way ( gesture of a certain height, the two palms turned downward ), as a possibility. No, it is recent, quite recent ...
... 25—When I see others suffer, I feel that I am unfortunate, but the wisdom that is not mine, sees the good that is coming and approves. What is this "wisdom"? It is the supreme wisdom, the wisdom of the Supreme. By this wisdom the present, the past and the future are all seen equally. It knows the causes of all effects and the effects of all causes. The sum total of all cir ...
... and difficulties. Men run away from them in their ignorance, but the Supreme Lord imposes them on those He has chosen to represent Him on earth in order to hasten their development—for he is the Supreme Wisdom. 28 January 1970 ...
... imitate the West, she has become materialistic and neglectful of her soul. 13 October 1965 I hope the trouble in Kashmir is the first step towards the unity of India and Pakistan. The Supreme Wisdom is seeing to it. 1965 India is supposed to be the Guru of the world in order to establish the spiritual life on earth. But, Mother, in order to occupy this high position she must be ...
... August 1955 Our faith in the omnipotence of the Grace is never equal to what the Grace itself is. July 1956 An absolute faith and trust in the Grace is, in the last analysis, the Supreme Wisdom. 15 August 1956 Through this apparent chaos a new and better order is being formed. But to see it one must have faith in the Divine Grace. Cheer up. 13 October 1956 In the ...
... strict and more just. Besides, as a general rule, in what light shall we look at what we want to judge? What shall our criterion be? Indeed, do Page 95 we fancy that we possess the supreme wisdom and the perfect justice that we are able to say with certainty, "This is good, this is bad"? Let us never forget that our notions of good and evil are wholly relative and so ignorant that, in what ...
... perceives his usefulness on earth and will make him leave the earth when he has nothing more to do there. So the question cannot arise, and he will live quietly in the certitude of the Divine's supreme wisdom. 6 March 1970 You wrote yesterday: "But someone who belongs to the Divine...." Doesn't everyone, whoever he is, belong to the Divine? When I say, "someone who belongs to the Divine" ...
... everything would go out of whack. The machine would simply explode. But this Wisdom doesn't come from the universal consciousness (which I don't really think is so wise!), it's infinitely higher: the Supreme Wisdom. Something so wonderful! It foresees things the universal forces in their universal play would overlook—a wonder! ( silence ) We mustn't be in a hurry. It's hard to imagine how a physical ...
... to imagine oneself entrusted with applying tests to others, for that is an open door to the most absurd and harmful vanities. It is not an ignorant human will that decides these things but the Supreme Wisdom. Each time a progress is to be made, there is a test to pass. ...
... creation of a new world is no exception to this rule. Realisation of the new creation: it is for this that we must prepare ourselves. Anything and everything can be an instrument for the Supreme Wisdom to prepare the earth in view of the new creation! Page 116 Matter prepares itself to receive the supramental: matter tries to liberate itself from old habits to prepare for the ...
... there was the experience. ( silence ) I may express it in this way: the capacity to fall silent and to intervene only on the Impulse from above. To intervene only when set in motion by the supreme Wisdom, Page 209 for every action to be done. And it gave the exact meaning of the purpose of this material mind; because there was always, in the background of the consciousness, that ...
... —the true Victory. ALL the difficulties seemed to have been as though a light shone: the possibility of Victory. It's still... not miraculous, but the intervention... it's the intervention of the Supreme Wisdom—will it concretize? We'll see. It seems, it seems to be coming like this ( gesture at a certain height, her two palms turned downward ), as a possibility. Yes, it's recent, quite recent. I can't ...
... a concession to the weakness of human mentality but imparts in a subtle unanalysable manner a sense of some beatific vastitude of ultimate creative Idea. Here, for example, is a piece of supreme wisdom irresistible in its childlike appeal to the soul: Thou who pervadest all the worlds below, Yet sitst above, Master of all who work and rule and know, Servant of Love! ...
... because His is the superhuman power of an unimaginable love and benevolence. All quibbles about His perfection are vain for the born devotee because they amount to measuring with little wit the supreme wisdom. But, according to Vivekananda, when his intellect put the personal God on the horns of a dilemma, the horns were fatal to such a God's existence: hence his misconception of the soul of true Bhakti ...
... The good is nothing but a sort of makeshift arrangement which man makes for himself in order to live commodiously and which changes according to his temperament. But the great is one with the Supreme Wisdom and is absolute and imperative. The good cannot create the great; it is the great that makes for the good. This is what he really means when he says, "They Page 22 say that a good ...
... months and years, when the sadhaka will cast a clairvoyant look at his past, he will discover to his happy surprise how he has been all the time 'infallibly led on his Path by an inscrutable supreme Wisdom. But for this to happen the sadhaka has to fulfil a number of essential preconditions and follow a certain proce- Page 163 dure which is as follows: (i)Before initiating ...
... not to have any responsibility for oneself, no longer to think of oneself.... when one lives like this, j quite open, like a flower blossoming in the sun before the Supreme Consciousness, the Supreme Wisdom, the Supreme Light, the Supreme Love, which knows all, which can do all, which takes charge of you and you have no more worries — that is the ideal condition." (M C W, Vol. 3, pp. 256-57) ...
... stages of his spiritual journey. For these obstacles are part of the process of growth. Obstacles are not accidentally brought about in an individual's life. Their appearances are governed by a supreme wisdom which has been surely leading the individual on to his divine destination. Now every individual's nature is shot through and through with a legion of weaknesses, of which only a few are ...
... command upon the spiritual aspirant at all moments and in all situations can be formulated by a few pithy sentences of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: 'To will what the Divine wills is the supreme wisdom." (Sri Aurobindo) "We must see only through the Divine's eyes and act only through the Divine's Will." (The Mother) "Our will must always be a perfect expression of the Divine's Will ...
... most wonderful things realised one after another. But there are conditions to fulfil: a great purity must be there and a great intensity in the self-giving, and that absolute trust in the supreme wisdom of the Divine Grace which knows better than us what is truly good for ourselves. If the aspiration is offered to That and the offering is made truly and with enough intensity, the result will ...
... the most wonderful things realised one after another. But there are conditions to fulfil: a great purity must be there and a great intensity in the self-giving and that absolute trust in the supreme wisdom of the Divine Grace which knows better than us what is truly good for ourselves. If the aspiration is offered to That and the offering is made truly and with enough intensity, the result will be ...
... sees also the possibilities of Higher Worlds and feels their action upon himself. He has to work out his destiny with the Divine help upon this terrestrial globe. This has been determined by a supreme Wisdom and Power. All this we see while we share the Master's cosmic gaze turned towards the earth. The vision of the elements that help and those that hinder,—and by their very hindrance make the final ...
... nature. In fact, awakening to ethical values—the attraction towards Truth, Good and Beauty, towards nobility, sacrifice and service, etc.—is the machinery Page 23 provided by the Supreme Wisdom so that the all-pervading ignorance may slowly turn to the light of knowledge. Its ultimate aim is not merely to bring about a moral perfection but to lead the human being towards the Infinite ...
... Aditi is the indivisible consciousness force and Ananda of the Supreme; M, its living dynamis, the supreme Love, Wisdom, Power. Adya-Shakti of the Tantra = Parabrahman Fourth Absolute—Parameswara of the Gita = Parameswari of the Tantra Page 1349 The Manifestation I First Absolute— The concealed Avyakta Supreme, self-involved Sachchidananda, Parabrahman (Parameswaraiswari)... c. 1910-1931 Record of Yoga Diagrams, c. January 1927 Supreme Self-Contained Absolute First Absolute— Tat. The Absolute Transcendent, the Supreme, Paratpara, (containing all, limited by nothing). Second Absolute—Sat. The supreme self-contained absolute Existence, Sachchidananda, (Ananda uniting Sat & Chit), holding in its absolute unity... ri) Second Absolute—Aditi-M. containing in herself the Supreme. The Divine Consciousness, Force, Ananda upholding all the universes—Para Shakti, Para Prakriti, Mahamaya (yayedam dhâryate jagat). Third Absolute— The Eternal Manifestation (The supreme Satya Loka, Chaitanyaloka, Tapoloka, Ananda-loka-not those of the mental series.) Page 1350 II The Manifestation in ...
... or actual is one thing: but it is quite another that the hell-gate in Dante should read: Through me the road to everlasting woe, and Abandon hope, all ye that enter here. How can the Supreme Power, Wisdom and Love condemn a soul to ever lasting woe and an utter abandonment of hope to get out of hell? ... Wrought me: the Power, and the unsearchably High Wisdom, and the Primal Love Supernal. The attributes of the Trinity are mentioned here. Charles Williams in the Figure of Beatrice , comments thus: "If there is God, if there is free-will, then man is able to choose the opposite of God. Power, Wisdom, Love, gave man free-will: therefore Power, Wisdom, Love, created the gate of hell and the possibility ...
... compassionate, consenting, helpful, a supreme knowledge that this thing must be, that having appeared it must be worked out, that its appearance is in a certain sense part of an incalculable infinite Wisdom, that if the plunge into Night was inevitable the emergence into a new unprecedented Day was also a certitude, and that only so could a certain manifestation of the Supreme Truth be effected - by a working... the ego set up for itself in the world emphasising its own desire and self-affirmation in preference to its unity with the Divine and its oneness with all; it is because instead of the one supreme Force, Wisdom, Light determining the harmony of all forces each Idea, Force, Form of things was allowed to work itself out as far as it could in the mass of infinite possibilities by its separate will and... action. But the liberated consciousness can rise higher where the problem exists no longer and from there see it in the light of a supreme identity where all is predetermined in the automatic self-existent truth of things and self-justified to an absolute consciousness and wisdom and absolute Delight which is behind all creation and non-creation and the affirmation and negation are both seen with the eyes ...
... compassionate, consenting, helpful, a supreme knowledge that this thing must be, that having appeared it must be worked out, that its appearance is in a certain sense part of an incalculable infinite wisdom, that if the plunge into Night was inevitable the emergence into a new unprecedented Day was also a certitude, and that only so could a certain manifestation of the Supreme Truth be effected—by a working... because the ego set up for itself in the world affirming its own desire and self-affirmation in preference to its unity with the Divine and its oneness with all; it is because instead of the one supreme Force, Wisdom, Light determining the harmony of all forces each Idea, Force, Form of things was allowed to work itself out as far as it could in the mass of infinite possibilities by its separate will and... liberated consciousness can rise higher where the problem exists no longer and from there see it in the light of a supreme identity where all is predetermined in the automatic self-existent truth of things and self-justified to an absolute Page 258 consciousness and wisdom and absolute Delight which is behind all creation and non-creation and the affirmation and negation are both seen with ...
... compassionate, consenting, helpful, a supreme knowledge that this thing must be, that having appeared it must be worked out, that its appearance is in a certain sense part of an incalculable infinite wisdom, that if the plunge into Night was inevitable the emergence into a new unprecedented Day was also a certitude, and that only so could a certain manifestation of the Supreme Truth be effected by a working... the ego set up for it self in the world emphasising its own desire and self affirmation in preference to its unity with the Divine and its oneness with all; it is because instead of the one supreme Force, Wisdom, Light determining the harmony of all forces each Idea, Force, Form of things was allowed to work itself out as far as it could in the mass of infinite possibilities by its separate will and... action. But the liberated consciousness can rise higher where the problem exists no longer and from there see it in the light of a supreme identity where all is predetermined in the automatic self existent truth of things and self justified to an absolute consciousness and wisdom and absolute Delight which is behind all creation and non creation and the affirmation and negation are both seen with the eyes ...
... itself in the world emphasising its own desire and self-affirmation in preference to its unity with the Divine and its oneness with all; it is because instead of the one supreme Page 380 Force, Wisdom, Light determining the harmony of all forces each Idea, Force, Form of things was allowed to work itself out as far as it could in the mass of infinite possibilities by its... Monism, on which Illusionism bases itself, Reality is an infinite and eternal Supreme Being and Absolute Existence (Brahman) whose nature is that of Sat-Chit-Ananda (Existence-Consciousness-Bliss), the One besides whom nothing else exists. By its essentiality the Supreme Being is also the Self (Atman); therefore the Supreme is our own true and highest Self. According to Illusionism, the universe is... surface phenomenon with an immense Divine Reality behind it and a supreme Divine Reality above it and an intense Divine Reality in the heart of everything that had seemed at first only a cinematic shape or shadow. And this was no reimprisonment in the senses, no diminution or fall from Page 376 supreme experience, it came rather as a constant heightening and widening of ...
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