... love and a transformation of the nature by realising certain mental, ethical, emotional, perhaps even physical possibilities (for the Vaishnavas speak of a new cinmaya body) is the principle of Vaishnava Yoga. So there is nothing here that was not already present in that line of Asiatic mysticism which looks to a Personal Deity and insists on the eternal pre-existence and survival of the individual ...
... the other hand tells you even if you have all sorts of unpleasantnesses to live in the inner sunlight, your own or God's. At least most Yogas do except the Vaishnava—but the Yoga here is not a Vaishnava Yoga. June 19, 1935 I had a terrible headache today, especially worse after pranam, till meditation. What is this really, I am having now and then? If it is yogic in origin, I will ...
... the other hand tells you even if you have all sorts of unpleasantnesses to live in the inner sunlight, your own or God's. At least most Yogas do except the Vaishnava—but the Yoga here is not a Vaishnava Yoga. 19 June 1935 All I want to know is whether the whole of my being wants God or not. I am always saying, "I have come here to attain God." But perhaps this is just self-deception. I have ...
... would minimise and shorten the struggles and difficulties,—the psychic turn, faith, perfect Page 487 and simple confidence and reliance. These, let me remind you, are tenets of the Vaishnava Yoga. Of course, there is the other Vaishnava way which swings between yearning and despair—ardent seeking and the pangs of viraha. It is that you seem to be following and I do not deny that one can ...
... always on the things that would minimise and shorten the struggles and difficulties—the psychic turn, faith, perfect and simple confidence and reliance. These, let me remind you, are tenets of the Vaishnava yoga. Of course, there is the other Vaishnava way which swings between yearning and despair—ardent seeking and the pangs of viraha. It is that you seem to be following and I do not deny that one can ...
... reach the Divine through them is religion at the most, it is not spirituality nor Yoga. I have never seen that despondency brings down anything - at least here. It is supposed in Vaishnava Yoga to be effective in that way - sometimes, or at least to be a natural movement or recurring phase of the sadhana. It certainly seems to be the latter with many sadhaks here but I think the sadhana ...
... other hand tells you, even if you have all sorts of unpleasantnesses, to live in the inner sunlight, your own or God's. At least most Yogas do, except the Vaishnava - but the Yoga here is not a Vaishnava Yoga. So there you are. By the way, here we find Sri Aurobindo using very liberally, at least in my case and in one or two other cases, some very familiar slang terms in English: 'blasted' ...
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