... whether one wants to remain part of the humanity of yesterday or to belong to the superhumanity of tomorrow. 14 So far about the austerity of the body, the tapasya of Beauty. As for vital austerity or the tapasya of Power, the principle again is, not outright rejection, but judicious choice and utilisation with "wisdom and discernment". Even as sex energies are to be transmuted by "a kind... While the vital world with its energies and irrationalities can be a danger and a trap for the unwary, and result in abuse, wastage and defeat, it also holds out other immense possibilities. Vital austerity therefore means the education of the vital through its enlightenment, strengthening and purification, and once this is done, the vital can be "as noble and heroic and disinterested as it is ...
... to become an active and efficient part of it. One must refuse pleasure if one wants to open to the delight of existence, in a total beauty and harmony. This brings us quite naturally to vital austerity, the austerity of the sensations, the tapasya of power. For the vital being is the seat of power, of effective enthusiasm. It is in the vital that thought is transformed into will and becomes a ...
... become an active and efficient member of it. You must deny yourself pleasures, if you wish to be open to the joy of living in integral beauty and harmony. This brings us quite naturally to vital austerity, the austerity of the sensations, the Tapasya of power; for the vital being is indeed the seat of power, of enthusiasms that realise. It is in the vital that thought changes into will and becomes ...
... Questions and Answers (1954): 6 October 1954 One must refuse pleasure if one wants to open to the delight of existence, in a total beauty and harmony. This brings us quite naturally to vital austerity, the austerity of the sensations, the tapasya of power. For the vital being is the seat of power, of effective enthusiasm. It is in the vital that thought is transformed into will and becomes a ...
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