... gods. When one comes in contact with the inner flame, he comes to know also that that flame is immortal, and even when man dies that inner flame remains unextinguished. When one comes to know the Jiva, one also comes to know that gods are also immortal. Finally we find that everything in the world, all things, our Page 34 inner flame and inner flames of all, the Jivas and gods and... This will be the beginning of the discovery of the inner flame in our heart, which is no bigger than a thumb. PART VI As we move forward, we shall become more and more calm and we shall find that there is something in ourselves which is unfolding. We begin to shape our personality. We begin to look into the future. Our inner flame remembers our past, it understands the present and it... has the sense of destiny; there is something that is awaiting to happen to us. The inner flame is the leader, and it opens to our central being which is called the Jiva. This Jiva is in its nature extremely sweet; Jiva is also called "Eater of sweetness". The Jiva is the lord of what was and what shall be. The inner flame represents the Jiva, and Page 33 The Brahmacharin (Rolf, ...
... according to their deeds is their goal and after the measure of their revealed knowledge."41 The inner flame in the body remembers its past, it understands the present and it has a sense of destiny, and it shapes the process of growth, even though the presence of the inner flame and the knowledge that the inner flame possesses of the past, present and the future, is not available to the outer consciousness... s of the mind, life and body, which are normally turned outwards; but if one turns inwards, it is found that the inner flame is the leader, and it opens out to our central being, which is called the jiva. This jiva is in its nature extremely sweet, and the Kathopanishad describes it as the "eater of sweetness", (madhvadah).42 This is because the jiva is manifested out of the nature of Aditi or Para... Para Prakriti, the very nature of which is imperishable delight. This jiva is described by Yama as the Lord of what was and what shall be. The inner flame represents the jiva, and it is also the Lord of what was and what shall be, even though that flame is no bigger than the thumb and even though it is expressed as the Dwarf. Page 43 At a much later stage, we shall begin to learn that the ...
... There is sufficient to warrant me in provisionally taking it for the inner flame; but to be sure I cannot rely on this one rik. I have to note the evolution of the same ideas in other hymns, to study all the hymns dedicated to Agni or in which he is mentioned, to see whether there are passages in which he is indubitably the inner flame and what light they shed on his whole physiognomy. Only then shall... it in this sense. The Rishi cries to this inner Flame, "when wilt thou shine in me continuously, on the altar of my sacrifice, when wilt thou be a constant force of knowledge to give all the uninterrupted sequence, relation, order, completeness of the revelations of wisdom, speaking always and wholly its words, काव्यानि?" If it refers at all to the inner flame, this must be the sense. We must remember... sacrifice is only a preparation for this continuity of the revealing Flame. It is only then that men not only awake Agni from time to time, by repeated pressure, but have and hold continuously the inner flame of will and knowledge, a present godhead, the one whom we then see and adore in all conscious thinking beings. Or we may take the last two padas in the sense "now indeed they seize" etc and we will ...
... forces of aspiration. If you are conscious of the inner flame, you should put into this flame all that you find strongest in you by way of aspiration, of a call, and hold yourself as quiet as you can, calling, with a deep reliance that the answer will come; and when you are in this state, with your aspiration and concentrated force, with your inner flame, press gently upon this kind of outer crust, without... get a headache, that is all. Yes, it is that. To gather together all your power of aspiration, make of it something intensely concentrated, in an absolute tranquillity, to be conscious of your inner flame and throw into it all you can that it may burn ever higher and higher, and then call with your consciousness and, slowly, push. You are sure to succeed one day. Mother reads a comment made by ...
... peaceful around a small inner flame, one need not believe that one is in a bad situation. No doubt, the inner flame has to spring up and break through to a beatific Beyond without limit, but fretting does not help. What does help is giving oneself up more and more to the baby-cat consciousness, so that the- feeling of being happily carried becomes intense and the small inner flame suffuses one's whole ...
... the sense becomes clear. What the Rishi means is a "mind pouring the light", a labour of the clarity of an enlightened or illumined mind; it is not a human priest or a sacrificial fire, but the inner Flame, the mystic seer-will, kavi-kratu , and that can certainly manifest by this process the Gods and the worlds and all planes of the being. The Rishis, it must be remembered, were seers as well as... dhīti , 14 and by this we must build up ourselves in that Truth. Our sacrifice is a journey, a pilgrimage and a battle,—a travel towards the Gods and we also make that journey with Agni, the inner Flame, as our path-finder and leader. Our human things are raised up by the mystic Fire into the immortal being, into the Great Heaven, and the things divine come down into us. As the doctrine of Page ...
... bringing the food or portion to the god. 1 But if Agni is the god of an inner Flame, then we must interpret the verse differently. We see that the obeisance is brought, carried ( bharantah , Latin ferentes , Gr. φέροντες) by the thought; therefore, the obeisance must be an inner bowing down or submission to an inner flame. Namas , the obeisance, implies also obedience; the verb is used in the Veda ...
... can be quite simply a desire. How can the thirst for something be the Divine? I see clearly what you are trying to say, but truly you do not say it: that is, this inner flame of aspiration is what you call the Divine; this inner flame of aspiration which never dies out, which always burns, burns more and more; what in India is called Agni, you know, the will to progress, the power of aspiration; this ...
... cannot assume that there was nothing between the early savage and Plato or the Upanishads . 5 Nor was it insignificant that fire, Agni , was the core of the Vedic mysteries: Agni , the inner flame, the soul within us (for who can deny that the soul is fire?), the innate aspiration drawing man towards the heights; Agni , the ardent will within us that sees, always and forever, and remembers;... is there...' (I.70.2). But we have not yet reached the heart of the Vedic secret. The birth of Agni , the soul (and so many men are still unborn) is merely the start of the voyage. This inner flame seeks, it is the seeker within us, for it is a spark of the great primordial Fire and will never be satisfied until it has recovered its solar totality, 'the lost sun' of which the Veda incessantly ...
... poetry burning throughout the hymns of the Rigveda, which Sri Aurobindo so magnificently deciphered; it is not for nothing that Agni the fire, was at the heart of the Vedic Mysteries — Agni , the inner flame, the soul in us (and who does not know that the soul is fire?), the innate aspiration that draws man towards the heights; Agni , the ardent will of that in us which forever sees and remembers; Agni... delivered out of the darkness" (V.1.2). But we still have not reached the heart of the Vedic secret. The birth of Agni , the soul—so many men are yet unborn—is only the onset of the journey. That inner flame seeks, it is the seeker in us, because it is a spark of the great primeval Fire and will not be satisfied till it has recovered its solar totality, the "lost sun" the Veda constantly refers to. But ...
... yourself, not that: have less and less the feeling that you are a person, a separate entity, something existing in itself, isolated from the rest. And then, above all, above all, it is that inner flame, that aspiration, that need for the light. It is a kind of—how to put it?—luminous enthusiasm that seizes you. It is an irresistible need to melt away, to give oneself, to exist only in the Divine ...
... To sit down in inert passivity and say, "If I am to have faith I shall have it, the Divine will give it to me", is an attitude of laziness, of unconsciousness and almost of bad-will. For the inner flame to burn, one must feed it; one must watch over the fire, throw into it the fuel of all the errors one wants to get rid of, all that delays the progress, all that darkens the path. If one doesn't ...
... all wealth"; the esoteric is omniscient. कतुः See I.1 under कविकतुः. Sayana सुकर्माणं सुप्रज्ञं वा. Rather सुकर्मप्रज्ञं. The right-willed or rightly working omniscient Fire is evidently the inner Flame of power and aspiration, the divine Will-Force that takes up the sacrifice, योगयज्ञ. It rises up to the heavens above the mental consciousness and brings down the divine power into the being. It ...
... steadied Page 154 and subdued and is no longer constantly insistent on its own rash will, demand and desire, when the physical has been sufficiently altered not to bury altogether the inner flame under the mass of its outwardness, obscurity or inertia, an inmost being, long hidden within and felt only in its rare influences, is able to come forward and illumine the rest and take up the lead ...
... interval between two phases of ordinary human life - or a Page 139 permanent event remoulding one's whole being and shaping one's whole future: this depends on the intensity of the inner flame. The intensity may not always show on the surface in its full drive, but a certain inner certitude is its sign for the outer self. When you say, T definitely know that I am searching for something ...
... time. "The frontiers of the Ignorance shall recede, More and more souls shall enter into light, Minds lit, inspired, the occult summoner hear And lives blaze with a sudden inner flame And hearts grow enamoured of divine delight And human wills tune to the divine will." Page 3 ...
... hanging on to life? Better to pass away than prolong an inadequate sadhana." The discontent was deep. But after a minute or two something within told me: "Carry on in whatever way is possible. The inner flame will shoot up as before. In the meantime occupy yourself with various side-interests. Are you sure you are in a state of lack? Be humble. Do not scorn small mercies. What you term 'small mercies' ...
... could have been formed from the pleasing innumerable shades and hues of the setting sun. It is more likely that this emblematic figure of splendour could have been made from some intense and blazing inner flame, yogagni . The Yogin’s body appears filled with lustrous vermilion; or it could have been a thing cast from the very essence of his yogic attainment and perfection; Page 73 or it ...
... 1940, when Kamalaben's age was fifteen to twenty-four. It is very interesting because it not only reflects a soul's aspirations, Page i but also its struggles and the growth of the inner flame under the direct protection, care and love of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Kamalaben herself has said that she did not know anything before coming to the Ashram. She used to express her feelings ...
... aspiration is "an inner enthusiasm towards the New, the Unknown, the Perfection." It is "a yearning, a longing for the contact with the Divine Force, divine Harmony, divine Love." An aspiration is "an inner flame, a need for the light... A luminous enthusiasm that seizes the whole being... An unquenchable thirst, an elan, a luminous drive towards all that is high, all that is noble, all that is divine." It ...
... ’s will.. || 155.51 || The frontiers of the Ignorance shall recede, More and more souls shall enter into light, Minds lit, inspired, the occult summoner hear And lives blaze with a sudden inner flame And hearts grow enamoured of divine delight And human wills tune to the divine will.. || 155.67 || A divine force shall flow through tissue and cell And take the charge of breath and speech ...
... saint and the martyr. We know of innumerable instances where the fierce torture of the flesh was drowned, overwhelmed in the ecstasy of the inner aspiration; the vital enthusiasm drawn from the inner flame suffuses, courses through the nerves and tissues with such energy and impetus that it effectively blocks out the invading reaction of pain. It is a discipline that has its value even for a sadhak ...
... as it should. And we feel as if we are led by a force which does not depend on any outer circumstances. Only, one must remain calm, tranquil and open, and aspire intensely, aspire to light the inner flame and want the Divine more and more — in action, in sleep, in work, in short, in all the activities of life. And how everything changes in appearance, how everything seems as if someone is preparing ...
... Consciousness while being exclusively receptive towards It, we are doing all that is in our power to do. 30.4.1969 When I see the fall in my consciousness, if I remain tranquil the little inner flame shows up and the normal condition returns quickly. Yes, to remain tranquil is in fact the best way to let the Consciousness do its work. 2.5.1969 Instead of asking for Your Blessing ...
... at work within him, a fiery and irresistible godhead that shall uplift his oppressed divinity and cleave asunder the cords of its bondage; he is thinking of the might of that growing Strength and inner Flame which receiving all that he has to offer carries it to its own distant and difficult home, to the high-seated Truth, to the Far, to the Secret, to the Supreme. All these associations are lost to ...
... temptation for a reversal of the voyage. Therefore it needs to be destroyed wholly, from the front part ("stem") to the hind part ("stern") - subjected to the fire of the soul's aspiration, the inner flame that rises upward: its horizontal body offered up to the "pinnacles" which that psychic intensity forms by its aspiring movement. But the destruction is done not only because the boat may tempt one ...
... consciousness. But, whether we have a hard or a smooth time, we may be sure that all is well and that, in the final reckoning, all has been for the best. To show our gratitude we must keep the inner flame steadily climbing. However, we must guard against one mistake. Those who do not understand the reason for the postponement of physical transformation protest vehemently that they are having marvellous ...
... and the विक्षु is explained by 3, तं .. हृद आ जायमानं. Agni Page 559 created by the human Ritwiks and born from the heart cannot be the sacrificial fire or lightning, but must be the inner flame, the godhead within, who is also the cosmic godhead who hears from without, आरे. शृण्वते. What is meant by the god hearing the thought? Not merely that he hears physically the Vedic hymn and ...
... pulls things to itself and always makes demands. Aspiration always gives joy, doesn't it? Rather a feeling of plenitude—"joy" is a misleading word; a feeling of plenitude, of force, of an inner flame which fills you. Page 136 Aspiration can give you joy, but a very special joy, which has no excitement in it. Are the soul and the psychic being one and the same thing? That depends ...
... the vital has been steadied and subdued and is no longer constantly insistent on its own rash will, demand and desire, when the physical has been sufficiently altered not to bury altogether the inner flame under the mass of its outwardness, obscurity or inertia, an inmost being, long hidden within and felt only in its rare influences, is able to come forward and illumine the rest and take up the lead ...
... the vital has been steadied and subdued and is no longer constantly insistent on its own rash will, demand and desire, when the physical has been sufficiently altered not to bury altogether the inner flame under the mass of its outwardness, obscurity or inertia, an inmost being hidden within and felt only in its rare influences is able to come forward and illumine the rest and take up the lead of the ...
... secret. The frontiers of the Ignorance shall recede, More and more souls shall enter into light, Minds lit, inspired, the occult summoner hear And lives blaze with a sudden inner flame And hearts grow enamoured of divine delight And human wills tune to the divine will. Sri Aurobindo Page 84 ...
... al creation, it is the intuition and suprasensible vision that represents the unfailing base. All those who have had the rare privilege of having these flashes, this spontaneous vision and this inner flame, to help them in the direct apprehension of the real, will declare in one voice the efficacy of intuition in the case of all true creative spirits, whatever may be the mode of their creation. And ...
... temptation for a reversal of the voyage. Therefore, it needs to be destroyed wholly, from the front part ('stem') to the hind part ('stern') - subjected to the fire of the soul's aspiration, the inner flame that rises upward: its horizontal body offered up to the 'pinnacles' which that psychic intensity forms by its aspiring movement. But the destruction is done not only because the boat may tempt one ...
... saint and the martyr. We know of innumerable instances where the fierce torture of the flesh was drowned, overwhelmed in the ecstasy of the inner aspiration; the vital enthusiasm drawn from the inner flame suffuses, courses through the nerves and tissues with such energy and impetus that it effectively blocks out the invading reaction of pain. It is a discipline that has its value even for the sadhak ...
... Always, Light and Truth and Immortality are the Vedic hymnists' quarry. Visible material sacrifice is but a screen for the inner spiritual sacrifice which is a travel towards the gods; and Agni the inner Flame, the steady Will, is our pathfinder and leader. The dynamics of the movement are such that the Flame both raises the pilgrim-soul to heaven and brings the heavens down to him. As he battles his way ...
... breathtaking it is. I have often wondered why Mother chose this kind of instrument for Her work, and I suspect that my young “education” in a Nazi concentration Page 134 camp gave me the inner Flame to resist all these obscure forces. And truly, more and more, I can see Her concrete Grace sending you just in time when I was nearly despairing to be able to establish Her work. You really are ...
... and then to womanhood and motherhood; and she had dreamt dreams, and seen mystic visions. She had read and talked and meditated, she had cultivated music and painting and letters, but it was the inner Flame that had always lighted her path, and guided her in her travels in Europe and Africa and Asia. On 29 March 1914 she had found at last what she had been seeking, and Sri Aurobindo was indeed the Lord ...
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