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A thread on #SriAurobindo and the Future of the Earth
Sometimes a great wandering Thought sees the ages still unaccomplished, seizes the Force in its eternal flow, & precipitates upon earth the powerful vision which is like a power to make real what it sees. The world
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A thread on #SriAurobindo and the Future of the Earth
Sometimes a great wandering Thought sees the ages still unaccomplished, seizes the Force in its eternal flow, & precipitates upon earth the powerful vision which is like a power to make real what it sees. The world
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is a vision growing real, its past & its present are not really the result of an obscure push from the womb of time, a slow accumulation of sediments that fashion us little by little-& stifle us & imprison us-but the powerful golden attraction of the Future pulling us
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is a vision growing real, its past & its present are not really the result of an obscure push from the womb of time, a slow accumulation of sediments that fashion us little by little-& stifle us & imprison us-but the powerful golden attraction of the Future pulling us
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in spite of ourselves,as the sun pulls the lotus out of the mud,& forcing us to a glory greater than either our mud or our efforts or present triumphs could have foreseen or created.
#SriAurobindo is this vision & this power to precipitate the Future into the present.
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in spite of ourselves,as the sun pulls the lotus out of the mud,& forcing us to a glory greater than either our mud or our efforts or present triumphs could have foreseen or created.
#SriAurobindo is this vision & this power to precipitate the Future into the present.
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In a moment he saw,& what he saw the ages will accomplish; unknowingly millions of men will set out in quest of the new imperceptible tremor that has swept into the earth atmosphere. Thus from age to age, great beings come among us to hew a great opening of Truth in
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In a moment he saw,& what he saw the ages will accomplish; unknowingly millions of men will set out in quest of the new imperceptible tremor that has swept into the earth atmosphere. Thus from age to age, great beings come among us to hew a great opening of Truth in
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the sepulchre of the past. & indeed, those beings are the great destroyers of the past: they come with the sword of Knowledge to shatter our fragile empires..
His work is discussed by philosophers, praised by poets, his sociological vision & his yoga are commented on -
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the sepulchre of the past. & indeed, those beings are the great destroyers of the past: they come with the sword of Knowledge to shatter our fragile empires..
His work is discussed by philosophers, praised by poets, his sociological vision & his yoga are commented on -
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but #SriAurobindo is a living ACTION, a Word becoming real, & every day in the 1000 circumstances that seem to rend the earth & topple its structures, we can witness the 1st ebbing of the Force he set in motion. At the beginning of this century [last], when India was
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but #SriAurobindo is a living ACTION, a Word becoming real, & every day in the 1000 circumstances that seem to rend the earth & topple its structures, we can witness the 1st ebbing of the Force he set in motion. At the beginning of this century [last], when India was
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still fighting British domination, #SriAurobindo declared: "It is not a revolt against the British Govt.....It is, in fact, a revolt against the whole universal Nature."...
It is not a question of bringing a new philosophy to the world, or new ideas, or so-called
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still fighting British domination, #SriAurobindo declared: "It is not a revolt against the British Govt.....It is, in fact, a revolt against the whole universal Nature."...
It is not a question of bringing a new philosophy to the world, or new ideas, or so-called
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illuminations...It is a question, says #SriAurobindo, "of creating a new physical nature which is to be the habitation of the Supramental being in a new evolution." For indeed, he adds, "the imperfection of Man is not the last word of Nature...." Beyond the mental man
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illuminations...It is a question, says #SriAurobindo, "of creating a new physical nature which is to be the habitation of the Supramental being in a new evolution." For indeed, he adds, "the imperfection of Man is not the last word of Nature...." Beyond the mental man
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that we are, there opens the possibility of another being, who will take the lead of evolution as man one day took the lead of evolution among apes. "If," says #SriAurobindo, "the animal is a living lab in which Nature has, it is said, worked out man, man himself may
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that we are, there opens the possibility of another being, who will take the lead of evolution as man one day took the lead of evolution among apes. "If," says #SriAurobindo, "the animal is a living lab in which Nature has, it is said, worked out man, man himself may
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well be a thinking & living lab in whom & with whose conscious co-operation she wills to work out the superman, the god" #SriAurobindo has come to tell us how to create this other being, this supramental being-& not only to tell us, but to do it, to open the path of
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well be a thinking & living lab in whom & with whose conscious co-operation she wills to work out the superman, the god" #SriAurobindo has come to tell us how to create this other being, this supramental being-& not only to tell us, but to do it, to open the path of
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the future, to precipitate upon earth the rhythm of evolution, the new vibration that will replace the mental vibration-as a thought one day came & disturbed the slow routine of the beasts-& will give us the power to shatter the walls of our human prison.."The end of
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the future, to precipitate upon earth the rhythm of evolution, the new vibration that will replace the mental vibration-as a thought one day came & disturbed the slow routine of the beasts-& will give us the power to shatter the walls of our human prison.."The end of
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a stage of evolution," announced #SriAurobindo, "is usually marked by powerful recrudescence of all that has to go out of the evolution." Everywhere about us, we can see this paroxysmal shattering of all the old forms: our borders, our Churches, our laws, our morals
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a stage of evolution," announced #SriAurobindo, "is usually marked by powerful recrudescence of all that has to go out of the evolution." Everywhere about us, we can see this paroxysmal shattering of all the old forms: our borders, our Churches, our laws, our morals
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are collapsing on every side. They are not collapsing b'coz we are bad, immoral, irreligious, or b'coz we are not sufficiently rational, scientific or human, but b'coz we have done with being human! ..b'coz we are in the transition to SOMETHING ELSE. The earth is not
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are collapsing on every side. They are not collapsing b'coz we are bad, immoral, irreligious, or b'coz we are not sufficiently rational, scientific or human, but b'coz we have done with being human! ..b'coz we are in the transition to SOMETHING ELSE. The earth is not
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going thro' a moral crisis, but thro' an "evolutionary crisis."
We are not moving toward a better world-or a worse one-we are in the middle of a MUTATION toward a radically different world, as different as man's world was from that of the apes of the Tertiary... And
going thro' a moral crisis, but thro' an "evolutionary crisis."
We are not moving toward a better world-or a worse one-we are in the middle of a MUTATION toward a radically different world, as different as man's world was from that of the apes of the Tertiary... And
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#SriAurobindo gives us the key. The sense of our own revolution eludes us possibly b'coz we are trying to prolong what is, to refine it, improve it, sublimate it. But the ape might have made the same mistake in the midst of the simian revolution that produced man; it
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#SriAurobindo gives us the key. The sense of our own revolution eludes us possibly b'coz we are trying to prolong what is, to refine it, improve it, sublimate it. But the ape might have made the same mistake in the midst of the simian revolution that produced man; it
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might have sought to become a superape, more skilful at climbing trees, at hunting & running, a more agile & mischievous ape... "Supermanhood," says #SriAurobindo, "is not man climbed to his own natural zenith, not a superior degree of human greatness, knowledge, power
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might have sought to become a superape, more skilful at climbing trees, at hunting & running, a more agile & mischievous ape... "Supermanhood," says #SriAurobindo, "is not man climbed to his own natural zenith, not a superior degree of human greatness, knowledge, power
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"intelligence, will..genius,..saintliness, love, purity or perfection." It is...another vibration of being, another consciousness. But if this new consciousness is not to be found on the peaks of the human, where, then, shall we find it?..-in the body.
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"intelligence, will..genius,..saintliness, love, purity or perfection." It is...another vibration of being, another consciousness. But if this new consciousness is not to be found on the peaks of the human, where, then, shall we find it?..-in the body.
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This body is our base, our evolutionary foundation, the old stock to which we always return, & which painfully compels our attention by making us suffer, age & die. "In that imperfection," #SriAurobindo assures us, "is the urge towards a higher & more many-sided
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This body is our base, our evolutionary foundation, the old stock to which we always return, & which painfully compels our attention by making us suffer, age & die. "In that imperfection," #SriAurobindo assures us, "is the urge towards a higher & more many-sided
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"perfection....God is pent in the mire..." This body, this physical, cellular substance contains "almighty powers,"...For, in truth, all is Divine, & if the Lord of all universes does not reside in a single little cell, he resides nowhere. It is this dark
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"perfection....God is pent in the mire..." This body, this physical, cellular substance contains "almighty powers,"...For, in truth, all is Divine, & if the Lord of all universes does not reside in a single little cell, he resides nowhere. It is this dark
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primeval cellular Prison that we must break open; & until we have broken this one Prison, we will continue to go round vainly in the golden or iron circles of our mental prison. "These laws of Nature," says #SriAurobindo, " that you call absolute..merely mean an equi-
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primeval cellular Prison that we must break open; & until we have broken this one Prison, we will continue to go round vainly in the golden or iron circles of our mental prison. "These laws of Nature," says #SriAurobindo, " that you call absolute..merely mean an equi-
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"-librium established by Nature... It is merely a groove in which Nature is accustomed to work in order to produce certain results.But if you change the consciousness, then the groove also is bound to change."
Such is the new adventure to which #SriAurobindo invites us
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"-librium established by Nature... It is merely a groove in which Nature is accustomed to work in order to produce certain results.But if you change the consciousness, then the groove also is bound to change."
Such is the new adventure to which #SriAurobindo invites us
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Why should we not collaborate in this never-attempted adventure, in our own evolution, instead of chasing articificial paradises that will never quench our thirst or otherwordly paradises that leave the earth to rot along with our bodies? "Why begin at all if it's to
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Why should we not collaborate in this never-attempted adventure, in our own evolution, instead of chasing articificial paradises that will never quench our thirst or otherwordly paradises that leave the earth to rot along with our bodies? "Why begin at all if it's to
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"get out of it!" exclaims the Mother, the continuer of #SriAurobindo 's work. "What's the use of having struggled so much, suffered so much, of having created something which, in its outer appearance at least, is so tragic & dramatic, if it is only to learn how to get
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"get out of it!" exclaims the Mother, the continuer of #SriAurobindo 's work. "What's the use of having struggled so much, suffered so much, of having created something which, in its outer appearance at least, is so tragic & dramatic, if it is only to learn how to get
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"out of it?-It would have been better not to begin at all!..Evolution....is meant to teach the whole creation the joy of being, the beauty of being, the grandeur of being, the majesty of a sublime life, & the perpetual development, perpetually progressive, of this joy,
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"out of it?-It would have been better not to begin at all!..Evolution....is meant to teach the whole creation the joy of being, the beauty of being, the grandeur of being, the majesty of a sublime life, & the perpetual development, perpetually progressive, of this joy,
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this beauty, this grandeur-then, everything has a meaning."
This body, this obscure beast of burden we inhabit, is the experimental field of #SriAurobindo 's yoga...All is already there, within our hearts, the supreme Source which is the supreme Power-only we must call
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this beauty, this grandeur-then, everything has a meaning."
This body, this obscure beast of burden we inhabit, is the experimental field of #SriAurobindo 's yoga...All is already there, within our hearts, the supreme Source which is the supreme Power-only we must call
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it into our jungle of concrete,we must understand our own sense; the amplified cry of the earth, of these millions of men & women who have had enough of their prison, who can no longer bear it, must open a crack thro' which the new vibration will burst in. Then all the
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it into our jungle of concrete,we must understand our own sense; the amplified cry of the earth, of these millions of men & women who have had enough of their prison, who can no longer bear it, must open a crack thro' which the new vibration will burst in. Then all the
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apparently ineluctable laws that bind us in their hereditary & scientific groove will crumble before the Joy of the "sun-eyed children." #SriAurobindo "Expect nothing from death," says the Mother, "life is your salvation. It is in life that you must transform yourself.
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apparently ineluctable laws that bind us in their hereditary & scientific groove will crumble before the Joy of the "sun-eyed children." #SriAurobindo "Expect nothing from death," says the Mother, "life is your salvation. It is in life that you must transform yourself.
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It is on earth that you progress, on earth that you realize. It is in the body that you win the Victory." "Nor let wordly prudence whisper too closely in thy ear," says #SriAurobindo , "for is is the hour of the unexpected."
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Pondicherry
9 Dec 1971
It is on earth that you progress, on earth that you realize. It is in the body that you win the Victory." "Nor let wordly prudence whisper too closely in thy ear," says #SriAurobindo , "for is is the hour of the unexpected."
Satprem
Pondicherry
9 Dec 1971
