Guiding Light of The Month

O Lord, how ardently do I call and implore Thy love! Grant that my aspiration may be intense enough to awaken the same aspiration everywhere: oh, may good- ness, justice and peace reign as supreme masters, may ignorant egoism be overcome, darkness be suddenly illu- minated by Thy pure Light; may the blind see, the deaf hear, may Thy law be proclaimed in every place and, in a constantly progressive union, in an ever more perfect harmony, may all, like one single being, stretch out their arms towards Thee to identify themselves with Thee and manifest Thee upon earth. - The Mother

June-July Sunday Activities at Centre – A glimpse

30/06/2012: Collective Meditation with Music



Starting last month, the Sunday Activity to be held on the day we have the Monthly Walk (first Sunday of the month), has been shifted to the Saturday (i.e. the day before the walk). And the evening after the Walk, we have Silent Meditation at the Centre from 6 pm to 7 pm. On this particular Saturday, there were a few of us who had gathered at the Centre for Collective Meditation. We all know the sheer power of Meditation. The same Power increases many fold when it is done in a collective manner. Having experienced the joy of meditating with music in the background, we were all set for the Walk scheduled for the next day.



08/07/2012: “Elements of Yoga” by Sri Aurobindo (Transformation)



“Elements of Yoga” by Sri Aurobindo was the book we were to read at the Reading Circle. “Transformation” was the chosen chapter for the day. After reading the chapter aloud, we used the “Commentaries on Elements of Yoga” by the Mother as a guide to help us understand it better. We all aspire for Transformation—True and Total transformation of the Self for the better. The first step is to aspire, the next step is to be conscious of the aspiration at every given moment, to open up our inner selves and be aware of the stages of transformation. The Mother explains so beautifully how to achieve Transformation at different levels. Soaking in a bit of all the words read aloud and the discussions that followed, we sat for the Closing Meditation for that day.



15/07/2012: Reading of “Sri Aurobindo and The Mother about themselves”, “Vignettes” followed by OM Choir



We had all gathered at the Centre and started our Sunday session with an Opening Meditation. With the same calm, we formed a circle. We were to read a very special book that day—“Sri Aurobindo and The Mother about themselves”. Such beautiful lines of the book opened themselves to us that day. There were some very strong passages about the four manifestations of the Mother—Mahalakshmi, MahaSaraswati, Mahakali and Maheshwari. After a quick round of sharing our thoughts on the same, we picked up “Vignettes”. Each of us present there opened a page of our choice and read out the experiences shared by people like us, those who belong to The Mother’s family. They narrate short and sweet stories which shows us how close each one feels to The Mother. Once done, we formed a small circle for the OM choir around a candle lit gloriously. We had a quick voice exercise session and then began offering our best OMs in a group. The synchrony and harmony of the OMs exude a very sweet musical effect which we all carried with ourselves as we left the Centre that Sunday.



27/05/2012: Reading of select lines from “Savitri”



We started our Sunday session with an Opening Meditation with Sunilda’s Organ music playing in the background. After reading a couple of prayers from “Prayers and Meditation”, we formed a small circle to sit and read select lines from “Savitri”. We were to read lines from Book Two Canto Six—“The Kingdoms and Godheads of the Greater Life”. We had a quick synopsis by Jared which put things so clearly in front of us. With Huta’s paintings being played on the screen, we did a couple of rounds of reading the select lines. And each time the lines seemed to be revealing something more profound than the previous time. We ended that day’s session with a nice discussion and the Closing Meditation.

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