July
12th - Reading Question and
Answers:
AGM was
conducted between 4:00PM to 6:00PM. It was well attended.
At 6:00PM the
programme started with meditation.
From the Book
“Questions and Answers 1956, The Mother” we read the question and answer on
page 22. The question “Sweet Mother, here Sri Aurobindo writes” For all this
first period he (the individual) has to work by instruments of the lower
Nature.” The Synthesis of Yoga, page 79
What is this
work, how is it accomplished?
Mother in her
answer makes it very clear about the positive and negative side of our lower
nature!
We can use the
positive side to gather all our parts, movements and activities to fall into
their true place in relation to our psychic being and have an aspiration to
progress towards the divine.
And have a
vigilant mode to resist with discernment all the negative side influences from
outside, from subconscient or inconscient which are hindrances in our progress
towards the Truth.
Mother says
Cheerfulness is very important, not to get upset or discouraged by any failure
and face everything with a smile and determination!
July 19th - Meditation on Savitri:
Meditated on the
painting by Huta on Savitri and Mother’s accompanying recitation from Book 10,
Canto 4. Pictures 8 to 18.
I was so lucky to find this beautiful
explanation for the above and am sharing with you:
SAVITRI: A
Summary of Sri Aurobindo's Epic Poem [Dr. Tyberg, who prepared this summary of
the poem, was the founder of the East-West Cultural Center in Los Angeles and
its guiding light for years until her passing in 1980. She is the author of
several articles and two books on Sanskrit, First Lessons in Sanskrit and
Language of the Gods.]
The Dark King
still trying to discourage her, ironically speaks of her fantasy of Truth, says
that Truth is hard as stone. Back and forth sparkle the words of the debate.
Death uses subtle reason and arms himself with all man's faltering searches,
his limiting spiritual goals, and exaggerated and imperfect understanding of
Truth to prove the futility of God's power, but Savitri, delivered of twilight
thoughts, with a heart of Truth, answers his lures. Here Savitri chants lyrics
of Nature’s miracles, of the wonders of the Infinite and of the limitless
powers of a soul integrally surrendered to God. Death, suspecting her to be the
Mother of the Gods embodied, challenges her to show a body of living Truth, for
has matter ever been able to hold Truth? Savitri tells Death who he really is
and warns him he will cease to be when he touches the embodied Truth Supreme,
and then reveals her being all one with God. Death, still unconvinced, makes
his last stand in support of his blind force and dares Savitri to reveal the
Power of the Divine, for many have Truth, but who has the Power to radiate it?
Then is given a picture of Savitri as she becomes transformed into a divine
being with all her chakras or lotuses of Power scintillating. The most powerful
speech of all follows, and Savitri exhibits her living Power of Truth and
proves that death is needed no more. Death is shown gradually vanishing and
finally defeated, eaten by light.
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