Most of you live on the surface of your being, exposed
to the touch of external influences. You live almost projected, as it were,
outside your own body, and when you meet some unpleasant being similarly
projected you get upset. The whole trouble arises out of your not being
accustomed to stepping back. You must always step back into yourself—learn to
go deep within—step back and you will be safe. Do not lend yourself to the
superficial forces which move in the outside world. Even if you are in a hurry
to do something, step back for a while and you will discover to your surprise
how much sooner and with what greater success your work can be done. If someone
is angry with you, do not be caught in his vibrations but simply step back and
his anger, finding no support or response, will vanish.
Always keep your peace, resist all temptation to lose
it. Never decide anything without stepping back, never speak a word without
stepping back, never throw yourself into action without stepping back. All that
belongs to the ordinary world is impermanent and fugitive, so there is nothing
in it worth getting upset about. What is lasting, eternal, immortal and
infinite—that indeed is worth having, worth conquering, worth possessing. It is
Divine Light, Divine Love, Divine Life—it is also Supreme Peace, Perfect Joy and
All-Mastery upon earth with the Complete Manifestation as the crowning. When
you get the sense of the relativity of things, then whatever happens you can
step back and look; you can remain quiet and call on the Divine Force and wait
for an answer. Then you will know exactly what to do. Remember, therefore, that
you cannot receive the answer before you are very peaceful. Practise that inner
peace, make at least a small beginning and go on in your practice until it
becomes a habit with you.
(CWM, Volume 3,
Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Puducherry)
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