Q: What is the difference between outer equality and the equality of
the soul?
The
Mother: The equality of the soul is a psychological thing. It is the power
to bear all happenings, good or bad, without being sad, discouraged desperate,
upset. Whatever happens, you remain serene, peaceful.
The other is the equality in the body. It is
not psychological, it is something material; to have a physical poise, to
receive forces without being troubled.
The two are equally necessary if one wants
to progress on the path. And other things still. For example, a mental poise;
such that all possible ideas, even the most contradictory, may come from all
sides without one’s being troubled. One can see them and put each in its place.
That is mental poise.
(CWM,
Volume 5, Sri Aurobindo
Ashram Trust, Puducherry)
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