July
17th - Hymns of the Mystic Fire:
Our reverence to
the Lord Agni (the Fire) starts from the dawn with lighting up of the lamps at
the altar of the gods. Agni inside and outside our existence tells us amply how
HE is the imperative “FORCE”.
For HIM, the
first mandala of Rig Veda opens with 10 hymns of the seer Madhuchchhandas, son
of Vishwamitra.
MADHUCHCHHANDAS
VAISHWAMITRA
SUKTA 1
1. I adore the Flame, the vicar,
the divine Ritwik of the Sacrifice, the summoner who most founds the ecstasy.
2. The Flame adorable by the
ancient sages is adorable too by the new. He brings here the Gods.
3. By the Flame one enjoys a
treasure that verily increases day by day, glorious, most full of hero-power.
4. O Flame! the pilgrim-sacrifice
on every side of which thou art with the environing being, that truly goes
among the Gods.
5. The Flame, the summoner, the
Seer-Will, true and most full of richly varied listenings, may he come a God
with the Gods.
6. O Flame! the happy good which thou shalt create for the giver is that
Truth and verily Thine, O Angiras!
7. To thee, O Flame! we day by day, in the night and in the light, come,
carrying by our thought the obeisance.
8. To thee, who reignest over our pilgrim-sacrifices, luminous guardian
of the Truth, increasing in thy own home.
9. Therefore, be easy of access to us as a father unto his son, cling to
us for our happy state.
July
24th - Savitri- An Unending Journey:
We continued our
journey of Savitri, meditating on the pictures 12 to 18 from Secret Knowledge,
Canto 4, Book 1.
Summary of the
pictures as follows:
There are great
Gods emanating from the Supreme Divine, who are beyond Time, Space and Death
and not subject to the currents of life movement but watch the Light of
Consciousness at work to change the course of world movement. Time - Purusha
with his mighty ride brings about the changes for the progress, breaking the
resistance to cosmic movement and returns even before the mortals realise!
Light from the
flame of the Divine Agni brings the matter closer to Spirit which is now
divorced from it. Man will no more be subject to the impulsion of ignorant
desire but a radiation of the divine Power.
July
31st - Secret of Veda:
An introduction
to Mandala 1 Suktas 1 to 9 of Rig Veda and the importance of God Agni was
emphasized by Jared. Chanting of all the
Suktas were also done. Detailed explanations of each Sukta will be taken up in
subsequent sessions.
August
7th - Reading from AIM Magazine:
We read some
passages from the AIM Magazine March 2016, Pathways to the Future.
The passage we
read about was “What is True attitude”
True attitude is
being transparent, receptive to the new force.
To wriggle out
from our material consciousness from its depth of hard rock ignorance built by
sufferings and struggles, we have to have endurance, patience and wipe out
pessimism. We have to perfect ourselves first instead of getting disturbed and
agitated by others imperfection.
Clinging to our
old ways of knowing, feeling, loving and judging is like getting glued with
monster glue to our ignorance without the thirst for Truth and transformation.
August
14th - Q&A from The Mother’s Complete works Volume 8
“Inadequate too
is the very frequent attempt at a mis-alliance between the vital and the
spiritual, a mystic experience within with an aestheticised intellectual and
sensuous Paganism or exalted hedonism outside leaning upon it and satisfying
itself in the glow of a spiritual sanction.” The Synthesis of Yoga (page... 128)
Question - What
does Sri Aurobindo mean by an “aesthecised Paganism”?
Mother’s answer:
What Sri Aurobindo means is different pantheons of different countries like
Greece or India evolved from giving aesthetic and intellectual transformation
to every aspect of Nature. It is a symbolic and artistic and literary and
poetic way of dealing with all the universal forces and realities.
It is a kind of
approach to Truth or a reality!
August
15th - Sri Aurobindo’s 144th Birth Anniversary- A special Programme.
The evening
programme started with Meditation music.
The floral
arrangement done by Marty and family brought a luminous joy to the atmosphere.
After the
reading of the prayers, the Darshan Day
message was read by Ramachandran.
“He has come to
bid the earth to prepare for its luminous future.” - The Mother.
Our Chairman
Kashyapji gave a very interesting account of birth and growth of the Sri
Aurobindo Centre in Singapore and the activities that are conducted followed by
Invocation music by Anand Venkat which filled the atmosphere with devotional
calm. He also read the poem Krishna by Sri Aurobindo.
Then the story
of Sri Aurobindo Society in Singapore began with the visual treat of pictures
taken from 1972 to 1993.
It was a great
experience reliving the days and listening to the valuable contributions of Mr
Devan Nair, Dr Nadkarni, Ms Sonia Dyne, Konkana and many others, towards
spiritual enriching of the members with Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy.
A video of the
beautiful Matrimandir and its surrounding was shown followed by Sri Aurobindo’s
Mantra “Om Anandamayi Chaitanyamayi”. Our Ananda continued with delicious
Mahaprasad organised by Mr Popatbhai Patel.
-
Jayalakshmi
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