September
11th – Study of Secret of Veda:
The group completed
the study of Sukta 2 of Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda based on Sri
Aurobindo’s Secret of the Veda and Kapali Sastry’s Siddanjana.
September
18th – Musical Offering:
A musical performance by Shantanu Bhatacharya was
offered.
September
25th – Study of Savitri:
We meditated on Mother’s extracts from Savitri Book
I Canto IV in Meditations on Savitri.
October
2nd - Study of Secret of Veda:
The group began the
study of Sukta 3 of Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda based on Sri Aurobindo’s Secret
of the Veda and Kapali Sastry’s Siddanjana.
SUKTA 3
1. O Riders of the steed,
swift-footed, much enjoying, lords of enjoyment, take delights in the energies
of the sacrifice.
2. O Riders of the steed,
male leaders effecting a manifold action, take joy of the words, O holders in
the intellect, by a luminous energetic thought.
3. I have piled the seat of
sacrifice, I have pressed out the vigorous Soma-juices; fulfillers of action,
powers of the movement, come to them with your fierce speed on the path.
4. Come, O Indra of varied
lusters, these pure delights extended by subtle powers yearn for thee.
5. Come, O Indra, impelled
by the Thought, driven forward by the illumined thinker, to my Soul-thoughts, I
who have pressed out the Soma-juice and seek to express them in speech.
6. Come, O Indra, lord of
the horses, with a forceful speed to my soul-thoughts; hold firm for us the
delight in the Soma-juice.
7. Come, O All-Gods,
fosterers, upholders of active men, you who apportion the Soma pressed out by
the giver.
8. Come fast, O All-Gods,
speeding up the waters unto our Soma that is pressed, like cows their place of
rest and repose.
9. O All-Gods, you who are
not assailed nor cause injury, free-moving in your forms of knowledge, cleave
to my sacrifice as its upbearers.
10. May purifying Sarasvati with all the
plentitudes of her forms of plenty, rich in substance by the thought, desire
our sacrifice.
11. She, the impeller to happy truths, the
awakener in consciousness to right mentalisings, Sarasvati, upholds the
sacrifice.
12. Sarasvati by the perception awakens in
consciousness the great flood (the vast movement of Ritam) and illumines
entirely all the thoughts.
Translated by Sri Kapali Sastry and Sri M.P. Pandit
October 9th –
Study of The Mother’s Questions and Answers:
Discussed,
Questions and Answers from page no. 197 to 199
Q: What should be done to remember the Mother constantly? Should one
repeat Her name, remember Her physical form or think or feel that She is the
Divine? Is gratitude for the Divine a form of remembrance?
The Mother: Each one has their own way of remembering. Generalising how or
what to do doesn’t make sense.
To remember, one
must not forget!
Q: Can there be
a collective form of discipline which is self imposed?
The Mother: There are 3 types of disciplines.
·
Group discipline: This
discipline is formed when people form group and set rules. If one cannot
follow, he/she can get out of the group.
So not self-imposed!
·
Discipline of Family
Atavism: you are born into a family which inherits certain rules from the very
past ancestors, not parents!
So not self-imposed!
·
Religious Discipline:
Again you are born into a certain religion and have to follow the precepts the
religion states. Most of the time people don’t dare to ask why and follow
blindly the precepts like Words of Veda!
So again not self-imposed!
But one can get
out of the above disciplines with strength and independence of character, to
break through the group/family/ societal pressure of commotion and
repercussion.
Mother’s answers
made me understand that I too have no self-imposed discipline, all borrowed or
born with!
-
Jared
and Jayalakshmi
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