A first step towards
the Supramental manifestation upon earth.
-
The Mother
Leaving earth’s safety daring wings of Mind
Bore her above the trodden fields of thought
Crossing the mystic seas of the Beyond
To live on eagle heights near to the Sun.
Bore her above the trodden fields of thought
Crossing the mystic seas of the Beyond
To live on eagle heights near to the Sun.
There wisdom sits on her
eternal throne.
-
Savitri
The Japanese have a
picturesque way of expressing their idea of prudence.
They have in one of their
temples an image of a meditating Buddha seated on a lotus-blossom. In front of
him are three little monkeys, one with its hands over its eyes, another over
its ears, and the third covering its mouth. What do these three monkeys
signify? By its gesture the first one says:
“I do not see evil and folly.”
The second one says:
“I do not
hear them.”
And the third:
“I do not speak them.”
In the same way, the wise
man is prudent in what he looks at, in what he listens to, and in what he says.
He considers the
consequences, thinks of the morrow, and if he does not know his way, he asks.
-
The Mother
(CMW, Volume 2, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust,
Puducherry) 
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