“The one aim of [my] yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the One Self in all and evolve a higher consciousness than the mental, a spiritual and supramental consciousness which will transform and divinize human nature.” HumansSelfSpiritualSpiritualityConsciousnessHuman NatureDevelopmentHigherYogaAimEvolveSelf DevelopmentInner SelfHigher Consciousness Author:Sri Aurobindo
“I say, of the Congress, then, this - that its aims are mistaken, that the spirit in which it proceeds towards their accomplishment is not a spirit of sincerity and whole-heartedness, and that the methods it has chosen are not the right methods, and the leaders in whom it trusts, not the right sort of men to be leaders; - in brief, that we are at present the blind led, if not by the blind, at any rate by the one-eyed.” IfsMenWholeSpiritLeaderAimMethodBlindRateCongressChosenAccomplishmentSincerityMistaken Author:Sri Aurobindo
“One may come armoured, Invinsible. His will immobile meets the mobile hour. The world blows cannot bend this Victor Head. Calm and sure are his steps in the growing night. The goal recedes, he hurries not his pace. He asks from no help from the inferior Gods. His eyes are fixed on the immutable aim.” WorldMayHelpingEyeNightAsksGoalHoursStepsGrowingAimCalmBlowFixedHis EyesPaceInferiorsMobile Author:Sri Aurobindo
“An aimless life is always a troubled life. Every individual should have an aim. But do not forget that the quality of your aim will depend the quality of your life. Your aim should be high and wide, generous and disinterested; this will make your life precious to yourself and to others. Whatever your ideal, it cannot be perfectly realized unless you have realized perfection in yourself.” ShouldLife IsIndividualForgetQualityDependsIdealsPerfectionShould HaveAimWideGenerousDisinterestedAimless Life Author:Sri Aurobindo
“The progressive growth of the finite consciousness of man towards this Self, towards the universal , the eternal, the infinite, in a word his growth into spiritual consciousness by the development of his ordinary ignorant natural being into an illumined divine nature, this is for Indian thinking the significance of life and the aim of human existance.” ThinkingMenHumansSelfSpiritualGrowthNaturalConsciousnessDivineDevelopmentEternalOrdinaryUniversalInfiniteAimIgnorantIndianSignificanceProgressiveFiniteDivine NatureSignificance Of Life Author:Sri Aurobindo
“The highest aim of the aesthetic being is to find the Divine through beauty; the highest Art is that which by an inspired use of significant and interpretative form unseals the door of the spirit.” ArtUseFormSpiritDoorsDivineHighestArt IsAimInspiredSignificantAesthetic Book:The Human Cycle, Psychology of Social Development Source: The Human Cycle, Psychology of Social Development
“Each religion has helped mankind. Paganism increased in man the light of beauty, the largeness and height of his life, his aim at a many-sided perfection; Christianity gave him some vision of divine love and charity; Buddhism has shown him a noble way to be wiser, gentler, purer, Judaism and Islam how to be religiously faithful in action and zealously devoted to God; Hinduism has opened to him the largest and profoundest spiritual possibilities.” MenWayLightActionSpiritualChristianityVisionMankindPossibilityDivineBuddhismPerfectionAimCharityIslamNobleFaithfulHeightHinduismDevotedWiserJudaismDivine LovePaganism Book:The Supramental Manifestation, and Other Writings Source: The Supramental Manifestation, and Other Writings
“What do you want to do sadhana for? The aim should not be the satisfaction of egoism: "I want to be a great yogi; I shall have so much power and with that power I shall establish myself in the world." All such thoughts must be thrown far away.” WorldWantShouldAimSatisfactionThrownFar AwayEgoismYogi Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to take or refuse. The task is to find it, develop it & use it. The chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use.” ShouldSoulGodHelpingUseSpiritualGrowthChancePerfectEducationGrowingStrengthDivineOffersDrawsYogaPerfectionTasksAimRefuseNobleChiefsSpheresSoul SearchingAim Of Education Author:Sri Aurobindo
“The yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature and a divine life into the mental, vital and physical nature and life of humanity. Its object is not personal Mukti, although Mukti is a necessary condition of the yoga, but the liberation and transformation of the human being. It is not personal Ananda, but the bringing down of the divine Ananda - Christ's kingdom of heaven, our Satyayuga - upon the earth.” WorldHumansEarthSpiritualHumanityHeavenChristHuman BeingsPracticeConditionsEffectsObjectsDivineYogaTransformationAimWork OutKingdomsLiberationKingdom Of HeavenSpiritual TransformationDivine NatureDivine LifeNature And Life Author:Sri Aurobindo
“There are two powers that alone can effect in their conjunction the great and dificult thing which is the aim of our endeavour, a fixed and unfailing aspiration that calls from below and a supreme Grace from above that answers.” TwoAnswersGraceEffectsAimSupremeFixedAspirationEndeavourConjunctions Book:The Mother Source: The Mother
“If it be true that spirit is involved in Matter and apparent Nature is secret God, then the manifestation in the divine in himself and the realization of God within and without are the highest and most legitimate aim possible to man on earth.” IfsMenMatterEarthSpiritNatureSecretDivineHe ManInvolvedHighestAimBeing TrueRealizationManifestation Book:The Life Divine: Art of living Source: The Life Divine: Art of living
