“All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.” Quote by Sri Aurobindo
“The inside must be made entirely calm and quiet and there should reign an upward aspiration - a state of awaiting.” ShouldMadeStatesQuietCalmAspirationReign Author:Sri Aurobindo
“There are all kinds of people, and in the attempt to build up a solidarity among them, defects of each one affect all the others.” PeopleKindAll KindsSolidarityDefects Author:Sri Aurobindo
“What is required is faith. Man has body, life and mind but that is not all that constitutes man. He has risen to the mind as a result of evolution. Now a higher consciousness will be evolved - this I call Supermind. It is the instrument of the Divine Consciousness, the Truth-Consciousness.” MenMindBodyResultsConsciousnessDivineEvolutionHigherInstrumentsRisenHigher ConsciousnessHe Has Risen Author:Sri Aurobindo
“God does work through both pure and impure vessels but that does not mean that one should keep nature impure for ever. When the vessel will become pure the urge for action coming from within will be a flawless, definitive action. As long as that does not happen one has to minimize one's activities.” ShouldMeanLongDoeHappensActionPureActivityUrgesVesselFlawless Author:Sri Aurobindo
“There should of course be left a field of work for the sake of experiment but at all times one must remember that there will always remain open a possibility of err.” ShouldRememberCoursesLeftFieldsPossibilitySakeExperimentsAll Time Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Until you get a guidance from above you cannot be sure; but to get this guidance it requires time and sadhana.” Guidance Author:Sri Aurobindo
“On the top of the head is a Chakra - Sahasradala or the thousand-petalled lotus. There is a Chakra in the middle of the forehead between the eyebrows and one in the heart-centre. The region between the navel and head constitutes the mental field. From navel downward extending till the terminus of the spinal chord, mūlādhāra, is the seat of the vital.” HeartMiddleFieldsThousandSeatsRegionsCentreChordsEyebrowsForeheadsExtendingChakraLotusesNavel Author:Sri Aurobindo
“The Force which has to be called down from above must be pure and quiet because there are all kinds of forces - it will not do to call them all. And one must have sincerity.” KindForcePureQuietAll KindsSincerity Author:Sri Aurobindo