The Mother on Vigilance
Vigilance ( extract from" Comentaries on the Dhammapada " by the Mother)
Vigilance means to be awake, to be on one's guard, to be sincere - never to be taken by surprise. When you want to do sadhana, at each moment of your life, there is a choice between taking a step that leads to the goal, or falling asleep or sometimes even going backwards telling yourself " oh later on, not immediately" sitting down on the way
To be vigilant is not merely to resist what pulls you down ward, but above all to be alert in order not to lose any opportunity to progress, any opportunity to overcome a weakness, to resist a temptation, an opportunity to learn somethoing, to correct something, to master something. If you are vigilant, you can do in a few days what would otherwise take years. If you are vigilant you change each circumstance of your life, each action, each movement into an occasion for coming nearer the goal.
There are two kinds of vigilance, active and passive. There is a vigilance that gives you warning if you are about to make a mistake, if you are making wrong choices, if you are being weak or allowing yourself to be tempted, and there is the acive vigilance which seeks an opportunity to progress, seeks to utilise every circumstances, to advance more quickly
There is a difference between preventing yourself from falling and advancing more quickly
And both are absolutely necessary.
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Poem by Sri Aurobindo : Evolution
Evolution
All is not finished in the Unseen's decree !
A mind beyond our mind demands our ken;
A life of unimagined harmony
Awaits, concealed, the group of unborn men
The crude beginnings of the lifeless earth
And mindless stirrings of the plant and tree
Prepared our thoughts for a godlike earth
Broadens the mould of our mortality
A might no human will or force could gain,
A knowledge seated in eternity
A joy beyond our struggle and our pain
Is this earth-hampered creature's destiny
O thou who climbedst to mind from the dull stone
Turn to the miracled summits yet unknown.
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The untiring Energy
Whirpool of unbearable bliss drown our soul in an abysmal peace.
Quiet rivulet of molton gold, burdened with the secret of a supernal life
Flow gently through our veins .
O grenerous Energy!
Join The locked lakes with the unguarded Ocean for a clandestine trade
With different lands beyond matter's range
O Force
Sweep away in thy tidal wave
The ancient wall between man and his origin
Pave the way with aureate aspiration
for the descent of the Mother Divine.
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Niranjan
The Mother Creatrix
She knows everything, does everything, She is each one and all
She leads each one towards his sublime destiny according to his nature and aspiration
At each instant the world is as it should be
Nobody can modify the trajectory that She has traced for each and all
Except Her
She is the Realisatrice of the dream of the Lord, the unique Worker
She is at the same moment everywhere, in every point in the manifestation
She directs an infinite symphony, Her walk is triumphant, always progressive
From light to light always more penetrating
From harmony to harmony always richer, more sublime and surprising
She is transforming the unconscious man into a brilliant god
She lives in the mystic heart of every human being
When She wants, the soul appears as the sun in a flash of lighting
Everything is Her game
And the soul freed, amazed exists only as a tune chanting Her kindness
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Niranjan
the strange blossom of light
My soul open thy eyes,
Watch the long-expected birth,
Of the marvellous bloom of tomorrow,
Concealed from the vulgar inquisitive sight,
Almost invisible in the shadow of austere trees
Old as the mountains and self assured of their immunity
Watch it open silently petal by petal
Unsuspected in a neglected corner of thy freehold.
Stanger, little understood, disdained by the wise,
Unwelcome,mocked and disowned by the crowd
The gentle humble Guest can hardly lift her head
With the mortal weight of the past on her breast,
the victorious yesterday lives on gloriously for a while,
Trembling inside now certain of its death
My soul do not be duped by the faintness of the early glow
It brings in its wake the ocean-swelll of liquid gold,
The end of a perpetual night, the sun that does not set anymore
And the unveiled blissful presence of the beloved Mother Divine
Open wide thy doors to that stange distant Light
And nourish with the white purity of inner fire
The wonder-bud of splendour in the mire of earth
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Niranjan 2004
15 August - Message from the Mother
Message from the Mother written on the Samadhi
To Thee who hast been the material envelope of our Master,
To Thee our infinite gratitude.
Before Thee who hast done so much for us,
Who hast worked , struggled, suffered, hoped, endured so much
Before Thee who hast willed all, attempted all, prepared, achieved all for us,
Before Thee we bow down
And implore that we may never forget even for a moment
All we owe to Thee.
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There is only one infinite eternal Being
The Same Divine
As long as I see others and not the same Divine in all
I am hopelessly in love with ignorance
As long as I work for others in the name of god
I am tied forever to pride and self deception
As long as I live for others and not for the Divine
I am still much human unable to bear the rays of the Sun
As long as I feel haunted by death and oblivion
I live shut away from the eternal life divine
As long as I have a separate body and soul
Like a lone star I am stone-blind to the reality of the wonderful One
There is only body, one life, one soul, one consciousness
one infinite eternal being, one living Reality, one nameless Bliss
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Extracts from Niranjan's Diary 1946
extracts from Niranjan's diary some months after the Mother accepted him in the Ashram 1946
The more one thinks about the question of individuality, one is likely to get more confused. One thing most essential is to become conscious of the Divine and make this life beautiful and based on the Divine Ideal. As long as I live, my only effort should be to make this moment more beautiful than the moment I have left behind.
Each defect, each failure, each act of jealousy, ignorance and thoughtlessness serve as an indicator of the work that has still to be done for the perfection of nature - they are milestones on the long route to the knowledge of beauty.
O Mother, I want to know You and love You and be consumed by the aspiration flame which burns towards heaven in a mounting movement. Only Your infinite love for us can want nothing from us, instead raise us to Godhead. Yours is the Love which does not seek any return. My prayer to You is my humble way of expressing the heartfelt gratitude towards You.
How sweet is Thy name Mira. May I love You in your divinest and purest form. Mother, please open my heart. Only Your Grace can clear up the dirty smoke of the lower vital nature. When shall I love You so much that You become my very breath and the beat of my heart and never miss You even for the infinitesimal portion of time. Eternal Motherhood, Thou only exist and I want to exist truly in You.
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In the service of the Lord
I am a nomad with no home, I belong to no country, race or clan
God is my father, Earth my mother
They have taken away the heavy layers of dirt covering the inner light
And opened my hungry eyes to an illimited horizon
Wherever I go, I see His masked faces, His unmistakable outline
His innumerable immobile and living images.
In the silence is heard the finest melody ,the purest note
i don't need a party banner, in Lord's service I am fulfilled.
Master of my destiny He is my friend, guide, shelter and spirit
Everything I receive comes from Him.
My life, work anf future depend on Him alone.
He sends showers of blessings inundating my life, mind, body and soul
I am a happy apprentice on the Mother's dream boat sailing
On an ocean of golden light for a distant land of blissful divine life
Mother Nature is a fragrant rose, each petal bears the name of the Lord
The esence of joy and beauty She offers to every soul.
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Niranjan Guha Roy
The Mother - About animal food
If one wishes to pass from this ordinary life to a higher one the problem begins to become interesting
and if after having come to a higher life one tries to prepare oneself for the transformation
then it becomes very important for there certainly are foods which help the body to become subtle
and others which keep it in a state of animality.
Those who are ready to give up animal food should certainly do so.
The others can do it when they are ready
