November 11, 2016 – Blows : To make us progress

 

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A Heart was felt in the spaces wide and bare,
A burning Love from the white spiritual founts
Annulled the sorrow of the ignorant depths;
Suffering was lost in her immortal smile.

Savitri, Book III, Canto II, p 313-314

“O Thou that lovest, strike! If Thou strike me not now, I shall know that Thou lovest me not.”

Sri Aurobindo, Thoughts & Aphorisms

Blows : To make us progress

All who aspire for the divine perfection know that the blows which the Lord deals us in His infinite love and grace are the surest and quickest way to make us progress. And the harder the blows the more they feel the greatness of the divine Love.

Ordinary men, on the contrary, always ask God to give them an easy, pleasant and successful life. In every personal satisfaction they see a sign of divine mercy; but if on the contrary they meet with unhappiness and misfortune in life, they complain and say to God, “You do not love me.”

In opposition to this crude and ignorant attitude, Sri Aurobindo says to the divine Beloved, “Strike, strike hard, let me feel the intensity of Thy love for me.”

The Mother

The Great Adventure – A Diary for All Times, Page 119

All extracts and quotations from the written works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother are copyright Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry -605002 India
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