Absolved from aberrations in deep ways, The ends she recovered for which she was made: She turned against the evil she had helped Her engined wrath, her invisible means to slay; Her dangerous moods and arbitrary force She surrendered to the service of the soul And the control of a spiritual will. Sri Aurobindo Savitri, Book I, Canto V, page 87 |
Difference between Tapaysa and Surrender“There are two paths of Yoga, one of tapasya (discipline) and the other of surrender.” What is surrender?It means that one gives oneself entirely to the Divine. Yes, and then what happens? If you give yourself entirely to the Divine, it is He who does the Yoga, it is no longer you; hence this is not very difficult; while if you do tapasya, it is you yourself who do the yoga and you carry its whole responsibility — it is there the danger lies. But there are people who prefer to have the whole responsibility, with its dangers, because they have a very independent spirit. They are not perhaps in a great hurry — if they need several lives to succeed, it does not matter to them. But there are others who want to go quicker and be more sure of reaching the goal; well, these give over the whole responsibility to the Divine. The Mother Questions and Answers 1950-51, CWM vol 4, page 72 |
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