September 7, 2011 – Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga

Our Evil is to God not evil,
but ignorance and imperfection,
our good a lesser imperfection.

Sri Aurobindo

(Thoughts and Aphorisms 544)

Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga

To do Sri Aurobindo’s yoga is to want to transform oneself integrally, it is to have a single aim in life, such that nothing else exists any longer, that alone exists. And so one feels it clearly in oneself whether one wants it or not; but if one doesn’t, one can still have a life of goodwill, a life of service, of understanding; one can labour for the Work to be accomplished more easily- all that- one can do many things. But between this and doing yoga there is a great difference,

And to do yoga you must want it consciously, you must know what it is, to begin with. You must know what it is, you must take a resolution about it; but once you have taken the resolution, you must no longer flinch. That is why you must take it in full knowledge of the thing. You must know what you are deciding upon when you say, “I want to do yoga”; and that is why I don’t think I have ever pressed you from this point of view.

The Mother

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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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