January 4, 2012 – To See Oneself as One Is

Ravana’s mind thought it was hungering after universal sovereignty and victory over Rama;
but the aim his soul kept its vision fixed upon all the time was to get back to its heaven
as soon as possible & be again God’s menial. Therefore, as the shortest way, it hurled itself against God in a furious clasp of enmity

Sri Aurobindo

(Thoughts and Aphorisms 509)

To See Oneself as One Is

It is no use at all hiding things and pushing them behind, like this, and imagining they are not there because one has put a veil in front. It is much better to see oneself as one is- provided one is ready to give up this way of being. If you come allowing all the bad movements to rise to the surface, to show themselves; if you offer them, if you say, “Well, this is how I am, “ and if at the same time you have the aspiration to be different, then this second of presence is extremely useful; you can, yes, in a few seconds receive the help you need to get rid of them; while if you come like a little saint and go away content, without having received anything, it is not very useful.

Automatically the Consciousness acts like that, it is like the ray that brings light where there wasn’t any. Only, what is needed is to be in a state where one wants to give up the thing, to get rid of it- not to cling to it and keep it. If one sincerely wants to pull it out of oneself, make it disappear, then it is very useful.

The Mother

The Great Adventure, P 66