Jan 21, 2009 – Invitation

Posted on January 21, 2009 by admin

What was Ramakrishna? God manifest in a human being;

but behind there is God in His infinite impersonality and His universal Personality.

And what was Vivekananda? A radiant glance from the eye of Shiva;

but behind him is the divine gaze from which

he came and Shiva himself and Brahma and Vishnu and OM all-exceeding.

Sri Aurobindo (Thoughts and Aphorism 158)

Invitation

With wind and the weather beating round me

Up to the hill and the moorland I go.

Who will come with me? Who will climb with me?

Wade through the brook and tramp through the snow?

Not in the petty circle of cities

Cramped by your doors and your walls I dwell;

Over me God is blue in the welkin

Against me the wind and the storm rebel.

I sport with solitude here in my regions,

Of misadventure have me a friend.

Who would live largely?Who would live freely?

Here to the wind-swept uplands ascend.

I am the lord of tempest and mountain,

I am the Spirit of freedom and pride.

Stark must he be and a kinsman to danger

Who shares my kingdom and walks at my side

-Sri Aurobindo
(Alipore Jail 1908-09)

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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