July 18, 2012 – Organise With The Help Of Reason

To hate the sinner is the worst sin,
for it is hating God;
yet he who commits it,
glories in his superior virtue.

Sri Aurobindo

(Thoughts and Aphorisms 51)

Organise With The Help Of Reason

In order to set on these paths(towards the higher realities) without fear and without any danger, one must have organised his being with the help of reason around the highest centre he consciously possesses, and organised it in such a way that it is inwardly in his control and he has not to say at every moment, “Ah! I have done this, I don’t know why. Ah! That’s happened to me, I don’t know why” – and always it is “ I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know” and as long as it is like that, the path is somewhat dangerous. Only when one does what he wants, knows what he wants, does what he wants and is able to direct himself with certitude, without being tossed about by the hazards of life, then one can go forward on the suprarational paths fearlessly, unhesitatingly and with the least danger. But one need not be very old for this to happen……

But one must not set out on this road with a baggage of impulses and desires, for that brings along all kinds of serious disturbances.

The Mother

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