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God is great, Sri Aurobindo (Thoughts and Aphorisms 53) |
Keep Faith[We must have] faith that always what is the best happens. We may for the moment not consider it as the best because we are ignorant and also blind, because we do not see the consequence of things and what will happen later. But we must keep the faith that it is like that, if we rely on the Divine, if we give Him the full charge of ourselves, if we let Him decide everything for us, well, we must know that it is always what is best for us which happens. This is an absolute fact. To the extent to which you surrender, the best happens to you. This may not be in conformity with what you would like, your preference or desire, because these things are blind: it is the best from the spiritual point of view, the best for your progress, your development, your spiritual growth, your true life. It is always that. And you must keep this faith, because faith is an expression of trust in the Divine and the full self-giving you make to the Divine. And when you make it, it is something absolutely marvellous. That’s a fact, these are not just words, you understand, it is a fact. When you look back, all kinds of things which you did not understand when they happened to you, you realise as just the thing which was necessary in order to compel you to make the needed progress. Always without exception. It is our blindness which prevents us from seeing it. The Mother The Sunlit Path P102 |
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