October 10, 2012 – Act Without Any Desire

To listen to some devout people,
one would imagine that God never laughs;
Heine was nearer the mark when he found in Him the divine Aristophanes.

Sri Aurobindo

(Thoughts and Aphorisms 80)

Act Without Any Desire

To choose without preference and execute without desire is the great difficulty at the very root of the development of true consciousness and self-control. To choose in this sense means to see what is true and bring it into existence; and to choose thus, without the least personal bias for any thing, any person, action, circumstance, is exactly what is most difficult for an ordinary human being. Yet one must learn to act without any preference, free from all attractions and likings, taking one’s stand solely on the Truth which guides. And having chosen in accordance with the Truth the necessary action, one must carry it out without any desire.

If you observe yourself attentively, you will see that before acting you need an inner impetus, some thing which pushes you. In the ordinary man this impetus is generally desire. This desire ought to be replaced by a clear, precise, constant vision of the Truth.

The Mother

The Great Adventure 16