January 16, 2013 – Do Not Leave The Path

Science talks and behaves as if it had conquered all knowledge:
Wisdom, as she walks,
hears her solitary tread echoing on the margin of immeasurable Oceans.

Sri Aurobindo

(Thoughts and Aphorisms 112)

Do Not Leave The Path

When you are on the path, do not ever leave it. Wait a little, you can hesitate as long as you want before taking it; but the minute you set your foot on it, it is finished, don’t leave it. Because this has consequences which can even extend to several lives. It is something very serious. That is why, besides, I never push anyone to take the path. You are quite a number of children here; I have never asked anyone only those who came to me and told me, “I want it.” And to these also, unless I am absolutely sure of them because it is written in their destiny that they have come for that, I always say, “ Think about it, think, be quite sure that this is what you want and nothing else.” And when they have reflected and decided, it is finished….

I mean, one should not leave the path any more. One should go forward at all costs and try not to stop too often on the way, because it is easier to continue even if it is hard, you see, than to begin all over again when one has stopped. A much greater effort is needed to get going again than to continue on the way.

The Mother

The Great Adventure 45

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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