May 1, 2013 – The Value of a Physical Body

After offending, He forced me to pardon Him not by reparation, but by committing fresh offences.

Sri Aurobindo

(Thoughts and Aphorisms 435)

The Value of a Physical Body

This harmonisation and organisation of the being around the divine Centre can only be done in a physical body and on earth. That is truly the essential and original reason for physical life. For, as soon as you are no longer in a physical body, you can no longer do it at all.

And what is still more remarkable is that only human beings can do it, for only human beings have at their centre the diving Presence in the psychic being…

And yet, human beings come into a physical body without knowing why, most of them go through life without knowing why, they leave their body without knowing why, and they have to begin the same thing all over again, indefinitely, until one day, someone comes along and tells them, “Be careful! You know, there is a purpose to this. You are here for this work, don’t miss your opportunity!”

The Mother

The Great Adventure 185