|
He who condemns failure & imperfection, is condemning God; he limits his own soul and cheats his own vision. Condemn not, but observe Nature, help & heal thy brothers and strengthen by sympathy their capacities & their courage. Sri Aurobindo (Thoughts and Aphorisms 485) |
The Will for PurityBasically, this kind of will for purity, for good, in men – which expresses itself in the ordinary mentality as the need to be virtuous – is the great obstacle to true self – giving. This is the origin of Falsehood and even more the very source of hypocrisy – the refusal to accept to take upon oneself one’s own share of the burden of difficulties… Do not try to appear virtuous. See how much you are united, one with everything that is anti-divine. Take your share of the burden, accept yourselves to be impure and false and in that way you will be able to take up the Shadow and offer it. And in so far as you are capable of taking it and offering it the things will change. Do not try to be among the pure. Accept to be with those who are in darkness and give it all with total love. The Mother The Great Adventure – A Diary for All Times. Page 314. |
| All extracts and quotations from the written works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother are copyright Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry -605002 India |