Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindowas an Indian nationalist, hindu philosopher, yogi, guru and poet. He joined the Indian movement for independence from British rule, for a while was one of its influential leaders and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 August 1872
CountryIndia
stress inspiration errors
Even if the being is not entirely purified, varieties of inspirations and powers may come down from above but this may lead to serious errors. Inspirations from above mixing with the impurities from below get all muddled up and the sadhak takes this for an absolute command. Many a sadhak has thus fallen into danger. Therefore, one must particularly lay stress on the purification of the being.
world stumbling
By your stumbling, the world is perfected.
political hegemony world
Recover the source of all strength in yourself, and all else will be added to you ... political freedom, the mastery of human thought, the hegemony of the world.
soul prejudice opinion
What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
would-be slave institutions
We cannot afford to raise any institution to the rank of a fetish. To do so would be simply to become the slaves of our own machinery.
people voting trends
What sort of politics you people do? Such is the way of all parliaments: one can sense even beforehand the trend of voting, in which direction it will turn.
evolution consciousness existence
Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence.
firsts stable conditions
Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.
order play
And, in order to possess the Truth, the plays of the lower nature must be stopped.
completeness inclination within-you
You have however within you an inclination towards completeness.
sight consciousness thinker
The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought: ...
sake fields remember
There should of course be left a field of work for the sake of experiment but at all times one must remember that there will always remain open a possibility of err.
spiritual fall soul
The spiritual path is one of falling on your face, getting up, brushing yourself off, turning and looking sheepishly at God and then taking the next step.
knowledge sun humans
Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.