At the Feet of The Mother
About Savitri: The Mother’s Commentary
From January 1968 till August 1970, the Mother was reading chosen passages from Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri and giving Her explanations which were tape-recorded. The series contains commentaries on the first four Cantos of the Book One. Subtitles of the clips were added by the editors.
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Those who have come upon earth fully conscious of their entire being and conscious of their Origin, there is at first a period when this consciousness gets veiled by the physical life and the body-consciousness.
The death of Satyavan becomes the symbol of the misery of the earth’s creation, of its fate and, through Her of its liberation.
All life on earth is governed by vital beings' influence. For earth to be entirely divine and harmonious, these beings must be conquered, transformed, or return to their origin.
Fully conscious beings recall their purpose and continue their work at night while their bodies rest, they remember what they were and what they can do.
When Consciousness descends into the material world, it becomes faint and uncertain due to inertia. All the beings from above that take birth in this world have the same experience.
All that happens happens in the Divine Consciousness and no selfish or egoistic movement can exist in this consciousness.
It is a Supreme Grace for man that the future is not revealed to him; because most of men wouldn’t have the courage to live their life, if they knew what it would be.
According to the action of the Grace, the difficulties having happened, the Grace change them in means of greater results. That is the attitude to be taken towards life as it is, and it will allow the Grace to give Its maximum of help and result.
About Savitri | B1C2-02 The Usefulness of Crisis and Tragedy (pp.12-13)