Daily Prayers

Om Mother Sri Aurobindo
Om Mother Sri Aurobindo
Om Mother Sri Aurobindo

Maa, Sri Aurobindo is the Soul of Matter lifting the terrestrial creation and our material life ever higher and higher towards the highest heights. He moulds all by His luminous and powerful gaze, changes the fixed course of things by His silent Will. Thou art His Force labouring since old to bring our material creation progressively nearer to the Divine Idea embedded in each atom of existence. We too being Thy children born of Thy Power carry something of Sri Aurobindo, the Lord and Thyself, the original Power, within us. But this truth is veiled by our mind and ignorance. All our knowledge based on the apparent facts of existence are an illusion that our mind creates and then our soul is trapped in these theories and systems as if these were settled facts and final things.

But the doors of Wisdom open by Thy Grace and we see that all these laws and ways of being is a habit and the pressure of Thy Force can change it all. Maa Thou art our refuge, our hope and our strength. Maa, at Thy Feet is our Peace, in Thy Service is our Joy, in Thy Love is our supreme consummation. Take us entirely in Thy arms of Mercy and Love. Keep us forever in Thy heart.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Maa, Sweet Mother, Mother Divine

Always we see freedom walking along with the Law. On the one side the fixity of cosmic sequences ties us hand and feet as a cog tightly fixed in the wheel. On the other hand You are always with us and, since the world is nothing else but Thy objectivisation in Time and Space, You can change, modify, deflect or even completely annul the law of Cause and Effect. Just as a writer can change the events in a story he is writing without affecting the theme or the plot so too You can change the circumstances without creating any disturbance to the original Will. It is so because Thine is the original Will and the Knowledge at work everywhere and in everything. Since You are everywhere and in everything when You shift people and events then the whole chain and all the links are automatically adjusted and reset without disturbing the overall harmony, bringing the maximum good for all.

But as soon as we start meddling, then, focused almost exclusively on our little ‘separate’ surface personality and its likes and dislikes, we almost always disturb the chain, create more disharmony leading to even more suffering than we imagined we would avoid. Therefore the best course is always to surrender ourselves to Thee, to do our best as one plays an assigned role without letting the stress of ego and desire overtake us and then leave everything in Your hands.

O Mother, let our surrender be true and complete, full of trust, full of a complete acceptance and adherence to Thy Will in our life, whatever it may be, full of a luminous trust and peace knowing that You know what is best for us, better than what we, with all our thoughts and imagination, can ever conceive. The highest wisdom, even practical wisdom is to entrust ourselves and our destiny to Thee and face the unfolding events and circumstances with a serene and glad equanimity that is the result of a complete surrender to Thy Will. At each instant may we lay ourselves entirely bare and open at Thy Feet so that Thy Will may be done and not mine. In surrender and acceptance of Thy Will in our life lies complete safety and total peace. Indeed surrender to Thee is the great secret, the greatest of all secrets.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine, let the rejuvenating streams of Thy Love pour upon earth and fill it it with Thy fragrance and delight.

Let Thy Peace enter the hearts of men and Thy sweet harmony awaken in all.

Let Thy law of Truth manifest despite all oppositions and resistance.

Let our minds be illumined with Thy Light and all creatures disclose Thy unseen Presence.

Let our sight behold Thee everywhere and in everything.

Let our very senses extend beyond their limits and perceive Thee in all experiences.

Thou art in all things, all is in Thee and Thou art the All. There is nothing else but Thee. May this become our constant experience.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Maa, Mother Divine, Thou art the sole doer, the accomplisher of all Thy works, the giver of all fulfilment. Nay, Thou art the fulfilment for to find Thee in our inner depths, to discover Thee in our inmost being, to be one with Thee in our soul is to turn existence into a rapture and life into a perpetual marvel. On the other hand, to forget Thee, to lose contact with Thee, to live for the petty satisfactions of the ego rather than in Thy Service is the greatest single sorrow from which all suffering stems. We offer to Thee this hymn of adoration by the Lord Sri Aurobindo which is and should become the deepest cry of our being.

“O Truth defended in thy secret sun,
Voice of her mighty musings in shut heavens
On things withdrawn within her luminous depths,
O Wisdom-Splendour, Mother of the universe,
Creatrix, the Eternal’s artist Bride,
Linger not long with thy transmuting hand
Pressed vainly on one golden bar of Time,
As if Time dare not open its heart to God.

O radiant fountain of the world’s delight
World-free and unattainable above,
O Bliss who ever dwellst deep-hid within
While men seek thee outside and never find,
Mystery and Muse with hieratic tongue,
Incarnate the white passion of thy force,
Mission to earth some living form of thee.”

Come, O Mother, come! We are not ready, the earth is not ready. But can it ever be ready, can man ever understand Thy Glory or become a fit receptacle of Thy Force or manifest even a Ray of Thy Glory without the benediction of Thy Grace?

Come, Mother Come! Fill our life with Thy Breath, redeem our earthly matter by Thy touch, break the seals upon our soul with Thy kiss, save us by Thy smile of Love.

Come, Mother Come!

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine, Supreme Mother Thou who art beyond the Being and the Non-Being, beyond the Manifest and the Unmanifest, beyond the creation and the Creator, beyond all that we know and all that we can never know, let Thy Will prevail upon our life. Let Thy Law of Truth govern this earth rather than the Law of Ignorance with its results of suffering and pain.

Maa the two thieves that deviate us from the straight sunlit path are ego and desire. Purify us, O Divine Mother of all egoism. Cure us of all littleness that comes from the sense of I-ness and my-ness. Let this mud engine of the human body be turned to heaven use, a chariot of the gods for Thee to course around the world and to wage Thy earthly battles. Let our mind and thought be the harness of Thy chariot so that all our speech be the blowing of Thy conch shell scattering all clouds of doubt and doom, or a flute drawing countless souls together in a harmonious unity around Thee. Let our heart become Thy temple and abode carrying Thy marvellous Presence everywhere and our will become Thy instrument, Thy Sudarshan Chakra, the discuss divine to cleave all darkness and to establish Thy Light everywhere. Make me Thy supple and plastic instrument, the flute and lyre of Thy Love, the weapon and spear of Thy deathless Light.

Om Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine the events and circumstances of our life are like so many dots scattered in Space and Time that seem to be disconnected from each other. Yet there are subtle links that join the dots, these subtle links are not outside but in the hidden motives that drive our actions. Since these motives are covered and sealed to our eyes we find them disconnected. Yet they are like an unfolding script of the story of our soul whose far ends are hidden from our sight. But Thou art the All-knower, the sole Omniscient and Omnipotent Goddess, Mother Divine who holds these links in an unbroken chain extending from the hidden past to the unseen future. Therefore must we lay bare before Thee all that is happening in our lives so that their secret truth may emerge and the seemingly chaotic and apparently disconnected events may each find their true place and the right rhythm in the great flow. 

Maa, all is laid bare before Thee without calculation or reserve. Let each element find its true place according to the Law of Truth and not according to our human attachments and preferences.

All is Thine.  All events and circumstances are nothing but an incomplete and clumsy or distorted expression some truth that is known only to Thee. To Thee is offered all, to Thee is offered each detail of our life as well the whole.  All is Thine, all is in Thee, Thou art in all, all is indeed Thyself and there is nothing else but Thee. 

In Thee is our supreme safety. In Thee is true repose. In this is the freedom from the chain. In Thee is the Knowledge and the Power needed for Thy Manifestation. Let Thy Will triumph everywhere and in all things.

Mother Divine, our human life almost always remains divided between the call of the soul and the pulls of his nature that demand their own satisfactions. Here too we see at least three strands. One part is that which pulls towards the past due to past habits and momentum of past actions, the other parts are affected and influenced by all that is happening in the present and the last is that which pulls him towards the future. This divided state creates various disharmonies within along with the struggle and the resultant suffering. But Thou art there as the secret thread that connects them all. It is You who holds all the links between our past and the future that constantly impinge, impact and influence our present. The key to their harmony is with You, O Mother Divine.

Maa, weave these strands into a beautiful tapestry and a garland of flowers for the Lord.
May all division within and without be welded into unity by the bond of Thy Love. May all that is still unconscious, hidden in folds of darkness grow conscious. May all that is wounded and suffers be healed. May all that is tortuous and twisted grow straight and divinely simple. May all that is discordant and in disorder discover the way of harmony and a diviner order. May all that is crude and ugly and unrefined grow beautiful. May all that is weak and bitter and small grow strong and sweet and vast. May nothing in us contradict Thy Presence and our fragmented life grow harmonious and whole.

May life blossom beautifully along the happy sunlit paths.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Maa, human life seems to be perpetually torn between the true calling of his soul and the various apparent needs and demands exerting contradictory pulls upon his different parts. We accept the inner contradictions as part of life but this blind acceptance of life as it is, driven mechanically by the forces of ignorance, keeps us tied to the outposts of lower nature holding back our flight, building a huge gulf between what we are in the present moment and what we aspire to be.

But Thou hast come and this old scheme of a slow tortuous evolution will surely change. Thou has built the bridge and with the help of Thy Name we can not only cross all gulfs but bridge the gap between our true aspiration and the limited force of nature. Thy Name sets us free, lays the foundation for the New Life, builds the New Creation within us and makes us complete and whole. It is Thy Name that protects us and shields us through our journey and makes even the greatest of challenges seem easy. Thy Name is indeed the bridge between the Eternal and His Play in time, Thy Name is the link that connects the Infinite and our finite life. Thy Name helps us cross through every difficulty, turning them into an opportunity and eventually it is Thy Name that carries us safely through the perilous passages that the soul undertakes when it passes through the dark nights and the ambiguous fields of death.

Oh let Thy Name resound in our depths and echo in every corner of our being. Let Thy Name vibrate and reverberate everywhere from the smallest cells and atoms to the farthest galaxies in Space and the yet greater worlds beyond.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine Thy Grace has opened the brilliant lid covering the face of Truth and the golden waters pour upon the earth. Thy Love has leaned into the Abyss and here too Thou hast made a passage for Truth hidden in the nether depths to emerge from below and enter more and more into the earthly play. Our role is to become the joining link between these two streams of Truth, one pouring from Above and the other rising from Below attracted by the former. In the joining of these two streams lies the secret of transformation which shall give birth to a new stream, the stream of a new supramental life, the divine life that shall release for us the nectar of immortality here upon earth.

What then is needed for joining these two streams coming from two different directions? The streams of Truth can only be joined by links of Truth. Maa may the devious working of falsehood that deviates us from the straight path of Truth be annulled and in its place the law and workings of Truth govern our life. Maa may Truth be the leader of our life, the fire that burns away all covers, the power that makes the crooked straight, the light that makes us grow sincere and true. May the tortuous masks of falsehood and its distortions collapse like an unsubstantial thing and in its place emerge the luminous forms of Truth. May we speak the Truth, think the Truth, feel the Truth and all our actions be an outflowing of Truth, spontaneous expressions of Truth. Maa grant us a life of Truth, Truth in will, Truth in speech, Truth in feelings, Truth in thought, Truth in actions. May we become worshippers of Truth for indeed Wisdom is the radiance and Love is the beauty of Thy face, Delight is the motion of Thy limbs, Peace is Thy countenance and Force one with Truth is the very substance of Thy golden Form, O Mother of all Mights and Beauty and Wisdom and Bliss, Mother Divine.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa