... while survival of a particular bodily form in one life is surely important from an individual’s point of view, its longevity is not the sole or the main matter from the divine vision which is much more concerned with our soul’s progress.
Making a conscious choice as to what path if any to follow requires a careful reflection on the aim of life. The choice should be an act of love for the Deity and not an act of fear or social pressure.
In Sri Aurobindo's yoga there are no fixed kriyas though there is nothing against any kriyas as individual disciple finds it helpful or necessary at a given stage of his progress.
The answer to the question of everything being fated and predetermined or tied to a link of cause and effect it, depends upon what vantage point we look at it. Both are true!
Let us spend this day and the days to come with this single will, single occupation, single aspiration that may all in us be given to him for his work, in love and with love for him who gave himself so completely for us.
What really is the mystery of 5th December 1950, the day of Sri Aurobindo’s withdrawal or Mahasamadhi as it is called? Words often fail when we speak of anything related to Sri Aurobindo, - the Mystery of Mysteries that he remains.