Ordinarily Self-realisation is considered as the highest goal. It brings mukti, freedom from Ignorance. But for Sri Aurobindo this is only a starting point for going still beyond.
At the Feet of The Mother
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A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)
Man is a depot of contraries. Himself in bonds he dreams of freedom; himself imperfect he aspires for a perfect world. This is so because man has a double nature. On the one side he has something in him that has descended from the heights, the immortal soul.
Through this constant stretching out of the limits the soul of man is destined to pass one day into what exceeds him.
Taking the truth of Vedanta as its base, Sri Aurobindo reveals us the Truth of future and the way of its manifestation. The whole creation is created by Ananda, dwelling in Ananda and proceeding towards Ananda. We have to realize the delight of the Divine in the essence as well as in the manifestation.
Each species is limited by a magic circle of nature, an invisible circle of consciousness that takes the form of habits that tie a species to a certain form of living.
Sri Aurobindo tells us that, though essentially everything is Divine in its origin and manifestation, the divine manifests gradually in a progressive way in the manifestation. Therefore we can understand Evil by knowing that it is either good in the passing or good in the making.
Savitri embodies the Love that can transform earth and humanity. She has come down to help and save mankind. But who called Her to intervene.
The Avatar comes to help man outgrow its narrowness and limitations. He works in the silent depths of man as well as in the outer field where he descends.
Savitri is the lyric of Love that can save man. If the ego-self is the problem, then love is the solution.