As to the question of pursuing the Path without an embodied Guru – well, we may not be able to see Her, but She is able to see us, and yoga depends primarily on the Divine rather than on human end. Swami Sharadananda, who was blind on both eyes, came here for a Darshan of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, and when asked why he did come here, he replied that it is having Them put Their gaze upon a person which matters the most…
A colossal black serpent guards the treasures of the vital world. It only yields to those who master humanity’s sexual impulse.
