Your only obstacle is the mental activity. When you try to withdraw into yourself, you take your mind also there. That must not be.
At the Feet of The Mother
Early Disciples
There is no harm in summarily rejecting the thoughts, only you should not involve yourself in the act of rejecting them.
My first impression of Sri Aurobindo was that he was a true Rishi. His God-like face radiated profound peace, and serenity.
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From Disciples Recollections of the Mother's Arrival
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We continue our deliberations on the ways of the Gnostic Being with the help of Their Words as well as a living example of Champaklal
We live in times of transition when one Age passes into another. These are times when as the Mother has revealed to us, the old bases are shaken. While on the one hand we see the crumbling edifices of old established institutions, on the other hand, we see an effort, however premature, at reconstruction.
This is an English translation of a Bengali article entitled “Manush Bhajan” by Nolini Kanta Gupta, a senior disciple of Sri Aurobindo, who once remarked, “If Nolini does not understand my Yoga, who does”. The translation of this article was done by Satadal.
The Mother: Past-Present-Future
Heart-broken and utterly depressed I came to You, my dearest Mother, feeling lost and forlorn. ... “Is this a defeat of the Divine?” I asked. “Why did you leave Your body when all along we were expecting its transformation? ... You were the heart of my heart, my sole guide and protector.”
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This essay was published as part of the book “I am with you”, Kailash Jhaveri, vols. II-III, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 2008, pp. 426-446.