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DARSHAN MESSAGES¹
The disciples judge the forms by the Master. Outsiders judge the Master by the forms.
Our sadhana has reached a stage in which we are mostly dealing with the subconscient and even the inconscient. As a consequence the physical determinism has taken a predominant position bringing an increase of difficulties on the way which have to be faced with an increase of courage and determination.
¹ The four Darshan Days are: 21 February, the Mother’s birthday (1878); 24 April, the Mother’s final arrival in Pondicherry (1920); 15 August, Sri Aurobindo’s birthday (1872); 24 November, Siddhi Day (Victory Day), the descent of Krishna, the Overmind Godhead, into the physical (1926). Here and in the sections which follow, only the messages written by the Mother are published; those from the writings of Sri Aurobindo are not included. Page - 196 In any case, whatever happens and whatever you do, do not allow fear to invade you. At the slightest touch of it, react and call for help. You must learn not to identify with your body and treat it as a young child who needs to be convinced that it must not fear. Fear is the greatest of all enemies and we must overcome it here, once and for all.
Make of us the hero warriors we aspire to become. May we fight successfully the great battle of the future that is to be born, against the past that seeks to endure; so that the new things may manifest and we may be ready to receive them.
To follow Sri Aurobindo in the great adventure of his integral Yoga, one needed always to be a warrior; now that he has left us physically, one needs to be a hero. When you fear death it has already defeated you. Page - 197
The manifestation of the Supramental upon earth is no more a promise but a living fact, a reality. It is at work here, and one day will come when the most blind, the most unconscious, even the most unwilling shall be obliged to recognise it.
Without care for time, without fear for space, surging out purified from the flames of the ordeal, we shall fly without stop towards the realisation of our goal, the supramental victory.
In the eternity of becoming each Avatar is only the announcer, the forerunner of a more perfect future realisation.
To celebrate the birth of a transitory body can satisfy some faithful feelings. To celebrate the manifestation of the eternal Consciousness can be done at every moment of the universal history. But to celebrate the advent of a new world, the supramental world, is a marvellous and exceptional privilege. Page - 198
There are two complementary aspects of the liberating action of the Divine Grace upon earth among men. These two aspects are equally indispensable, but are not equally appreciated. The sovereign immutable peace that liberates from anxiety, tension and suffering. The dynamic all-powerful progress that liberates from fetters, bondages and inertia. The peace is universally appreciated and recognised as divine, but the progress is welcomed only by those whose aspiration is intense and courageous.
In the depths of the Inconscient there also shines the Divine Consciousness, resplendent and eternal.
Above all the complications of the so-called human wisdom stands the luminous simplicity of the Divine’s Grace, ready to act if we allow It to do so.
The best way to hasten the manifestation of the Divine’s Love is to collaborate for the triumph of the Truth. Page - 199
It is only immutable peace that can make possible eternity of existence.
Truth is a difficult and strenuous conquest. One must be a real warrior to make this conquest, a warrior who fears nothing, neither enemies nor death, for with or against everybody, with or without a body, the struggle continues and will end by Victory.
A life consecrated to union with the Divine is the only life worth living.
Needless to say that those who aspire to Truth must abstain from telling lies.
The complete unification of the whole being around the psychic Page - 200 centre is the essential condition to realise a perfect sincerity.
Sri Aurobindo’s message is an immortal sunlight radiating over the future.
Beyond all preferences and limitations, there is a ground of mutual understanding where all can meet and find their harmony: it is the aspiration for a divine consciousness.
The more we advance on the way, the more the need of the Divine Presence becomes imperative and indispensable.
Beyond man’s consciousness Beyond speech O Thou, Supreme Consciousness Unique Reality Divine Truth Page - 201 MESSAGES FOR THE SUPRAMENTAL MANIFESTATION UPON EARTH
The Golden Day
Henceforth the 29th February will be the day of the Lord. 1960
During the common meditation on Wednesday
This evening the Divine Presence, concrete and material, was there present amongst you. I had a form of living gold, bigger than the universe, and I was facing a huge and massive golden door which separated the world from the Divine. As I looked at the door, I knew and willed, in a single movement of consciousness, that “the time has come,” and lifting with both hands a mighty golden hammer I struck one blow, one single blow on the door and the door was shattered to pieces. Then the supramental Light and Force and Consciousness rushed down upon earth in an uninterrupted flow. Written in 1956 1968 Truth alone can give to the world the power of receiving and manifesting the Divine Love. Page - 202 1972
It is only when the Supramental manifests in the body-mind that its presence can be permanent.
MESSAGES
FOR THE MOTHER’S FIRST ARRIVAL IN
1950 I need not appear to be good if my sincerity is perfect. It is better to be than to seem.
1952 Never forget that you are not alone. The Divine is with you helping and guiding you. He is the companion who never fails, the friend whose love comforts and strengthens. Have faith and He will do everything for you.
¹The messages
for the Mother’s final arrival in Page - 203 1956
29 February − 29 March Lord, Thou hast willed, and I execute: A new light breaks upon the earth, A new world is born. The things that were promised are fulfilled. 1958
When you are in need of an external change, it means that you do not progress internally. For he who progresses internally can live always under the same external conditions; these constantly reveal to him new truths. 1961
Our Path
To walk on the path you must have a dauntless intrepidity, you must never turn back upon yourself with this mean, petty, weak, ugly movement that fear is. An indomitable courage, a perfect sincerity, a total self-giving to the extent that you do not calculate or bargain, you do not give with the idea of receiving, you do not offer yourself with the intention of being protected, you do not have a faith that needs proofs, − this is indispensable for advancing on the path, − this alone can shelter you against all dangers. Page - 204 |
