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Be Open Like a Flower and Receive the Light

Editorial, Receptivity, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

What does it mean to be receptive? How to increase one’s receptivity to the Divine Force? Is Sri Aurobindo’s Force and the Mother’s Force which is essentially One Divine Force working only in the Ashram or for those who are turned to Them? How can we become receptive to the Divine’s healing force? And to creative inspiration? These and many other aspects are explored through various features, including our section on Divine Humour. An insightful conversation with an artist, excerpts from Barin Ghose’s book, a sweet story about a little girl’s love for Ganesha, and an essay from Sri Aurobindo Circle archives complete the issue.

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On Receptivity, Aspiration and Progress

Aspiration, Guiding Light, Receptivity, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

A few selections from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother which highlight some key ideas – what does it mean to be receptive, on what does receptivity depend, how is receptivity connected to aspiration and sincerity, what is the significance of becoming collectively more receptive, and a few more.

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Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s Force for Healing

Guiding Light, Health and Healing, Receptivity, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

Sri Aurobindo helps us understand the conditions under which the spiritual force works to cure illnesses. We also get a glimpse of how the Mother and Sri Aurobindo were using the Divine Force to help sadhaks in their healing process. The faith and inner receptivity of both the patient and the instrument that is used to apply such force, namely the doctor, are important factors.

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The Tale of My Exile: Twelve Years in the Andamans – Part 1

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Featured here is the last chapter of the book ‘The Tale of My Exile’ by Barin Ghose, a great revolutionary who was captured by the British along with Sri Aurobindo and several others for Alipore Bomb case. This book is his record of his imprisonment at the Cellular Jail at Andamans.

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Sacrifice and Egoism – PART I

Spiritual Philosophy, Sri Aurobindo Circle Archives / By /

The author reminds us that it is the errors of an egoistic and self-divided creation that are the central practical concern of every human being striving to fulfil the pur­pose of his life on earth. The errors are inevitable; indeed, they are the means of fulfilment, the fertiliser by which the seed of the spirit is made to grow and fructify on the plane of human life.

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Sacrifice and Egoism – PART II

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The author writes that sacrifice is commonly thought of as leaving the participant worse off than he was – except for the anticipation of any calculated reward or quid pro quo. Or it may be asso­ciated with atonement or punishment for wrongs done. Nothing, of course, could be farther from the intention or effect of the sacrifice which is to be performed by the Spirit of Man if he is to achieve his true destiny.

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A Little Girl and Her Big Brother – Stories of a Personal Relation with the Divine

Aspiration, Receptivity, Sincerity, Spirit and Forms of Indian Art, Sunlit Path, Tales and Stories, The Way of an Indian Artist, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

Two short stories written by a young author and artist whose work is primarily inspired by her devotion and adoration for Gampu bhai, the name she uses to lovingly call her ishta devata, Lord Ganesha.

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The Sword-Lily: Of Gladiators and Receptivity

Flowers, Gratitude, Meditation, Receptivity, Sincerity, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

The same word Gladius is the root for gladiator, a fighter who fights against wild beasts with the help of his sword. A sword by itself wields no strength, unless the hand that holds it has immense courage. While the gladiator has the courage to receive the wild beasts knowing he can fight against them with total strength and surrender, a man who is on a spiritual quest does the same and is no less than a gladiator.

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