The author writes: “A splendid heroism of selflessness is here, the vividest picture of a warrior Yogi who would take any risk, if thereby he could press closer to his objective and though the formula is “I conquer or perish” the frame of mind is one that might easily avail itself of a yet more audacious formula: “I perish to conquer.””
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Amal Kiran writes: “In a most special sense, Sri Aurobindo the marvellously gifted and gracious person who was our Guru and whom we loved is still at work and a concrete truth is expressed by the Mother when she says: “To grieve is an insult to Sri Aurobindo who is here with us, conscious and alive.””
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Presented here is an eye-witness account of the evening of November 24, 1926, along with the Mother’s explanation of the true significance of this siddhi for the new manifestation.
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Volume 1, Issue 10Author: Kishor Gandhi Editor’s Note: This essay was first published in the 1966 issue of Sri Aurobindo Circle. We are presenting here in 4 parts, with a few minor formatting revisions for the ease of reading. References to Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s works have all been updated. Destruction: The First Condition
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Volume 1, Issue 10Author: Kishor Gandhi Contined from PART 1 True Meaning of the Destroyer Aspect of the Divine This Gita’s conception of God as the Time-Spirit in the aspect of the Destroyer should not be identified with the crude Semitic religious idea of God as a stern and wrathful almighty Creator and Judge who
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Volume 1, Issue 10Author: Kishor Gandhi Continued from PART 2 The Two Choices Before Humanity These are the two alternatives facing humanity from which it will have to make its choice. The Mother has drawn our pointed attention to this choice in a recent message: “The Future of the Earth depends on a Change of
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Volume 1, Issue 10Author: Kishor Gandhi Continued from PART 3 Furthering the Evolutionary Transition Therefore whether at the present moment the manifestation of the supramental Truth will or will not be preceded by destruction will depend upon the choice that humanity makes. It may, however, be argued that ultimately it is not the human choice
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