“For it is because he acts ignorantly, with a wrong intelligence and therefore a wrong will in these matters, that man is or seems to be bound by his works; otherwise works are no bondage to the free soul.”
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“The only necessity in this sadhana is to open yourself to the Divine Force; if one is open the necessary understanding or knowledge will come of itself through spiritual experience.
Sri Aurobindo
Letters on Himself and the Ashram, p.448”
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Sri Aurobindo
Letters on Himself and the Ashram, p.448”
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“Courage and love are the only indispensable virtues; even if all the others are eclipsed or fall asleep, these two will save the soul alive.
Essays Divine and Human, p.455”
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Essays Divine and Human, p.455”
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“The spiritual aspiration is innate in man; for he is, unlike the animal, aware of imperfection and limitation and feels that there is something to be attained beyond what he now is.
The Life Divine, Chapter XXIII - Man and the Evolution, p.875”
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The Life Divine, Chapter XXIII - Man and the Evolution, p.875”
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“How sweet is life after all, when the mist of a mild intoxication casts its veil over the miseries of existence.”
― The Inferno
― The Inferno
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