{"id":1672,"date":"2013-07-13T01:36:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:36:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:36:26","slug":"41-lights-visions-dreams-vol-35-letters-on-himself-and-the-ashram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/03-cwsa\/35-letters-on-himself-and-the-ashram\/41-lights-visions-dreams-vol-35-letters-on-himself-and-the-ashram","title":{"rendered":"-41_Lights, Visions, Dreams.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\n\n
\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tLights, Visions, Dreams <\/font><\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t 
\n<\/b>
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo’s Light
\n<\/b>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tIf it is pale blue, it may be my colour. Pale lavender blue, pale blue but very brilliant in its own shade.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n6 August 1932 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tNowadays I see Sri Aurobindo’s light for most of the time but in different forms
\n\u2014  sometimes like a big star, sometimes like
\na moon, sometimes like a flash of light. Why do I not see it in the same form?
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tIt varies according to the circumstances. Why should it be always the same?
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n21 April 1933 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTwo days back in a dream I saw Sri Aurobindo coming towards me. His body and dress were blue. Why did I see him
\nin this colour and not any other? <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tIt is the basic light Sri Aurobindo manifests. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n23 June 1933 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSri Aurobindo’s light is not a light of the illumined mind \u2014  it is the divine Illumination which may act on any plane.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n7 September 1933 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSomeone was giving an explanation of the legend of the churning of the ocean. He said that blue is the colour of poison,
\nwhich is why Shiva is called Nilakantha, while whitish blue is the colour of Sri Krishna and therefore of you.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tThe different blues mean different forces (the real blue has nothing to do with poison). The whitish blue is specially called my
\n   <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>515<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

light \u2014  but it does not mean that that alone can come from me.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n22 November 1933
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t    <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThere are many blues and it is difficult to say which these are.
\nUsually deeper blue is higher Mind, a paler blue Illumined Mind \u2014  whitish blue Sri Krishna’s light (also called Sri Aurobindo’s
\nlight). <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\nMarch 1934
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t    <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIt depends on the shade of the blue. Ordinary pale blue is usually
\nthe light of the illumined Mind or something of the Intuition. Whitish blue is Sri Aurobindo’s light or Krishna’s light.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n6 February 1935 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t 
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nReceiving Sri Aurobindo’s Light
\n<\/b>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tHow can I receive Sri Aurobindo’s light in the mind?
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tIt can always come if you aspire patiently. But the basic condition, if you want that Light, is to get rid of all other mental influences.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n29 May 1932 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tWhat is the meaning of “to get rid of all other mental influences”? Is it this that I had better not read any other books
\nexcept Sri Aurobindo’s or not try to learn anything by hearing or admiring others?
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tIt is not a question of reading books or learning facts. When a woman loves or admires, her mind is instinctively moulded by
\nthe one she loves or admires, and this influence can last after the feeling itself has gone or appears to be gone. This does not refer
\nto X<\/i>‘s influence merely. It is a general rule given to keep yourself from any other admiration or influence.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n30 May 1932 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t 
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nLight in a Photograph
\n<\/b>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nAs one approaches your photograph in the Reception Room,  
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>516<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\nthere is a feeling that it is an emanation of yours. There seems to be a special light in it.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Sadhaks may themselves bring this light by approaching me through the photo.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n24 August 1934 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t 
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nMeditation with a Photograph
\n<\/b>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the meditation is done with the photo, it is better done with open eyes.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nSeeing Sri Aurobindo in Vision
\n<\/b>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI looked at your photograph in the Reception Room after
\nmeditation and clearly saw the portrait move its shoulders and as if breathing.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tThere was a movement in the vital plane and you opened to an inner vision of it.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n22 March 1933 <\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAs I was sitting in prayer, I saw Sri Aurobindo in a vision coming down the staircase till he came just near to the floor.
\nWhat does this mean? <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tIt indicates perhaps the bringing of the Divine Consciousness
\ndown from level to level till it is now nearer the material. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n23 September 1933
\n<\/b>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tToday while meditating I saw in a vision that in Sri Aurobindo’s light Nataraja Shiva was manifesting with many hands. What does this signify?
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tIt is the sign of the manifestation.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThen I saw that in the sky Sri Aurobindo’s light and red light
\nwere manifesting in the form of a globe. Does this signify the manifestation of Sri Aurobindo’s divine light on the physical
\nplane?   <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>517<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

Yes.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThen I saw that Sri Aurobindo’s light was manifesting on a sea
\nalong with another light of pale blue colour. Does this mean that in the vastness of consciousness Sri Aurobindo’s divine
\nlight is manifesting through the Intuitive Mind consciousness? <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tYes.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n15 October 1933 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI saw Sri Aurobindo last night in a vision seated on a chair and writing something. Behind his head there was a circular
\ngreen light. What does this mean? <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tThe green light is that of a dynamic vital energy (of work). As I
\nwas writing \u2014  at work \u2014  it is natural that that light should be behind my head.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n5 November 1933 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI have started concentrating in the heart now. Last Sunday while I was meditating I had the vision of your face floating
\nbefore me for about an hour or so, accompanied by a deep joy. I was fully conscious, but the body became as if dead, all
\nmovements stopped, and what a rapture it gave me. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tThat was very good!
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tHas anything opened up in me, really? Or is it only a momentary phase of a descent like Peace or Ananda? But I feel
\nas if you have given me a lift forward \u2014  the fulfilling of the Mother’s promise
\n\u2014  “I am coming”. Am I right?
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tIt looks like it. At any rate there is evidently an opening in the heart-centre or you would not have had the change or the vision
\nwith the stilling of the physical consciousness in the body. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n30 October 1934
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tLast night I had a dream that you had come out of your
\nseclusion for once; you were tall, quite young, but very dark. I began to wonder if this was Sri Aurobindo of former years!
\n  
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>518<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\nNo. It is not likely. It is probably some subtle physical form \u2014  the one corresponding to the Shiva element in me. I have
\nseen myself like that sometimes and it was always the Shiva formation.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 December 1934 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t 
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nHelp in Dreams
\n<\/b>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tX <\/span> <\/i>had a dream of you as shown in the photograph giving him instructions in his engineering work. Two features: (1) Sri
\nAurobindo has come out of retirement; (2) he has come out as an engineer!
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tI suppose, the present Sri Aurobindo having left all engineering work to the Mother, the previous Sri Aurobindo had to come to
\ndo it in this case. Anyhow what has it to do with coming out? Any number of people meet me in dreams and get instructions
\nor intimations about this or that. It is an activity of the vital plane where I am not in strict retirement
\n\u2014  it has nothing to do
\nwith any future physical happening. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n25 August 1936
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tDo you mean to say that people getting instructions from you
\nin dreams is as real, effective and correct as if you had written them on paper?
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\tYes, if the record is correct. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n26 August 1936
\n  
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>519<\/font><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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