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\n\n\n
\n

Section Two<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 
\n<\/font><\/b>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

Messages<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n


\nMessages Written<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\nfor Special Occasions<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n 
\n<\/b>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

Darshan Messages<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

The Divine gives itself to those who give themselves without reserve and in all their parts to the Divine. For them the calm,
\nthe light, the power, the bliss, the freedom, the wideness, the heights of knowledge, the seas of Ananda. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n15 August 1929 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

It is not by your mind that you can hope to understand the Divine and its action, but by the growth of the true and divine
\nconsciousness within you. If the Divine were to unveil and reveal itself in all its glory, the mind might feel a Presence, but it would
\nnot understand its action or its nature. It is in the measure of your own realisation and by the birth and growth of that
\ngreater consciousness in yourself that you will see the Divine and understand its action even behind its terrestrial disguises.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n24 November 1929 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

To bring the Divine Love and Beauty and Ananda into the world is, indeed, the whole crown and essence of our Yoga. But it
\nhas always seemed to me impossible unless there comes as its support and foundation and guard the Divine Truth
\n\u2014  what I
\ncall the Supramental \u2014  and its Divine Power.1<\/font><\/sup> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n15 August 1931
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\n1 These two sentences are the opening of a letter written by Sri Aurobindo on 13<\/i>
\nAugust 1931. Typed copies, individually signed by Sri Aurobindo, were distributed as<\/i>
\n“darshan messages” on 15 August 1931. \u2014  Ed.<\/i>  
\n<\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>837<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Birthday Messages for Disciples <\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n<\/b>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

For Duraiswami <\/b>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

Let the new birth become manifest in your heart and radiate in calm and joy and take up all the parts of your being, mind and
\nvision and will and feeling and life and body. Let each date in your life be a date of its growth and greater completeness till
\nall in you is the child of the Mother. Let the Light and Power and Presence envelop you and protect and cherish and foster, till
\nall in your inner and outer existence is one movement and an expression of its peace and strength and Ananda.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n23 January 1929 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

For Kantilal <\/b>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

Live always as if you were under the very eye of the Supreme and of the Divine Mother. Do nothing, try to think and feel nothing
\nthat would be unworthy of the Divine Presence. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n16 April 1930
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

For K. Krishna Rao <\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

Go below the surface of the consciousness deep within, for there
\nyou will find the soul’s profound quietude, luminous silence, freedom and spiritual wideness, there the direct touch and
\npresence of the Divine. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n13 October 1938
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

For Madanlal <\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

My blessings.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

Efface the stamp of ego from the heart and let the love of the Mother take its place. Cast from the mind all insistence on your
\npersonal ideas and judgments, then you will have the wisdom to understand her. Let there be no obsession of self-will, ego-drive
\nin the act, love of personal authority, attachment to personal preference, then the Mother’s force will be able to act clearly in
\nyou and you will get the inexhaustible energy for which you ask and your service will be perfect.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n27 November 1940  
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>838<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

For Satyendra <\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

A veil behind the heart, a lid over the mind divide us from the
\nDivine. Love and devotion rend the veil, in the quietude of the mind the lid thins and vanishes.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1936 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

May the inner Sun tranquillise and illumine the mind and awaken fully the heart and guide it.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1937 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

In a quietude of the mind open to the presence of the Divine in your heart and everywhere; in a still mind and heart the Divine
\nis seen like the sun in still water. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1938
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

Rise into the higher consciousness, let its light control and
\ntransform the nature. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1939
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

By the heart’s self-giving the Presence and the Influence will be
\nthere even in the inconscience and prepare the nature for the true light and consciousness through the whole range of the being.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1940 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

Put stress always on the aspiration within; let that get depth and steadiness in the heart; the outer obstacles of mind and the vital
\nwill recede of themselves with the growth of the heart’s love and aspiration.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1941 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

Keep the mind and heart open and turned inward and upward so that when the touch comes from within or the flow from
\nabove, you may be ready to receive it. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1942
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>839<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

To persevere in turning towards the Light is what is most demanded. The Light is nearer to us than we think and at any
\ntime its hour may come. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1943
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

To keep the soul ready for the Divine Grace so that it may be
\nready to receive it when it comes. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1944
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

A persistent will for the work to be done in us and in the world
\nis what is most needed; there is a sure spiritual result, the growth of the consciousness and the soul’s readiness for the touch of the
\nDivine Light and Power. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1945
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

When the Light enters into the Inconscience which hedges in all
\nour being and prevents or limits the manifestation of the true consciousness in us, when it inhibits the habits and recurrences
\nand constant repetition of the same stimuli which besiege us and rise from the subconscient, then only can the nature be wholly
\nfree and respond only to the Truth from above. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1946
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

Clarity of knowledge and inner self-vision, subjugation of the
\nego, love, scrupulousness in selfless and dedicated works, are the four wheels of the chariot of Yoga. One who has them will
\nprogress safely on the path. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n9 September 1947
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

For Kamala <\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

In faith and confidence and joy on the quiet and sunlit path
\ntowards the home of Light and Ananda. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 February 1936
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

My blessings on Kamala for the year of her life that begins today.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 February 1938 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>840<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

My blessings on your birthday. May you grow in spirit with this new year of life.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 February 1941 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

My blessings for the day and the year. Grow in faith, grow in light, grow in consciousness.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 February 1942 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

My blessings for your birthday. May this year be a step forward in consciousness and towards union with the Divine.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 February 1943 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

My blessings for the year. May it bring to you growth in consciousness towards the Divine.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 February 1944 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

My blessings on your birthday. May this be a year of more and more progress both in your inner and your outer being.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 February 1945 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

Fidelity, devotion, self-giving, selfless work and service, constant aspiration are the simplest and most effective means by which
\nthe soul can be made ready and fit to be in the abiding presence of the Divine.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n11 February 1946 <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

To light always and keep alight the psychic fire within, the fire of aspiration, devotion and self-giving
\n\u2014  not to stifle it with the
\ndamp smouldering logs of vital desire and egoistic reactions. If that becomes permanent and continuous, then it will be easy to
\nbring down the spiritual transformation. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 February 1947
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

Devotion to the Divine, fidelity to his work and obedience to his
\nwill are the first supports of the Yoga. On these pillars all the rest can be supported.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 February 1948  
\n<\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>841<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

For Champaklal <\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

Tranquillise and widen your consciousness; go deeper into your
\nsoul. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n2 February 1940
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

A clarified consciousness with strength to reject all inconscience
\nand receive all that comes from the Light, this should be the aim before you.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n2 February 1941 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

Aspire always to grow more and more conscious so that all the small obstacles shall disappear from the physical consciousness
\nand the obscurer parts of the vital nature. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n2 February 1942
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

Keep yourself ready by faith and self-opening to receive the Light
\nwhen it comes. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n2 February 1943
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

Let the mind be quiet and receive the Light; let the vital be quiet
\nand receive the Force that delivers. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n2 February 1944
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

Let the year that is beginning mark a definitive stage in the
\ngrowth of your psychic being and its power over your nature and your life.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n2 February 1945 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

Continue to open yourself and the psychic consciousness will grow in you and the Light refine and illumine whatever is left of
\nthe shadows in the mind and vital being. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n2 February 1946
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

An increasing advance on the road to the entire psychic change
\nis what is most important in the sadhana, for that is the straight road to the spiritual transformation. Devotion, harmony
\n  
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>842<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

and scrupulousness in work, a growing inner perception and consciousness, more and more fading of the more vehement
\nmovements of the vital ego are among the more prominent landmarks on the road.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n2 February 1947 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

Matter, blind to the Light, deaf to the call, the material consciousness and material life are the last and most obstinate
\nrefuge of the Inconscient and its resistance. There, the nearer the light, the higher it raises its wall of resistance. When that is
\novercome, the decisive transformation can have an open way. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n2 February 1948
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

Prayers for a Sadhak <\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

Deliver me from anger, ingratitude and foolish pride. Make me
\ncalm, humble and gentle. Let me feel your divine control in my work and in all my action.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n5 November 1938 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

I pray to be purified from self-will and self-assertion so that I may become docile and obedient to the Mother and a fit instrument
\nfor her work, surrendered and guided by her Grace in all I do. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n5 November 1942
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

May I henceforth with a firm determination cast away from
\nme my faults and defects and may I do it with energy and perseverance till I succeed entirely. May I get rid of all arrogance,
\nquarrelsomeness, self-esteem and vanity, disobedience and revolt against the Mother, hatred and rancour against others, violence
\nof speech and conduct, falsehood, self-assertion and demand, discontent and grumbling. May I be friendly to all and without
\nmalice against anyone. May I become a true child of the Mother. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n5 November 1943
\n  
\n<\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>843<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Miscellaneous Messages <\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n

 
\n <\/span> <\/p>\n

It is the lesson of life that always in this world everything fails a
\nman \u2014  only the Divine does not fail him, if he turns entirely to the Divine. It is not because there is something bad in you that
\nblows fall on you \u2014  blows fall on all human beings because they are full of desire for things that cannot last and they lose them
\nor, even if they get, it brings disappointment and cannot satisfy them. To turn to the Divine is the only truth in life.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

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

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

You must make grow in you the peace that is born of the certitude of victory.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n14 June 1933 <\/font> <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

Keep firm faith in the victory of the Light and face with calm equanimity the resistances of Matter and human personality to
\ntheir own transformation. <\/span> <\/p>\n

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

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

Our blessings are with you always. Persevere and have full
\nconfidence. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n16 October 1934
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

    <\/span> <\/p>\n

I am about to complete one year of my stay here. The past
\nyear has been one of hard and painful struggle for me. I have not done much during the year but hope to do better in the
\nnext. And although my heart seems to have become a stranger to all higher and finer emotions I promise you this: that I shall
\nendeavour with all the strength I can command to obey you. <\/span> <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blessings for the new year. May all struggle cease and a quiet
\nascent begin. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\n11 February 1936
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

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

  <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>844<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

The time for your turning to the spiritual life depends upon your own aspiration. A sincere aspiration brings always its response, and if there is continuity in the will, the result
\ncannot fail.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n
\nSo the Light grows always. As for the shadow it is only a shadow and will disappear in the growing Light.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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

 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

It is not a hope but a certitude that the complete
\ntransformation of the nature will take place.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

\n
\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Keep faith quietude openness to divine power. Ashirvada.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 <\/font>845<\/font><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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