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\t\t\t\t\t\tThe essays in this part have been arranged
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tseveral of the sections or subsections seem to have been
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tintended by Sri Aurobindo to be published as series or
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\n \t\t\tCertitudes <\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tIn the deep there is a greater deep, in the heights a greater height. Sooner shall man arrive at the borders of infinity than at
\nthe fullness of his own being. For that being is infinity, is God <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI aspire to infinite force, infinite knowledge, infinite bliss.
\nCan I attain it? Yes, but the nature of infinity is that it has no end. Say not therefore that I attain it. I become it. Only so can
\nman attain God by becoming God.
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\n\t\t\tBut before attaining he can enter into relations with him.
\nTo enter into relations with God is Yoga, the highest rapture & the noblest utility. There are relations within the compass of the
\nhumanity we have developed. These are called prayer, worship, adoration, sacrifice, thought, faith, science, philosophy. There
\nare other relations beyond our developed capacity, but within the compass of the humanity we have yet to develop. Those are
\nthe relations that are attained by the various practices we usually call Yoga.
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\n\t\t\tWe may not know him as God, we may know him as Nature, our Higher Self, Infinity, some ineffable goal. It was so that Buddha approached Him; so approaches him the rigid Adwaitin. He is accessible even to the Atheist. To the materialist He disguises
\nHimself in matter. For the Nihilist he waits ambushed in the bosom of Annihilation.
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