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\nMorality
\nand War<\/font><\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

MORALITY<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You have no right to dispense with morality unless you submit yourself
\nto a law that is higher and much more rigorous than any moral law. <\/span><\/p>\n

28 May 1947<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>You can break the moral rules only
\nwhen you observe the Divine Law. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Moral laws have only a very relative
\nvalue from the point of view of Truth. Besides, they vary considerably
\naccording to country, climate and period. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Discussions are generally sterile
\nand without productive value. If each one makes a personal effort of perfect
\nsincerity, uprightness and good-will, the best conditions for the work will be
\nrealised. <\/span><\/p>\n

August 1966 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Never judge on appearances, still
\nless on gossip. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What is moral in one country is
\nimmoral in another. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Service to the Divine exacts a
\nsincerity of self-sacrifice unknown to any morality. <\/span><\/p>\n

26 February 1969<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Page – 46<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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 <\/span>WAR AND VIOLENCE<\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Not so long ago, at the beginning of
\nthis century, during what was perhaps the most murderous war of all, the fate
\nof millions of men was decided many a time by the financial speculations of the
\ncontending heads of state. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>O men! How can you utter the sublime
\nword \u201cPeace\u201d when there is no peace in your hearts? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The War is over, so you say, and yet
\neverywhere man is slaying man and Cain still sheds his brother\u2019s blood ! <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>In the Bible, God calls Cain and
\nasks him: \u201cWhat have you done with your brother?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Today I call man and ask him: \u201cWhat
\nhave you done with the earth?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>For all those whom the Divine Grace
\nhas kept far from the horrible conflict which is tearing men at, the only way
\nto express their gratitude is by a complete consecration of their whole being
\nto the divine work. <\/span><\/p>\n

May 1940<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Don\u2019t worry about Hitler. No asuric
\nforce can stand eternally against the divine force and the hour of his defeat
\nis bound to come. <\/span><\/p>\n

27 May 1940<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Page – 47<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The Victory has come, Thy Victory, O
\nLord, for which we render to Thee infinite thanks-giving. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>But now our ardent prayer rises
\ntowards Thee. It is with Thy force and by Thy force that the victors have
\nconquered. Grant that they do not forget it in their success and that they keep
\nthe promises which they have made to Thee in the hours of danger and anguish.
\nThey have taken Thy name to make war, may they not forget Thy grace when they
\nhave to make the peace. <\/span><\/p>\n

15 August 1945<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

The Atomic Bomb<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The Atomic bomb is in itself the most wonderful achievement and the sign
\nof a growing power of man over material nature. But what is to be regretted is that
\nthis material progress and mastery is not the result of and in keeping with a
\nspiritual progress and mastery which alone has the power to contradict and
\ncounteract the terrible danger coming from these discoveries. We cannot and
\nmust not stop progress, but we must <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Page – 48<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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achieve it in an
\nequilibrium between the inside and the outside. <\/span><\/p>\n

30 August 1945<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Violence is never a good way to make
\na cause triumph. How can anyone hope to obtain justice by injustice, harmony by
\nhatred? <\/span><\/p>\n

9 October 1951<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

X has inquired if You have said anything
\nrecently about the world-situation. He wants to know if there is any likelihood
\nof another world war or some other grave troubles. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Tell him that I
\nrefuse to be a prophet. <\/span><\/p>\n

3 February 1962<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>This old idea of the necessity of
\nthe catastrophe to make the power effective
\n<\/i>is a limitation that has to be overcome. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>There is no question of welcoming
\ndestruction, but of learning the lesson it gives. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I disapprove totally of violence.
\nEach act of violence is a step back on the path leading to the goal to which we
\naspire. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The Divine is everywhere and always
\nsupremely conscious. Nothing must ever be done that cannot be done before the
\nDivine. <\/span><\/p>\n

6 May 1971 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Page – 49<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>So long as you are capable of giving
\nsomebody a beating, you open the door to the possibility of being given a
\nbeating yourself. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Popular outbursts: the monstrous
\ncruelty of the mud that hates and despises the light. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>There is a difference between
\nviolence and cruelty. In a violent mood one can do a very dreadful act, but
\nafterwards one feels very sorry for it. Whereas a cruel person does the thing
\nin a cold-blooded way − everything is prearranged and is done for its own
\nsake.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

SAFETY AND PROTECTION<\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>During the bombardments, to those
\nwho fear for their skins and flee: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Why should you be in safety when the
\nwhole world is in danger? What is your special virtue, your special merit for
\nwhich you should be so specially protected? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>In the Divine alone is there safety.
\nTake refuge in Him and cast away all fear. <\/span><\/p>\n

26 May 1942<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

           (About persons who asked permission to
\ncome to Pondicherry during India\u2019s conflict with Pakistan in September 1965) <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 50<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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They can come to <\/span>
\nPondicherry<\/span>, but those who are afraid everywhere and
\none who has faith is in safety everywhere. <\/span><\/p>\n

9 September 1965<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The best protection is an unshakable
\nfaith in the Divine Grace. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Protection is active and can be
\neffective only with\u00a0 <\/span>faith <\/i>on your side, absolute and constant. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Let us give ourselves entirely and
\nsincerely to the Divine and we shall enjoy His protection. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Integral protection: that which can
\nbe given only by the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Psychic protection: the protection
\nresulting from surrender to the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Physical protection is possible only
\nwith a total surrender to the Divine and the absence of all desires.  <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Page – 51<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Concentrate more constantly on the
\nDivine Presence and the protection will be more spontaneous. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Exclusive turning of all movements
\ntowards the Divine: the sure means of having security. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Nothing is in safety except what is
\ngiven to the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Page – 52<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Morality and War\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   MORALITY  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You have no right to dispense with morality unless you submit yourself to a law that is higher and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15-words-of-the-mother-volume-15","wpcat-114-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}