{"id":3994,"date":"2013-07-13T01:52:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:52:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:52:45","slug":"19-aspiration-in-the-phycial-vol-03-questions-and-answers-volume-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/03-questions-and-answers-volume-03\/19-aspiration-in-the-phycial-vol-03-questions-and-answers-volume-03","title":{"rendered":"-19_Aspiration in the Phycial.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span>Aspiration in
\nthe Physical for <\/font> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


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\nthe Divine’s Love <\/font> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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\nH<\/font><\/span>ere is the flower we have called
\n\u201cAspiration in the Physical for the Divine’s Love.\u201d By the \u201cPhysical\u201d I mean
\nthe physical consciousness, the most ordinary outward-going consciousness, the
\nnormal consciousness of most human beings, which sets such great store by comfort,
\ngood food, good clothes, happy relationships, etc., instead of aspiring for the
\nhigher things. Aspiration in the physical for the Divine’s Love implies that
\nthe physical asks for nothing else save that it should feel how the Divine
\nloves it. It realises that all its usual satisfactions are utterly
\ninsufficient. But there cannot be a compromise: if the physical wants the
\nDivine’s Love it must want that alone and not say, \u201cI shall have the Divine’s
\nLove and at the same time keep my other attachments, needs and enjoyments\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The fundamental seat of aspiration from
\nwhich it radiates or manifests in one part of the being or another is the
\npsychic centre. When I speak of aspiration in the physical I mean that the very
\nconsciousness in you which hankers after material comfort and well-being should
\nof itself, without being compelled by the higher parts of your nature, ask
\nexclusively for the Divine’s Love. Usually you have to show it the Light by
\nmeans of your higher parts; surely this has to be done persistently, otherwise
\nthe physical would never learn and it would take Nature’s common round of ages
\nbefore it learns by itself. Indeed the round of Nature is intended to show it
\nall possible sorts of satisfactions and by exhausting them convince it that
\nnone of them can really satisfy it and that what it is at bottom seeking is a
\ndivine satisfaction. In Yoga we hasten this slow process of Nature and insist
\non the physical consciousness seeing the truth and learning to recognise and
\nwant it. But how to show it the truth? Well, just as you bring a light into a
\ndark room. Illumine the darkness of your physical consciousness with the
\nintuition and aspiration of <\/span><\/p>\n

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your more refined parts and keep on doing
\nso till it realises how futile and unsatisfactory is its hunger for the low
\nordinary things, and turns spontaneously towards the truth. When it does turn,
\nyour whole life will be changed the experience is unmistakable. <\/span><\/p>\n

When, as a child, I used to complain to my
\nmother about food or any such small matter she would always tell me to go and
\ndo my work or pursue my studies instead of bothering about trifles. She would
\nask me if I had the complacent idea that I was born for comfort. \u201cYou are born
\nto realise the highest Ideal,\u201d she would say and send me packing. She was quite
\nright, though of course her notion of the highest Ideal was rather poor by our
\nstandards. We are all born for the highest Ideal: therefore, whenever in our
\nAshram some petty request for more comfort and material happiness is refused,
\nit is for your own good and to make you fulfil what you are here for. The
\nrefusal is actually a favour inasmuch as you are thereby considered worthy to
\nstand before the highest Ideal and be shaped according to it. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 131<\/span><\/p>\n

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