{"id":4080,"date":"2013-07-13T01:53:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4080"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:53:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:17","slug":"11-ascetic-practice-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14\/11-ascetic-practice-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","title":{"rendered":"-11_Ascetic-Practice.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nAscetic
\nPractices <\/span><\/font> <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The true attitude is
\nneither to be an ascetic nor to indulge in desire. The true attitude is to take
\nin all simplicity what I give, to be perfectly satisfied with it and neither to
\nask for more nor to refuse what is given. This is the true example to give, the
\none that can help the others towards a better understanding of their duties as sadhaks<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Remain my child, simple,
\nquiet and content, and all will be all right. <\/span><\/p>\n

5 October
\n 1934<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A sannyasi<\/span>
\nwho makes demands is not sincere. To be sincere a sannyasi<\/span>
\nmust be perfectly satisfied with what is given to him and ask for nothing more.
\nIn all that happens to him, he must see the Divine’s Grace and be at once happy
\nand grateful for it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, he who wants
\nto do \u201cintensive sadhana<\/span>\u201d must be able to isolate
\nhimself from his surroundings and, if necessary, to sit in deep meditation even
\non a battlefield in the midst of the roaring guns. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I do not believe that sadhana<\/span> in the cave is easy <\/span>―<\/span> only
\nthere the insincerity remains hidden, while in life and action it is revealed.
\nYou can look <\/i>like a Yogi in a cave,
\nbut in life the humbugging is more difficult, because you have to behave <\/i>like a Yogi. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>6 September 1935 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

When I consider the seriousness of this type of severe  <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 47<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

Sadhana<\/span><\/i><\/span>, the ideas of my physical and mental weakness begin to frighten
\nme and I find little courage in me.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

One thing we want to know is how much you are
\neating and whether you sleep regularly and sufficiently. These two points are
\nof great importance, for a sadhana<\/span> of this kind
\ndemands in order to bear it that the mind and body and nervous system should
\nnot be weakened by undernourishment and lack of sleep. <\/p>\n

16 December 1940 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

It is not by fasting but
\nby improving the will that one obtains the Truth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u00a0<\/span>18 January
\n1953<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

You said that X was
\n\u201cdoing mischief\u201d with the children, because in your mind the idea of sadhana<\/span> is associated with quietness, stillness and
\nmeditation, but the more you stay here the more you will have to realise<\/span> that it is not only in meditation that one can
\nreach the Divine consciousness, you will learn that one can remain in contact
\nwith the Divine even while playing or doing gymnastics or walking or doing
\nanything; at every moment, you should remember the Divine and try to remain in
\nthe Divine consciousness. <\/span><\/p>\n

31 August 1953<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Here sensibleness is
\nindispensable and the integral yoga is based on balance, calm and peace and not
\non an unhealthy need to suffer. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u00a0<\/span>12 May 1969 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 48<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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As long as it is an
\nausterity there are reactions. <\/span><\/p>\n

When it becomes an
\nimperative need, it is good. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

(About
\nsolitude<\/i>)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If the need is a true one, the means to do
\nit will come spontaneously. <\/p>\n

30 March 1970 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Should I spend some time in solitude? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It is the old methods of yoga which demand
\nsilence and solitude. <\/p>\n

The yoga of tomorrow is
\nto find the Divine in work and in relation with the world. <\/span><\/p>\n

Look within yourself,
\nreflect upon it and tell me what your choice is. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>24 January 1971 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

According to my
\nexperience people fall into tamas<\/span> when they go into
\nsolitude. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>October 1971<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

To be by oneself very much
\nneeds a certain force of inner life. It may be better to vary solitude with
\nsome kind of its opposite. But each has its advantages and disadvantages and it
\nis only by being vigilant and keeping an inner poise that one can avoid the
\nlatter. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 49<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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Entire physical
\nretirement is seldom healthy, although a temporary retirement is often helpful.
\nBut the main thing is the inner detachment and complete turning to the Divine.<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 50<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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