{"id":4116,"date":"2013-07-13T01:53:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4116"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:53:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:31","slug":"29-openness-and-receiptivity-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\/29-openness-and-receiptivity-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","title":{"rendered":"-29_Openness-and-Receiptivity.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nOpenness
\nand Receptivity<\/font><\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n


\nOPENNESS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Openness is the will to
\nreceive and to utilise<\/span> for progress the force and
\ninfluence; the constant aspiration to remain in touch with the Consciousness;
\nthe faith that the force and consciousness are always with you, around you,
\ninside you and that you have only to let nothing stand in the way of your
\nreceiving them. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Opening is a release of
\nthe consciousness by which it begins to admit into itself the workings of the
\nDivine Light and Power. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Open to the
\nconsciousness which is working on and in you and keep always as quiet and
\npeaceful as you can. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I pray that I may serve you consciously and sincerely, without the
\nleast encroachment or hampering by the ego, and be inspired by you in everything.
\n<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Open yourself more and more to the
\nConsciousness and you will receive inspiration. <\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span>9 May 1934
\n<\/font><\/span> <\/i><\/p>\n

The opening to the
\nDivine Light cannot be made through coercion. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/i>12 June 1939<\/font><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/font> <\/i> <\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 151<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

\u201cTo
\nopen more to love and to the light.\u201d<\/span><\/span> This is
\nexactly the answer I send to your last letter. Rise higher in the
\nconsciousness, love more widely, open to the light \u2014 and all divergences will
\ndisappear. You must be as vast and comprehensive as the world to do the Yoga. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/i>2 August 1962<\/font><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/font> <\/i><\/p>\n

If you open yourself to
\nthe Force and the Help, there will be no
\nstrain<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/i>14 December 1963<\/font><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/font> <\/i><\/p>\n

Opening: the help is
\nconstant in all the domains. It is for us to know how to benefit from it. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Integral opening of the
\nbeing towards the Divine: the first step of the ascent. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\nWIDENESS<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Widen yourself to the
\nextreme limit of the universe… and beyond. <\/span><\/p>\n

Always take upon
\nyourself all the necessities of progress, and resolve them in the ecstasy of
\nUnity. Then you will be divine. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/i>13 November 1957<\/font><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/font> <\/i><\/p>\n

To widen<\/i> and open as vastly as one can is more effective <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 152<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

than<\/span> to
\nbring down and to try to push the force into the narrowness of the small human
\nbeing. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/i>7 December 1964<\/font><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/font> <\/i><\/p>\n


\n     PLASTICITY<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Plasticity: always ready
\nfor the progress demanded. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n        RECEPTIVITY<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Receptivity is the
\ncapacity of admitting and retaining the Divine Workings. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Receptivity: conscious
\nof the Divine Will and surrendered to it. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Integral receptivity:
\nthe whole being is aware of the Divine Will and obeys it. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Psychic receptivity: the
\npsychic responds joyously to the ascending force. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 153<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

Mental receptivity:
\nalways ready to learn. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Emotional receptivity:
\nemotions wanting to be divinised<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Vital receptivity
\nhappens only when the vital understands that it must be transformed. <\/span><\/p>\n

The vital blossoms in aspiration for the
\nDivine.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Physical receptivity:
\nthat which one should not have except towards the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Supramentalised<\/span><\/span> receptivity: the receptivity of tomorrow. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It is with the widening
\nof the consciousness and the one-pointedness<\/span> of the aspiration
\nthat the receptivity increases. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/i>22 December 1934<\/font><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/font> <\/i><\/p>\n

By revolt the doors of
\nreceptivity are closed. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In order to be filled
\nanew the vessel must get empty sometimes. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is when we are
\npreparing for greater receptivities<\/span> that we feel
\nempty. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 154<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

Consciousness?<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Be receptive <\/span>―<\/span> it is there. <\/span><\/p>\n

Love
\nand blessings.<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Try to be satisfied with
\nwhat you receive <\/span>―<\/span> for it is a matter of\u00a0 <\/span>receptivity<\/i>, because <\/span>―<\/span> you can believe me <\/span>―<\/span> I give always much more <\/i>than what the people are capable of
\nreceiving <\/span>―<\/span> and in two or three minutes they could have quite enough to go
\nfor a whole month. But the mind interferes with its ignorant demands and the
\nwhole thing is spoiled. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/i>29 January 1964<\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

My love is always with
\nyou; if then you do not feel it, it is because you are not capable of receiving
\nit. It is your receptivity that is lacking and should be increased; for this
\nyou must open yourself, and one opens oneself only if one gives oneself<\/i>. Surely you are trying more or less consciously to
\ndraw the forces and the divine love towards you. The method is bad. Give
\nyourself without calculating and without expecting anything in return, and then
\nyou will become capable of receiving. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

How can we know that we are receptive? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When we feel the urge to give and the joy
\nof giving to the Divine’s work, then we can be sure that we have become
\nreceptive. <\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/i>12 July 1965<\/font><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/font> <\/i><\/p>\n

To be receptive<\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

To be receptive is to feel the urge to
\ngive and the joy of giving to the Divine’s Work all one has, all one is, all<\/span> one does. <\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 155<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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