{"id":4133,"date":"2013-07-13T01:53:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4133"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:53:38","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:38","slug":"17-insincerity-pretension-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\/17-insincerity-pretension-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","title":{"rendered":"-17_Insincerity-Pretension.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nINSINCERITY, PRETENSION AND<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span>SELF-DECEPTION<\/font><\/span><\/b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Be perfectly faithful
\nand sincere towards your true Self. <\/span><\/p>\n

Allow no deception to
\ncreep into your consecration to the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

1 January
\n 1934<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Insincerity leads on the
\npath to ruin. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In your sadhana<\/span> what is important is sincerity at every point; if
\nthere is that, mistakes can be rectified and do not so much matter. If there is
\nany insincerity, that pulls down the sadhana<\/span> at once.
\nBut whether this constant sincerity is there or there is any falling off from
\nit at any point, is a thing you must learn to see in yourself; if there is the
\nearnest and constant will for it, the power to see will come. Sincerity does
\nnot at all depend on satisfying other <\/span>―<\/span> sit is an inner matter
\nand lies solely between you and me. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>12 May 1939 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Be sincere and I am
\nready to correct your mistakes a thousand times if necessary. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Those who are sincere, I
\ncan help and turn easily towards the Divine. But where there is insincerity I
\ncan do very little. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 70<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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I feel sincerely that I want the Divine and nothing else. But when
\nI am in contact with other people, when I am busy with things without any
\nvalue, I naturally forget the Divine, my one goal. Is it insincerity? If not,
\nthen what does it mean? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yes. It is insincerity of the being, in
\nwhich one part wants the Divine and another part wants something else. <\/p>\n

It is through ignorance
\nand stupidity that the being is insincere. But with a persevering will and an
\nabsolute confidence in the Divine Grace, one can cure this insincerity. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

As long as there is within a person the possibility of an inner
\nconflict, it means that there is still in him some insincerity. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Any inner conflict is
\nthe sign of a lack of sincerity. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Only those who are already very sincere know that they are not
\ncompletely sincere. <\/span><\/p>\n

17 June 1954<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

When you are sure that
\nyou have attained absolute sincerity, you may be certain that you have plunged
\ninto falsehood. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It is no use thinking
\nthat one is very sincere. It is useless to <\/span> <\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 71<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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think that one is not sincere. What is
\nuseful is to be sincere.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

All division in the
\nbeing is an insincerity. <\/span><\/p>\n

The greatest insincerity
\nis to dig an abyss between your body and the truth of your being. <\/span><\/p>\n

When an abyss separates
\nthe true being from the physical being, Nature fills it up immediately with all
\nkinds of adverse suggestions, the most formidable of which is fear, and the
\nmost pernicious, doubt. <\/span><\/p>\n

Allow nothing anywhere
\nto deny the truth of your being this is sincerity. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>7 July 1957<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Before the Eternal
\nConsciousness a drop of sincerity has more value than an ocean of pretension
\nand hypocrisy. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I need not seem if I am.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

It is better to be than
\nto seem. <\/span><\/p>\n

No need of seeming when
\none is. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I need not appear to be
\ngood if my sincerity is perfect. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is better to be than
\nto seem. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Be honest towards
\nyourself <\/span>―<\/span> (no self-deception). Be sincere towards the Divine <\/span>―<\/span> (no bargaining in the surrender). <\/span>      <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span>72<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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Be straightforward with
\nhumanity <\/span>―<\/span> (no pretence and show).<\/span><\/p>\n

25 June 1963<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Human beings for the
\nmost part have the inveterate habit of deceiving themselves. They deceive
\nthemselves in hundreds of different ways, each more slyly tricky and subtle
\nthan the other, and all this with at once a perfect candour<\/span>
\nand a perfect insincerity. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Whoever does Yoga
\nsincerely is bound to have the calm and the strength needed to face all
\ncircumstances. <\/span><\/p>\n

But innumerable are
\nthose who deceive themselves, believe they are doing Yoga but only partially do
\nso and are still full of contradictions. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>20 April 1966<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Sweet Mother, how does one do Yoga? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Be wholly sincere, never try to deceive
\nothers. And try never to deceive yourself. <\/p>\n

Blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\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\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\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>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/i>17 February 1968<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/p>\n

Do not try to deceive
\nthe Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The important point is
\nto be more and more sincere, always more sincere so that you never deceive
\nyourself in the integrality of your aspiration. <\/span> <\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span><\/i> 73<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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This sincerity brings
\nthe sure help of the divine Grace. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

It is easy to see that
\nthe mistakes are due to a lack of sincerity in the being <\/span>―<\/span> the only way out of it is to become sincere. You have been given
\nthe power of will and of knowledge for that purpose. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>9 March 1968<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

It is not necessary to
\nwait for the others to become sincere in order to become sincere yourself. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>9 March 1968<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The greatest enemies of
\na perfect sincerity are preferences (either mental, vital or physical) and
\npreconceived ideas. It is these obstacles that must be overcome.<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 74<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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