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\nMessages for Competitions
\n<\/font><\/span><\/i><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\nA<\/font><\/span>thletics<\/font><\/span> C<\/font><\/span>ompetition <\/font> <\/span>
\n
\n1959<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Behind the appearances that the physical eyes can see, there is a
\nreality much more concrete and lasting. It is in this reality that I am with
\nyou today and will be during all the athletic season. The force, the power, the
\nlight and the consciousness will be in your midst constantly to give to each
\none, according to his receptivity, the success in his endeavour and the
\nprogress which is the crowning result of all sincere effort.  <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>19 July 1959<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nG<\/font><\/span>ymnastics<\/font><\/span> C<\/font><\/span>ompetition<\/font><\/span> 1959<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

What I told you at the opening of the athletics stands good for
\nthe Gymnastic Competition; I will be with you all through, helping you in your
\neffort and enjoying your performances. <\/span><\/p>\n

With my blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>16 October 1959<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nA<\/font><\/span>thletics <\/font> <\/span>
\nC<\/font><\/span>ompetition<\/font><\/span> 1960<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I<\/span>n joy and confidence, let all do their best, with my force, my
\nhelp and my blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>21 August 1960<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nA<\/font><\/span>thletics<\/font><\/span> C<\/font><\/span>ompetition<\/font><\/span> 1962<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Replace the ambition to be first by the will to do the best
\npossible.  <\/span><\/p>\n

\n Page \u2013 275<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

Replace the desire for success by the yearning for progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

Replace the eagerness for fame by the aspiration for perfection. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Physical Education is
\nmeant to bring into the body, consciousness and control, discipline and
\nmastery, all things necessary for a higher and better life. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Keep all that in mind,
\npractise sincerely and you will become a good athlete; this is the first step
\non the way to be a true man. <\/span><\/p>\n

  Blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>15 July 1962<\/span><\/i><\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nA<\/font><\/span>thletics<\/font><\/span> C<\/font><\/span>ompetition<\/font><\/span> 1963<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>To all those who want to
\nmake their body fit for a Divine Life, I say, do not miss this excellent
\nopportunity of the athletic competition and never forget that whatever we do we
\nmust aspire for perfection. For it is this yearning for perfection which will,
\nin spite of all difficulties, lead us to our Goal. <\/span><\/p>\n

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


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>21 August 1963<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\nA<\/font><\/span>thletics<\/font><\/span> C<\/font><\/span>ompetition<\/font><\/span> 1964<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>We are here to lay the
\nfoundations of a new world. <\/span><\/p>\n

All the virtues and skills required to succeed in athletics are
\nexactly those the physical man must have to be fit for receiving and
\nmanifesting the new force. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>I expect that with this
\nknowledge and in this spirit you will enter this athletic competition and go
\nthrough it successfully. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>My blessings are with you. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

24 August
\n 1964<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 276<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

 <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nG<\/font><\/span>ymnastics<\/font><\/span> C<\/font><\/span>ompetition<\/font><\/span> 1964<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

The 18th October is a good day. <\/span><\/p>\n

Gymnastics is a good art. <\/span><\/p>\n

And you will be good gymnasts. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

18 October
\n 1964<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 277<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

\nC<\/font><\/span>ompetitions <\/font> <\/span>
\n
\n1966<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>It might be better to
\nremind you that we are here for a special work, a work which is<\/span><\/p>\n

done nowhere else. <\/span><\/p>\n

We want to come in contact with the supreme consciousness, the
\nuniversal consciousness, we want to bring it down in ourselves and to manifest
\nit. But for that we must have a very solid base; our base is our physical
\nbeing, our body. Therefore we have to build up a body solid, healthy, enduring,
\nskilful, agile and strong, ready for everything. There is no better way to
\nprepare the body than physical exercise: sports, athletics, gymnastics, and all
\ngames are the best means to develop and strengthen the body. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Therefore I call you to go
\nthrough the competitions beginning today, full-heartedly<\/span><\/p>\n

with all your energy and all your will. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>1
\n April 1966<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span>C<\/font><\/span>ompetitions <\/font> <\/span>
\n
\n1967<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>On this occasion of our
\nphysical education and sportive activities: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>I must tell you once more
\nthat for us spiritual life does not mean contempt for Matter<\/span><\/p>\n

but its divinisation. We do not want to reject the body but to
\ntransform it. For this physical education is one of the means most directly
\neffective. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>So I invite you to
\nparticipate in the programme beginning today with enthusiasm and \u2013 discipline,
\nbecause it is the indispensable condition of order; enthusiasm, because it is
\nthe essential condition of success. <\/span><\/p>\n

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


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>1 April 1967<\/span><\/i><\/span> <\/span><\/i>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 278<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

\nPage – 279<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nC<\/font><\/span>ompetitions<\/font><\/span> 1968<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The first condition for acquiring power is to be obedient. <\/span><\/p>\n

The body must learn to obey before it can manifest power; and
\nphysical education is<\/span><\/p>\n

the most thorough discipline for the body. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>So be eager and sincere in
\nyour efforts for physical education and you will acquire a powerful body. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>My blessings are with you. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>1 April 1968<\/span><\/i><\/span> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nC<\/font><\/span>ompetitions <\/font> <\/span>
\n
\n1969<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Since the beginning of this year a new consciousness is at work
\nupon earth to prepare the men for a new creation, the superman. For this
\ncreation to be possible the substance that constitutes man’s body must undergo
\na big change, it must become more receptive to the consciousness and more
\nplastic under its working. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>These are just the qualities that one can acquire through physical
\neducation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>So, if we follow this discipline with such a result in view, we
\nare sure to obtain the most interesting result. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My blessings to all, for progress and achievement. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>1
\n April 1969<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nC<\/font><\/span>ompetitions <\/font> <\/span>
\n
\n1970<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>What better offering can we
\nmake to the Divine, than to offer the skill of our growing<\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u00a0<\/span>Let us offer our efforts
\ntowards perfection, and physical education will take for us a<\/span><\/p>\n

new meaning and a greater value. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The world is preparing for
\na new creation, let us help<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 280<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

through physical education, by<\/span><\/p>\n

making our bodies stronger, more receptive and more plastic, on
\nthe way to physical transformation. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>1
\n April 1970<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nC<\/font><\/span>ompetitions <\/font> <\/span>
\n
\n1971<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>We are at one of these
\n\u201cHours of God\u201d, when the old bases get shaken, and there is a great confusion;
\nbut it is a wonderful opportunity for those who want to leap forward, the
\npossibility of progress is exceptional. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Will you not be of those
\nwho take advantage of it? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Let your body be prepared
\nthrough physical education for this great change! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>My blessings to all.  <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>1 April 1971<\/span><\/i><\/span> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nC<\/font><\/span>ompetitions <\/font> <\/span>
\n
\n1972<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This year, let us offer all the activities of our body in
\nconsecration to Sri Aurobindo.  <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>1 April 1972<\/span><\/i><\/span> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 281<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

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