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\nQuestions And Answers<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\n1950-51<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\n21
\nDecember 1950 <\/font><\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cO Consciousness, immobile and serene,
\nThou watchest at the confines of the world like a sphinx of eternity. And yet <\/span>to some Thou confidest Thy secret. These can become Thy sovereign will which
\nchooses without preference, executes without desire.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0 <\/font> <\/span>Prayers and Meditations,
\n<\/font> <\/span><\/i>10 November 1914<\/span><\/i><\/font>\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This immobile Consciousness is the \u201cMother
\nof Dreams\u201d,\u00b9 the sphinx of eternity who keeps vigil on the confines of the
\nworld like an enigma to be solved. This enigma is the problem of our life, the
\nvery raison d\u2019<\/i><\/span>\u00ea<\/span>tre<\/span><\/i> of the universe. The problem of our life
\nis to realise the Divine or rather to become once again aware of the Divine who
\nis the Universe, the origin, cause and goal of life. <\/span><\/p>\n

Those who find the secret of the sphinx of
\neternity become that active and creative Power. <\/span><\/p>\n

To choose without preference and execute
\nwithout desire is the great difficulty at the very root of the development of
\ntrue consciousness and self-control. To choose in this sense means to see what<\/span> is true and bring
\nit into existence; and to choose thus, without the least personal bias for any
\nthing, any person, action, circumstance, is exactly what is most difficult for
\nan ordinary human being. Yet one must learn to act without any preference, free
\nfrom all attractions and likings, taking one’s stand solely on the Truth which
\nguides. And having chosen in accordance with the Truth the necessary action,
\none must carry it out without any desire. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>If you observe yourself attentively, you will
\nsee that before acting you need an inner impetus, something which pushes you.
\nIn the ordinary man this impetus is generally desire. This desire
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/font> <\/span><\/i>\u00b9 \u201cThe Mother of Dreams\u201d, a poem by Sri Aurobindo:
\nCollected Poems, p. 67<\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 1<\/span><\/p>\n

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ought to be
\nreplaced by a clear, precise, constant vision of the Truth. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some call this the
\nVoice of God or the Will of God. The true meaning of these words has been
\nfalsified, so I prefer to speak of \u201cthe Truth\u201d, though this is but a very
\nlimited aspect of That which we cannot name but which is the Source and the
\nGoal of all existence. I deliberately do not use the word God because religions
\nhave given this name to an all-powerful being who is other than his creation
\nand outside it. This is not correct. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>However, on the physical plane the difference
\nis obvious. For we are yet all that we no longer want to be, and He, He is all
\nthat we want to become. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

How can we know what the divine Will is? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

One does not know it,
\none feels it. And in order to feel it one must will with such an intensity,
\nsuch sincerity, that every obstacle disappears. As long as you have a
\npreference, a desire, an attraction, a liking, all these veil the Truth from
\nyou. Hence, the first thing to do is to try to master, govern, correct all the
\nmovements of your consciousness and eliminate those which cannot be changed
\nuntil all becomes a perfect and permanent expression of the Truth. <\/span><\/p>\n

And even to will
\nthis is not enough, for very often one forgets to will it.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is necessary
\nis an aspiration which burns in the being like a constant fire, and every time
\nyou have a desire, a preference, an attraction it must be thrown into this
\nfire. If you do this persistently, you will see that a little gleam of true
\nconsciousness begins to dawn in your ordinary consciousness. At first it will
\nbe faint, very far behind all the din of desires, preferences, attractions,
\nlikings. But you must go behind all this and find that true consciousness, all
\ncalm, tranquil, almost silent. <\/span><\/p>\n

Those who are in
\ncontact with the true consciousness see all the possibilities at the same time
\nand may deliberately choose
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

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even the most
\nunfavourable, if necessary. But to reach this point, you must go a long way. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Should preferences be neutralized or
\nforgotten? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

One should not
\nhave them ! <\/span><\/p>\n

When the mind
\nbecomes silent, when it stops judging, pushing itself forward with its
\nso-called knowledge, one begins to solve the problem of life. One must refrain
\nfrom judging, for the mind is only an instrument of action, not an instrument
\nof true knowledge \u2013 true knowledge comes from elsewhere. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>If one refrained from judging, one would
\narrive at an ever more precise knowledge of the Truth and nine-tenths of the
\nworld’s misery would disappear. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The great disorder in the world would to a
\nlarge extent be neutralized if the mind could admit that it does not know. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWhen we
\nhave passed beyond enjoyings, we shall have Bliss. Desire was the helper,
\nDesire is the bar.\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/font> <\/span>Sri Aurobindo, Thoughts and Glimpses,
\nCent. Vol. 16, p. 377<\/font> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u2026according to the
\nstage where you are. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Naturally, I speak to those who sincerely want
\nto become conscious of their true truth and to express it in their life…I
\nthink this holds true for all who are here. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>And I tell the teachers that they must teach
\nmore and more in accordance with the Truth; for if we have a school here, it is
\nin order that it be different from the millions of schools in the world; it is
\nto give the children a chance to distinguish between ordinary life and the
\ndivine life, the life of truth \u2013 to see things in a different way. It is
\nuseless to want to repeat here the ordinary life. The teacher’s mission is to
\nopen the eyes of the children to something which they will not find anywhere
\nelse.<\/span><\/p>\n

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