DAILY MESSAGES           

Series II                   

351)   The too severe discipline under which man puts himself creates openings for unalloyed exploitation by mean forces. Instead of weeding them out, man tends to increase the severity of his discipline which is a needless self-torture. µ

352)   The right balance between inner discipline and external culture eliminates the exploitation. µ

353)   In the absence of that balance, initiative based on common sense will lead to the weeding out of suckers. µ

354)   Desire can be transformed only where it is strongest because only there energy acts. Weak desire cannot be transformed as transformation needs maximum energy which a weak desire does not have. µ

355)   The best period for transforming desire is youth, as desire is strongest then and is almost irresistible. µ

356)   Those who can say, “All my life I have given to a cause”, achieve for all humanity. µ

357)   The distinction between an enjoyment that is a must and a dissipation that needs to be avoided is indicated in life by that seeking you or your seeking it. µ

358)   In the mind the same distinction exists between satisfaction and fulfilment. µ

359)   Body shows the same by release of excess energy and a feeling of exhaustion. µ

360)   Satisfaction fills in one part of the being that directly acts, fulfilment spreads to the whole being. µ

361)   Being soft to another in matters deserving punishment, man is only being soft to himself, his weaknesses, his preferences. µ

362)   Vital generosity is of that character __ of being generous to oneself __ while spiritual generosity is truly generous to the other person. µ

363)   In Sri Aurobindonian language, even that lends itself to be interpreted as generous to one’s own spirit. (The Supreme is the greatest Egoist.) p

364)   The civilised man who cannot ask for a free meal or a free gift, does not hesitate to rob another of his right by seeking stolen pleasure. Man becomes truly civilised only when he denies himself stolen pleasure. µ

365)   The cultured sensitivity is hurt even by legitimate joys if they wear an appearance of stolen pleasure. µ

366)   If the seeking for fame is the last infirmity of noble minds, the cultured sensitivity is the last human barrier to transforma­tion. µ

367)   In the state we are in, even when Grace arrives, we are the unconscious recipient of it. After the completion of surrender, we become aware of it. p

368)   Conscious receptivity of Grace is the only condition in which yoga can be undertaken. p

369)   Perversity, falsehood, etc. are like human bacteria. To destroy them mercilessly is a service to humanity. Often it is a service to those qualities that come to you so that you may destroy them. p

370)   Mother’s vibration spreads surely. Only that it chooses a medium least resistant or most receptive. p

371)   The impersonal, subtle plane is least resistant; fields of personal action are most resistant. p

372)   Lila, self-concealing, self-discovery, the joy of the play, are there not only to the Brahman that creates the world, but each time you cross into another plane, these opportunities present themselves. p

373)   Moving into a lower plane, it is the joy of the criminal’s success; moving into the higher plane, it is the creative joy of shedding the physicality in human relationship in favour of higher affection. Both are shrouded in clandestine activities. µ

374)   The entire romantic literature of the world is the male seeking the female outside the sanction of social norms. Even within wedlock should one move into pure affection, he has to escape the dark net of sanctioned, psychological values to reach that affection. µ

375)   A dazed mind overwhelmed by fortunate, good circumstance is a mental symptom of Grace, as rain is the material symptom of Grace. p

376)   Man, endowed as he is with irresistibly running thoughts, even one of which can cancel Grace, can only receive Grace by being dazed. µ

377)   In the rare moments when man without volition moves in the opposite direction to his nature __ miser’s generosity is an example - the vital exhibits readiness to receive Grace. µ

378)   Kuchela was dazed, the villagers were honest, I was sent to Sri Aurobindo’s Room, the inheritance was refused, dissipation stopped its offering, hostile and negative forces offered to withdraw. All these are expressions of Grace in one way or another. p

379)   Incoming Grace releases Himalayan energy to achieve or to fight hostile forces. p

380)   Parent and child being oppositely constituted, each will have the very opposite of emotions to the other subconsciously. µ

381)   To know that one is ripe to receive Grace, even the ultimate Grace, is not given to anyone. p

382)   Having known it and received it, it is the rare few that espouse the humility needed for that Grace to be abiding. p

383)   To be able to see the future incidence of Grace in oneself, better still in others, is to be in touch with the action of Grace. p

384)   In moments of Grace, mind is prolific with original ideas. µ

385)   If  harmony and Freedom are the hallmarks of enjoyment, know that Freedom may be freedom to hide yourself from the inherited environment of the past. µ

386)   Long after the accomplishment of a thing, man is unable to know the process of it. But mind is capable of wanting to know the process before accomplishment. µ

387)   In theory, mind can succeed in rare cases. Should it do so, it will be like the memory of the future, knowledge of the future. µ

388)   Affection of the highest type, affectionate gratitude rarely felt, defy the rules of spirit, as they are codes of emotions and not that of spirit. µ

389)   A feeble decision to destroy the perversity that pervades the atmosphere brought down a shower of Grace unknown in 40 years. p

390)   Transformation converts low energy into high energy of greater quantity, as one expression of the finite turning into Infinite. p

391)   Reversely, transforming a higher opportunity into a lower use shrinks the energy enormously. µ

392)   Man exhibiting a willingness to move upwards will not find the needed energy lacking as the change generates all the energy called for. µ

393)   Enormous energy is needed to change into a higher plane when you force your unwilling nature to change against its settled motive. µ

394)   For the social man, the Infinite Energies of Divine Joy are hidden in the emotions of shame and honour, the one physical and the other psychological. µ

395)   Losing the sense of shame, the energies released are vitally expansive delight. µ

396)   By dissolving honour in preference to divine freedom of the mind, what is released is the mental infinity, infinity of understanding without thought. µ

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397)   It is only the understanding that needs no thought which can see the spiritual role of the criminal and the harlot. p

398)   Enormous material prosperity in the physical plane can be easily created by expansive ideas of the mind and vital because it is a process of descent, a process of mind creatively acting on matter. p

399)   Any scientist who is emotionally identified with his field (fission or pollution) __ can stop the radioactive fallout or clean the earth’s atmosphere, can overnight change his field when he raises himself to levels above mind through mind-transcending ideas. µ

400)   Creativity is to bring the higher field to the lower planes. µ

 

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