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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Savitri - 58



Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
Daily Savitri - 58

Twelve passionate months led in a day of fate. 
An absolute supernatural darkness falls 
On man sometimes when he draws near to God: 
An hour arrives when fail all Nature's means; 
Forced out from the protecting Ignorance 
And flung back on his naked primal need, 
He at length must cast from him his surface soul 
And be the ungarbed entity within: 

- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo, Book 1, Canto -II, The Issue, Page 11

Sri Aurobindo's epic poem, Savitri, is a symbolic myth that responds to a deeply felt need in the contemporary mind. Not only does it represent a world view that is in harmony with the most recent understanding of scientific reality; but, as a symbol, it penetrates to the essential truth of that reality. It concomitantly describes what is involved in the fulfillment of a spiritually individuated life. This is the goal of Jung's myth of consciousness for our time. Not only is Savitri a vision for individual and collective self-fulfillment, but, as a mantra, it has a directly transformative effect on the inner consciousness. Such a magnificent poem calls for intelligent reflection.


Thanks,
AuroMere Meditation Center,
Chennai.

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