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Monday, July 9, 2012

Savitri - 66






Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
Daily Savitri - 66

Long but too soon to pass, too near the end. 
Alone amid the many faces loved, 
Aware among unknowing happy hearts, 
Her armoured spirit kept watch upon the hours 
Listening for a foreseen tremendous step 
In the closed beauty of the inhuman wilds. 
A combatant in silent dreadful lists,   

- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo, Book 1, Canto -II, The Issue, Page 13

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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