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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Savitri - 68








Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
Daily Savitri - 68

Muttered incessantly their muffled spell. 
A dense magnificent coloured self-wrapped life 
Draped in the leaves' vivid emerald monotone 
And set with chequered sunbeams and blithe flowers 
Immured her destiny's secluded scene. 
There had she grown to the stature of her spirit: 
The genius of titanic silences 
Steeping her soul in its wide loneliness  

- 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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