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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Savitri - 69









Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
Daily Savitri - 69

Had shown to her her self's bare reality 
And mated her with her environment. 
Its solitude greatened her human hours 
With a background of the eternal and unique. 
A force of spare direct necessity 
Reduced the heavy framework of man's days 
And his overburdening mass of outward needs 

- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo, Book 1, Canto -II, The Issue, Page 14

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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