Daily Savitri - 375
Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
A packed assemblage of crude tentative lives
Are pieced into a tessellated whole.
There is no perfect answer to our hopes;
There are blind voiceless doors that have no key;
Thought climbs in vain and brings a borrowed light,
Cheated by counterfeits sold to us in life's mart,
Our hearts clutch at a forfeited heavenly bliss.
There is provender for the mind's satiety,
There are thrills of the flesh, but not the soul's desire.
- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo,
Book I - The Book of Beginnings,
Canto V - The Yoga of the King:
The Yoga of the Spirit's Freedom and Greatness
Page 77
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| Sri Aurobindo's Savitri |
A packed assemblage of crude tentative lives
Are pieced into a tessellated whole.
There is no perfect answer to our hopes;
There are blind voiceless doors that have no key;
Thought climbs in vain and brings a borrowed light,
Cheated by counterfeits sold to us in life's mart,
Our hearts clutch at a forfeited heavenly bliss.
There is provender for the mind's satiety,
There are thrills of the flesh, but not the soul's desire.
Are pieced into a tessellated whole.
There is no perfect answer to our hopes;
There are blind voiceless doors that have no key;
Thought climbs in vain and brings a borrowed light,
Cheated by counterfeits sold to us in life's mart,
Our hearts clutch at a forfeited heavenly bliss.
There is provender for the mind's satiety,
There are thrills of the flesh, but not the soul's desire.
- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo,
Book I - The Book of Beginnings,
Canto V - The Yoga of the King:
The Yoga of the Spirit's Freedom and Greatness
Page 77
How to read Savitri?
It
does not matter if you do not understand it ? Savitri, read it always.
You will see that every time you read it, something new will be
revealed to you. Each time you will get a new glimpse, each time a new
experience; things which were not there, things you did not understand
arise and suddenly become clear. Always an unexpected vision comes up
through the words and lines. Every time you try to read and understand,
you will see that something is added, something which was hidden behind
is revealed clearly and vividly. I tell you the very verses you have
read once before, will appear to you in a different light each time you
re-read them. This is what of happens invariably. Always your experience
is enriched, it is a revelation at each step. But you must not read it
as you read other books or newspapers. You must read with an empty head,
a blank and vacant mind, without there being any other thought; you
must concentrate much, remain empty, calm and open; then the words,
rhythms, vibrations will penetrate directly to this white page, will put
their stamp upon the brain, will explain themselves without your making
any effort.
- The Mother
Thanks,
AuroMere Meditation Center,
Chennai.
Tags: Sri Aurobindo, Aravindar, Savitri, Daily Savitri, Series, The Mother Aurobindo
It does not matter if you do not understand it ? Savitri, read it always. You will see that every time you read it, something new will be revealed to you. Each time you will get a new glimpse, each time a new experience; things which were not there, things you did not understand arise and suddenly become clear. Always an unexpected vision comes up through the words and lines. Every time you try to read and understand, you will see that something is added, something which was hidden behind is revealed clearly and vividly. I tell you the very verses you have read once before, will appear to you in a different light each time you re-read them. This is what of happens invariably. Always your experience is enriched, it is a revelation at each step. But you must not read it as you read other books or newspapers. You must read with an empty head, a blank and vacant mind, without there being any other thought; you must concentrate much, remain empty, calm and open; then the words, rhythms, vibrations will penetrate directly to this white page, will put their stamp upon the brain, will explain themselves without your making any effort.
- The Mother
Thanks,
AuroMere Meditation Center,
Chennai.
Tags: Sri Aurobindo, Aravindar, Savitri, Daily Savitri, Series, The Mother Aurobindo
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