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Friday, June 22, 2012

Savitri - 55


Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
Daily Savitri - 55


Awhile, withdrawn in secret fields of thought, 
Her mind moved in a many-imaged past 
That lived again and saw its end approach: 
Dying, it lived imperishably in her; 
Transient and vanishing from transient eyes, 
Invisible, a fateful ghost of self, 
It bore the future on its phantom breast. 

- 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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