So it appeals very easily. Bhagavadam gives me the greatest Bhakthi epic, filling my mind with Krishna Bhakthi easily, though it’s only outward, Sadhana Bhakthi, but feel the happiness here in this world right now. Whereas reading Sri Aurobindo seriously makes you lose your present condition and look forward to the Future with a big target and hope, which is a thing of a faraway future, in a far away newland, ie Transformed Earth.
The fear of losing my present self is very much in Sri Aurobindo’s literature, whereas other readings slowly lift me, making me comfortable as I am…
Yes, that is understandable and a number of people feel so. One part of us is attracted towards the future, while another, most of it, is afraid of shifting out of our comfort zone and habits and patterns. It is so for every new idea. It is something similar to people who have to move out of their state or nation or any familiar surroundings. There is a resistance, though the mind justifies it in a number of ways.
The other problem is a lack of aspiration. There is a deficiency in seeking Truth and Knowledge which prevents our advance. It is the same as in Science that one is too satisfied with what one knows and believes that what one knows is enough or ultimate.
Anyways, it is a problem that each individual has to solve for themselves. However, the general rule of life is that whatever stops advancing, stops progressing, begins to decay and die.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
[Follow-up Question:]
“Anyways, it is a problem that each individual has to solve for themselves. However, the general rule of life is that whatever stops advancing, stops progressing, begins to decay and die.”
Since each individual evolves according to their vehicle, they travel and the distance they have to cover. It depends on their Prakruthi. So a person beginning with Sri Rama now will walk along with Him, then with Sri Krishna, then finally, maybe with Sri Aurobindo. Because Sri Aurobindo is much in front, far ahead, and the vehicle is an ordinary bus or train, not a space jet.
He can only see the far-off luminous Star in the sky, and enjoy or admire Sunita Williams’s space travel, but never intends to fly like her. Or like a Cricket fan, physically unfit, will love watching the match, grow crazy, understand all the rules of the game, but he can never play. So it’s my pleasure to enjoy and watch Sri Aurobindo and His team with Sri Maa as their trainer, in the game of human life, but can’t play in Their Team. I can be the first in the front row watching the game with utmost awe.
But we are saying the same thing. As long as one accepts the principle of progress and evolution, which is a most beautiful thing in Sanatana Dharma, the pace doesn’t much matter.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
