The perfume is the psychic fragrance and those living in the vital not only do not appreciate it but may resist it as it compels us to lose all that is crude and desire driven. It is like the story that Sri Ramakrishna recounted wherein three fisherwomen took shelter on a stormy night in a flower vendors flower store room. They couldn’t sleep at all because the flower fragrance repelled them and they desperately missed the smell of fishes.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
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They carry within them a certitude along with an inner peace and joy that is the constant companion of any activity of the higher consciousness.
All these customs and traditions developed due to certain local situations and circumstances. For example, this particular so-called rule may have been agreed upon to give rest to the barbers for a day. The Mother and Sri …
Which book of Mona da is it mentioned? I have not come across it. Would like to see the reference. Sri Aurobindo’s own assessment of him was that he was a passionate sentimental idealist with the streak of ambition that drove him. Of course this comment refers to his personaity and nature in this life. It is not any judgment ….
