I tried to look up whether the Mother has said something about it, but at one place she says that she didn’t understand it. However, is there any other explanation to this aphorism? I would really appreciate it if you could explain it to me. Thank you.
You might have read or heard the famous aphorism of Kabir about whom he should love more: the Guru who led him to Gobind. He closes it by saying he loves the Guru more since he took him to Gobind. Here is his aphorism for reference.
‘Guru Gobind dou khade, kaake laagoon paay.
Balihari guru aapne, Gobind diyo batay.’
Now Sri Aurobindo takes it to another level altogether. Krishna is the Divine and Kali is the Divine Power that led him to Krishna. So whom does he love more? Well, identified with Kali, who was carrying him to Krishna, he loved Her as a child loves his mother who is carrying him to his longed-for place. The longed-for place is still loved as one loves what one longs for but knows not fully about what that experience would be. But as he reaches the place and identifies with Krishna more and more, his love for Krishna grows. He has discovered and identified with the Divine for whom he longed for and towards whom Kali, the most powerful aspect of the Divine Mother, was carrying him.
This is what the Aphorism conveys in a charming way. The first part is the love one naturally experiences for all that helps one in the journey. But as one draws closer and identifies with the Divine, then the love turns towards Him more and more. It is not that one discards the powers that help or helped, but the intensity and the force of love changes as one identifies with the Divine whom one was seeking.
Interestingly, the Mother says She does not understand this because She is both, the power that carries us and the Shakti identified with the Supreme Lord. So this is not Her experience. She is the Avatar, an embodiment of the Divine Grace and Love, conscious of the Divine even as a child from birth.
Hope it is clear now.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
