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Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo says there is no shortcut to Divinity. Does it mean that, apart from an understanding of yoga, one must fulfil certain moral, ethical responsibilities towards family or people before one can practise consecration to the Divine, union, realization of the Divine, etc? ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

No no no. Moral, ethical, social notions have little to do with the true spiritual life. There are number of examples of authentic spiritual Masters

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I am 19 years old. I have a question about Sri Aurobindo. On December 5th, it is said that on that day Sri Aurobindo sacrificed his own body. According to my limited understanding, did Sri Aurobindo take this step to bring down the Supramental into the Inconscient? Or did something else happen? ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒ… […]

The Supramental Consciousness represents the Divine fulfilment of creation whereas the Inconscient represents the ultimate resistance to this fulfilment. Man stands in between the two.

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I am currently reading Champaklal Speaks. I feel that, after Hanuman ji, Champaklal received the rare blessing of constant service and nitya-sanga of the Lord. The way Sri Aurobindo and the Mother loved himโ€”their grace towards him seemed truly infinite; “jasu kripa nahi kripa aghatiโ€. ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒผ […]

He was indeed Their son who served Them as Hanuman did, keeping a vigil all through. There is a talk of mine on Champaklal ji,

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I have been reading Champaklal Speaks, and I recently came across a narration where Champaklal Ji speaks about occult practices. It left me a little shaken (not in a negative way), but maybe because I have never really come across this subject before and don’t have the understanding to place it in the right perspective. ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ“–[…]

Occult simply refers to a whole hidden dimensions of life, the layers of creation whose forces act from within and around upon us. To put

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I was fortunate to come across Nirod daโ€™s two talks on Champaklal ji. It was so very touching and taking close to Them. Maybe I missed it or was not there about his leaving the Ashram before his final departure. Would you mind sharing some link or clarifying if I am wrong in my impression? ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿชท

After The Mother’s physical withdrawl, Champaklal ji had practically no outer work as his whole life was centered around Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.

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