Sri Krishna and Sri Aurobindo are one, but the approach is different for each one. Sri Krishna is the Divine as a friend who counsels us but leaves us free to act or not act and, as a result, go through the consequences. He gives us freedom to be, while drawing us quietly towards Him, waiting for the moment when you are unable to resist the call and leave everything behind out of love for Krishna and arrive at liberation. Both Sri Krishna and Sri Aurobindo come to us as a friend, master and lover of our souls. Though the love that Sri Aurobindo brings has more of the nature of compassion, whereas the love that Sri Krishna brings is that of the Divine Beloved. The difference is that Sri Krishna, in the end allows nothing to stand between us and the Divine, taking away everything that eventually stands in the way. Sri Aurobindo, however, gives much more freedom due to the Compassion that he brings. Sri Krishna draws us towards liberation, whereas Sri Aurobindo takes us further towards transformation.
But The Mother, She is beyond. She does not so much advice, instruct or attracts; She simply takes us, sheltered in Her heart of Love, towards the Divine Perfection. She does not instruct or give us a path to follow as much as She carries us along all the way from wherever we are to where we are meant to be. She is The Mother and as a mother She conceives and delivers from the womb of ignorance into the wide sunlight to grow towards our highest possibility. She keeps a watch forever, not waiting for us to be drawn by the Call but intervening at every step, bearing with and rectifying every error, shielding and protecting us against every danger and difficulty, taking care of us not only inwardly but also outwardly so that our journey is also safe and happy and provided with all that is necessary for the path. To be drawn towards the Mother means that the path is no more left to us. It is She who then takes up the full responsibility to take us to the goal.
To turn to Her is to be sure of reaching the goal. She doesn’t give us a teaching or a method nor expects anything from us to reach the goal. She simply carries us towards it, surrounded by Her Grace and Protection. Maa is the mantra given to you for the Path, not just the greatest support on the Way but the greatest power that combines both sweetness and strength, love and wisdom and all the infinite patience and perseverance needed to shape the intended Divine Perfection in us.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
