Sri Aurobindo on Avatars

The Avatar comes as the manifestation of the divine nature in
the human nature, the apocalypse of its Christhood, Krishnahood, Buddhahood, in
order that the human nature may by moulding its principle, thought, feeling,
action, being on the lines of that Christhood, Krishnahood, Buddhahood
transfigure itself into the divine. The law, the Dharma which the Avatar
establishes is given for that

President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee visits Sri Aurobindo Ashram

 (In the above photo from the right are:1st Shri N Rangaswamy, Chief Minister of Pondicherry,2nd Honourable President Shri Pranab Mukharjee, 3rd Shri Manoj Das Gupta, Managing Trustee, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicehrry,4th Shri V. Narayanasamy,Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime Minister's Office and 5th Shri Manoj Das.)












The President of

The Hour Of The Unexpected : Prof. Manoj Das

“The
20th century is only the 19th speaking with a slight American accent,” was a
remark attributed to Philip Guedalla. Now that the euphoria on the advent of
the 21st century is past, we can very well say the same thing on the 21st
century vis-à-vis the 20th century.

Consumerism surely gave a boost to the
aforesaid euphoria, but beneath it laid man's indefatigable optimism for the

Dormir tranquille

...

Nous, nous vivons dans
l'éternité.

Et je te dis (c'est
l'état de conscience normal, naturel), il n'a pas fallu une minute la nuit
dernière : il a fallu une seconde, brrf ! fini. Et alors je suis entrée dans
une sorte de joie tranquille, comme cela, qui a duré trois heures sans
interruption. Après, on a recommencé à travailler.

Mais avant de dormir,
tu fais ça : tu imagines (tu

Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram : The Occultist

 The Mother's high inner realisation and spiritual radiance
attract many seekers. In 1906 a small group was formed under her guidance,
which was named Idea. They met regularly on Wednesday evenings at
her house, first 1 rue Lemercier, later in rue des Levis and after 1910 in rue
tal de Grace. Apart from spiritual topics they also discussed occult
experiences. The Mother herself had many

Max Théon : Mother's Teacher of Occultism

Théon (Louis-Maximilian Bimstein) was an enigmatic occultist
whose evolutionary and occult teachings were indirectly taken up by Sri
Aurobindo, and may have also had some influence on the metaphysics of H.P.
Blavatsky.
A Polish Jew, he travelled to London, France, Egypt, and finally Algeria,
founding several esoteric groups along the way. He was known under several
names, but we can refer

Lord Ganesha and the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ganesha is the Power that removes obstacles by the
force of Knowledge.



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Ganesha
(among other things) is the Devata of spiritual Knowledge.



                   -   Sri Aurobindo




(On
Yoga 2, Letters on Yoga, Tome 1, pp. 377-378)



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