Champaklal speaks

Q. I cannot understand whether I am doing yoga or not. Can it be said that I am doing your Integral Yoga?

(Sri Aurobindo) Ans.:
Everyone who is turned to the Mother is doing my Yoga. It is a great mistake to suppose that one can "do" the Purna Yoga, i.e., carry out and fulfill all the sides of the Yoga by one's own effort. No human being can do that. What one has to do is to put oneself in the Mother's hands and open oneself to her by service, by bhakti, by aspiration; then the Mother by her light and force works in him so that the sadhana is done. It is a mistake also to have the ambition to be a big Purna Yogi or a supramental being and ask oneself how far have I got towards that. The right attitude is to be devoted and given to the Mother and to wish to be whatever she wants you to be. The rest is for the Mother to decide and do in you.
Sri Aurobindo

THOUGHT AND INTROSPECTION

PRAYER FOR THE BODY

Prayer for the body is essential in our day to day life. We should know how to pray for our body.
We’ve come upon earth for certain purposes, and in this earth we have been given one family, friends and a social circle around us. The great love and care of our parents enable us to face this world and help us know ourselves. They fulfill all of our demands whenever we want. We can have our spiritual growth when we will be able to understand the immense value of our life. When we will be to allow God to manifest in our life every moment, then we can reach perfection in our life.

First of all we should offer our body to the Divine and make it a Divine instrument. Body is only tamasic part in our being which gets affected by adverse forces immediately.
For making body our first instrument, we should keep it fit by doing Yoga asanas and pranayam. We have to offer each cells of the body to Her. Let Her Force, Her Strength, will work within us. And when Her Force is there with us, what is there that can touch us or whom need we fear?

All shall be drawn into a single plan,

A divine harmony shall be earth’s law,

Beauty and joy remould her way to live:

Even the body shall remember God,

Nature shall draw back from mortality

And Spirit’s fires shall guide the earth’s blind force;

Knowledge shall bring into the aspirant

ThoughtA high proximity to Truth and God. (Page 707)

“Life will then be a power released from the various restricting bonds of Ignorance and its heights will be pushed up to a level which is beyond the hungry reach of death. The tops of Life will be ablaze with the Immortal’s thoughts, and Light shall invade the darkness at the base of Life. Then as evolution proceeds, all shall be drawn into a single plan. All the laws of earth will be illumined by a divine harmony, and beauty and joy will remould Life. Even the body will not be left behind from this consummation. It will remember that it too is a manifestation of the divine. The luminous fires of the Spirit shall guide the blind force of the earth. Knowledge shall lead all aspiring thought to a nearness to Truth and God.”
Savitri, Sri Aurobindo


“Life must blosoom like a flower offering itself to The Divine.”
The Mother

Thoughts and Introspection- 02-Feb.-2009

Thoughts and Introspection- 02-Feb.-2009
Comparison with others is an inherent quality of lower mind. This is the main cause of all the conflicts and problems. In our day to day life most of the time we used to compare ourselves with others and especially most often this happens in our official environment. When my colleague does not do anything and just passes time in office hours and at the same time I used to struggle a lot to get the things moving, then in most of the time some sort of anger or depression comes into the mind and sometimes also that express it in outward activities. I was observing the same situation today and was trying to control my restlessness. But if we take the case of our family life the equation is altogether different. Mother used to work hard and never complains. Even she may not think for a fraction of second that she is working hard and doing some favour to other family members. What’s the difference then in both of the situations? In one case we used to compare and in another that becomes a so motto responsibility. I think in one case the work is imposed on us forcefully and in other we enjoy the work. In our family life the binding force that always exists is love and affection. That only makes our working as well as life beautiful. We have to bring the same love and affection into our office atmosphere and through that only proceed further.
But there is another important thing which we to always remember is the aim and objective of our present birth. Until we establish contact with our central being, i.e., the psychic being, we have to consider each and every happenings in our life as a stepping stone for moving forward and serving the Divine.
It is said that before taking a new birth the soul decides the type of experience it is going to experience in the forthcoming life and accordingly chooses the environment, place, parents, country etc. ho will be conducive for achieving that goal. After birth eventually we forget everything because here everything has to be started from scratch once again. ..birth, childhood, youth....all the stages of life. Generally the soul creates enough situations and gives us enormous hints so that we can be able to know our true self. If we remain conscious and open ourselves to the Divine Grace then in the course of our journey we experience so many beautiful things and the purpose of the birth becomes successful. We start living our life as an offering and sacrifice to the Divine. The distinction between egoistic desire and an aspiration for the higher life becomes clearly visible to us. Sri Aurobindo in his divinely words reminds the same thing to us various times.
“If you want to be a true doer of divine works, your first aim must be to be totally free from all desire and self regarding ego. All your life must be an offering and a sacrifice to the Supreme; .......... You must grow in the divine consciousness till there is no difference between your will and hers, no motive except her impulsion in you, no action that is not her conscious action in you and though you.
Until you are capable of this complete dynamic identification, you have to regard yourself as a soul and body created for her service, one who does all for her sake. Even if the idea of the separate worker is strong in you and you feel that it is you who do the work, yet it must be done for her...” - Sri Aurobindo (Book- The Mother, Chapter- V)
As the ego sense is very much active in me and I feel in most of the cases that I am indispensable, this simply further boost my ego. Ego always tries to compare and wants to prove its greatness.
Every individual has come to this earth for some specific purpose. Why should I except that what I am doing is the best and everybody will follow me. I have to constantly monitor this idea of separateness in me and offer it to the Divine.
O my Sweet Lord, Eternal Truth, Let Thy will be done.

Thoughts and Introspection- 01-Feb.-2009

Thoughts and Introspection- 01-Feb.-2009
Among the four parts of our being the physical has a very important role to play to make our life meaningful and perfect. Now a days people are becoming more and more conscious about their body and therefore attend health camps, practice asanas and pranayamas etc.. The yoga science camp conducted by Swami Sri Ramdevji Maharaja was just concluded yesterday here at hyderabad and a large number of people of all age groups had participated in this six day camp. The camp environment was really very nice with the presence of a group consciousness and everyone was contributing their hundred percent to keep their body perfect. The electrifying words of Swamiji which touched me very much was that we should practice pranayama in the same consciousness as we do a special puja or recite a very special mantra before God. Swamiji was teaching pranayamas, various types of yogic asanas as well as preaching the participants to love the country and be a very very active and conscious citizen of our beloved mother India.
The Mother has also given so much importance to physical education. As per her words :
“ Of all the domains of human consciousness, the physical is the one most completely governed by method, order, discipline, process. ........
Physical education has three principal aspects:
(1) control and discipline of the functioning of the body,
(2) an integral, methodical and harmonious development of all the parts and movements of the body and
(3) correction of any defects and deformities. “ (Collected Works of the Mother, Vol-12)
Sometimes we don’t even know how to sit properly, how to listen, sleep, walk, etc,..
Yesterday in a youth camp, a young student who sat besides me was shaking his legs in such a manner that I was getting disturbed again and again with the feeling that as if I am shaking my legs unconsciously.
We can be able to make our body to follow a discipline only when we shall be conscious about all our movements all the time.
The second and third steps aspects can be achieved by practicing suitable asanas and pranayamas required for our own body. I have to first of all know what are the defects and deformities in my body and then try to rectify those things consciously with a methodical manner.
There is a beautiful quotation of The Mother which depicts the impact of consciousness on our body.
How to Tackle Stirs:
“Coming up and down the stairs – you cannot imagine how useful that can be from the point of view of physical culture, if you know how to make use of it. Instead of going up because you are going up and coming down because you coming down, like any ordinary man, you go up with the consciousness of all muscles which are working and of making them work harmoniously. You will see. Just try a little, you will see! This means that you can use all the movements of your life for a harmonious development of your body. “ - The Mother
How beautiful and powerful is the statement of The Mother. Just like all life is yoga for us, all our movements in life becomes an exercise then!
The final aim of our body is to express beauty and harmony and for that let us try to be conscious in all our physical activities.

Thirst for Light

"A new humanity means for us the appearance, the development of a type or race of mental beings whose principle of mentality would be no longer a mind in the Ignorance seeking for knowledge but even in its knowledge bound to the Ignorance, a seeker after Light but not its natural possessor, open to the Light but not an inhabitant of the Light, not yet a perfected instrument, truth-conscious and delivered out of the Ignorance. Instead it would be possessed already of what could be called a mind of Light, a mind capable of living in the truth, capable of being truth-conscious and manfesting in its life a direct in place of an indirect knowledge. Its mentality would be an instrument of the Light and no longer of the Ignoracne. At its highest it would be capable of passing into the supermind and from the new race would be recruited the race of supramental beings who would appear as the leaders of the evolution in earth-nature."

Source:
The Supramental Manifestation, p. 67




The Mother explains:

This was certainly what he expected of us, what he conceived of as the superman who must be the intermediate being between humanity as it is and the supramental being created in the supramenta way, that is, no longer belonging to animality at all and delivered from all animal needs.

As we are, we have been created in the ordinary animal way, and therefore, even if we transform ourselves, there will remain something of this animal origin. The supramental being as he conceived of it, is not formed in the ordinary animal way at all but directly, through a process that for the moment still seems occult to us, but is a direct handling of forces and substances in such a way that the body can be a "materialisation" and not a formation according to the ordinary animal principle.

It is quite obvious that intermediate beings are necessary, that it is these intermediate beings who must find the means of creating beings of the supermind, and undoubtedly, when Sir Aurobindo wrote this he was convinced that thsi is what we must do.

I think -- I know -- that it is now certain that we shall realise what he expects of us. It has become no longer a hope but a certainty. Only the time necessary for this realisation will be longer or shorter according to our individual effort, our concentration, our goodwill... and the importance we give to this fact. For the inattentive observer things may appear very much what they were before, but for one who knows how to see and is not deceived by appearances things are going well.

Let each one do his best and perhaps not many years will have to elapse before the first visible results become apparent to all.

It is for you to know whether this interests you more than everything else in the world... There comes a moment when the body itself finds that there is nothing in the world which is so worth living for as this transformation; that there is nothing which can have as great an interest as this passionate interest of transformation. It is as though all the cells of the body were athirst for that Light which wants to manifest; they cry out for it, they find an intense joy in it and are sure of the Victory.

This is the aspiration that I am trying to communicate to you, and you will understand that everything else in life is dull, insipid, futile, worthless in comparison with that: the transformation in the Light.

ASPIRATION FAMILY- AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To enter into and possessed by the Divine presence and consciousness, to love the Divine for the Divine’s sake alone, to be tuned in our nature into the nature of the Divine and in our works and life to be the instrument of the Divine. Its object is not to be a great Yogi or a Superman (although that may come) or to grab at the Divine for the sake of ego’s power, pride or pleasure. It is not for mokshya though liberation comes by it and all else may come but these must not be our objects. The Divine alone is our object.

WORK OF THE COMMUNITY

• Each person can be helped to improve his inner possibility like physical, vital, mental and spiritual development.
• The Community believes that development of community is the integral development of human being.
• The Community will not interfere with the freedom of its members.
• The Community believes that every person is having his own state of consciousness, understanding and own way of going. It will give proper importance to every body’s thinking. Every thing will happen on the knowledge of all the members. It will not entertain the interference of any member.
• The prime work of the Community is to love its members in its perfection.
• The Community will try to provide the basic minimum necessities of its members such as food, cloth, shelter, good health and proper education.
• The Community will treat each human being / member as an independent entity and always try to proceed together.
• Every member shall proceed in his own way. The Community will not impose any compulsion on the members in their progress but only co-operate and guide them.
• The Community will have at least one sitting in a year and in every such meeting all members are required to give in writing their experiences and achievements which will be discussed openly. The Community strongly believes in openness among the members which is a means for knowing each other and there by one can able to know his own self.
• The Community will nourish and try to blossom the inner sense of its members like a gardener.
• The Community will not act as a watchdog.
• All members have to constantly analyse themselves, their thinking and proceed accordingly.
• No body will watch anybody. All have to work in their chosen path.
• The rules and regulations of the Community will be formed with the consent of all the members. All the rules are for the development of all the members.
• Any change in the rules can be made with the consent of all members.

GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP

• A member is required to give in writing all the details about his past with date and place of birth, names of parents, permanent address, educational qualification and future plan for education and the dreams of life.
• Proof of any educational qualification is not required.
• A member should have the inner aspiration to read and live accordingly.
• A member should have his own way of living.
• The Community can also allow the parents of a member (if they desires) as members without any condition and take care of them.
• To be a new member, one should have to accept the aims and objectives of the Community and permission of the existing members is required.
• A member should believe the essence of unity in diversity.

CONDITIONS FOR PARTING WITH THE COMMUNITY

• A member can leave the community after giving six month’s notice in writing stating the reason of his leaving to the convenor. Decision in this regard will be taken after discussion with all the members.
• A member after leaving the Community will have no claim over the movable and immovable property of the Community.
• If the Community wants to dismiss a member for violation of the rules, it has to give a six months notice before dismissal and the person has no claim over the property of the community movable or immovable.
• A member should voluntarily quit if he does not have interest to progress or co-operate in any discussion, activity or in framing of rules.

PLANNING OF THE COMMUNITY

• Plan will be made every year for the development of the community.
• Plan will be prepared only by discussions and opinion of the members. The prime needs such as food, clothing, shelter, health and education will be given priority in the planning.
• Plans will be materialised only by the consent of 2/3rd of the members.
• Always proper importance will be given towards the main aims and objectives of the community and the aims and objectives of the members at the time of planning.

FUNDS OF THE COMMUNITY

• The community shall have funds for the development of the members.
• Every member has to contribute at least two percent of his/her income.
• One treasurer will be the in-charge of this fund.
• Treasurer will be selected by at least two third of the members for a period of two years.
• In the absence of the treasurer the convenor will manage the funds.
• The treasurer will handle the fund as per the guidelines laid down in the plan.

LIBRARY OF THE COMMUNITY

• The community shall have a library for the development of educational needs of its members.
• The librarian in charge of the library shall be selected by 2/3rd of the members for a period of two years.
• Books will be procured taking into consideration the resources.
• The books and creative writings of members will be preserved in the library.

EDUCATION

• The Community will always give utmost importance on education. The Community believes that through a constant learning by the members and understanding different ideas and ideologies, one can at last finds his own way to progress spiritually.
• All the members are required to read almost all the books of the library and to give in writing their views and understandings. This is the minimum fundamental necessity for each member, which should be strictly followed.
• The members shall at the annual / half yearly meeting fix certain minimum norms for reading books, which shall be strictly followed.

CONVENOR OF THE COMMUNITY

• There shall be a convenor of the community.
• He will be selected by 2/3rd of the members for a period of one year.
• Convenor will co-ordinate among all members.

AUDIT

• The accounts of the community shall be audited every year by an auditor selected by the members.

Lastly, we can take this line of ‘The Mother’ as our motto :
“To express our Gratitude to Sri Aurobindo we can do nothing better than to be a living demonstration of his teaching.”

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Divine Presence

The followings are the writings of The Mother, which i would like to share with you all,as the Divines presence is always with in us and protecting us at all hours.

"The Divine Presence is in you.It is in you .You look for it outside; look inside .It is in you.The Presence is there....If you want, you can aspire for what seems to you the supreme goal,supreme light,supreme knowledge,supreme love.But it is in you- otherwise you would never be able to contact it.If you go deep enough inside you, you will find it there, like a flame that is always burning straight up."

The Mother

Mother's Prayers and Meditation

My being goes up to Thee in thanksgiving,not because Thou usest this weak and imperfect body to manifest Thyself,but because Thou dost manifest Thyself,and that is the Splendour of splendours,the Joy of joys,the Marvel of marvels.All who seek Thee with ardour should understand that Thou art there whenever threre is need of Thee;and if they could have the supreme faith to give up seeking Thee,but rather to await Thee, at each moment putting themselves integrally at Thy service,Thou wouldst be there whenever there was need of Thee;and is there not always need of Thee with us,whatever may be the different, and often unexpectd, forms of Thy manifestation?

Let Thy glory be proclaimed

And sanctify life;

Let it transform men's hearts,

And Thy Peace reign on earth.

The Mother

February 10, 1913

Make the Gift of Your Will

"You can at every minute make the gift of your will in an aspiration -- and an aspiration which formulates itself very simply, not just "Lord, Thy will be done", but "Grant that I may do as well as I can the best thing to do."

 

You may not know at every moment what is the best thing to do nor how to do it, but you can place your will at the disposal of the Divine to do the best possible, the best thing possible. You will see it will have marvellous results. Do this with consciousness, sincerity and perseverance, and you will find yourself getting along with gigantic strides. It is like that, isn't it? One must do things with all the ardour of one's soul, with all the strength of one's will; do at every moment the best possible, the best thing possible. What others do is not your concern -- this is something I shall never be able to repeat to you often enough."

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ---- The Mother

 

 

The Sunlit Path 

Pg. 98

Aspiration - thy name is courage

Aspiration is the other name of Courage. When you have desire, there is fear. But when you aspire, you have courage in you.