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.