Process of Attaining Higher Life
For those committed to the Higher Life the process of its attainment is aspiration (for the Greater), rejection (of the lower), and surrender (to the Divine Will).

Spiritual Aspiration
Spiritual aspiration is the yearning for communion and connection with the Divine.

Aspiration
By aspiration it means the aspiration of the Soul. (MSS)

Aspiration
Aspiration is the yearning of the Soul for the Spirit.

Spiritual Aspiration
Aspiration is spiritually to want to raise one's consciousness, to connect and commune with the Spirit, to reach the greater heights of personal progress and evolution.

Man is an Eternal Seeker
Man is an eternal seeker. He seeks for the Godhead. He is the runner who attains not his goal. (MSS)

Intention vs. Aspiration
Intention is used interchangeably with Aspiration, though the latter also has a spiritual definition and meaning. [as described here]

Aspiration for the Divine
The one thing to do always is to remain firm in your aspiration to the Divine and to face with equanimity and detachment all difficulties and all oppositions. (The Mother)

All Seeking is God Seeking
As all roads lead to Rome, all seeking of man is God-seeking. (MSS)

Descent to One's Ascending Aspiration
Aspiration for the Force is the ascent that enables a descent of Light and other powers of Spirit into our being that enable us to reformulate ourselves into our ultimate evolutionary possibility.

Sincere Spiritual Aspiration
If you have a sincere aspiration to the spiritual change in your heart and soul, then you will find the way and the Guide. A mere mental seeking and questioning are not enough to open the doors of the Spirit. (Sri Aurobindo)

Sincere Aspiration for Transformation

For transformation what is needed is aspiration, and the end of ego. To those who are sincere in this regard will receive the divine help.  (Paraphrase of The Mother)

Whatever Man Seeks, He Seeks God
Man is an eternal seeker. He seeks for the Godhead. He is the runner who attains not his goal.

A soldier's life is fulfilled at the battlefront when his courage rises sky high, but when he rules as a result of conquest, a rare fulfilment that is denied to him in pitched battle comes to him. Whatever man seeks, he really seeks God.

Whether it is in duty, heroism, sacrifice, devotion, or integrity, what he really seeks is God [spirit] in them. Duty responds to honour, heroism to courage, sacrifice to his expansive being, devotion to heart, integrity to the Truth. (MSS, extracted)

Ambition vs. Aspiration that is Supported by the Force
Waiting patiently for things far out of one's reach is aspiration. It takes time for them to be fulfilled, but they will surely be accomplished. Aiming at things one does not deserve on any showing is sterile ambition and helps one to lose what he already has.

A friend suggested to an executive in an advertising company to acquire a two wheeler, giving up his cycle. The executive replied, "Many friends tell me the same thing, but I do not want a two wheeler, I am waiting for a four wheeler." In about two years, he lost his job.

Human refractoriness remains as perverse as it is capable of. In an atmosphere of freedom, the Force sails into action. The same atmosphere releases the naked ambitions of human nature in a greater measure. (MSS, extracted)

To Understand, Live the Divine Will
Our constant prayer is to understand the Divine's will and to live accordingly. (The Mother)

Also See Thoughts on Spiritual Sincerity

Availability of Spirituality for this Who Have the Call, the Aspiration for It
-Religious worship is for all. Spirituality is for those who have the call.

-There was a time when spirituality was meant for one who could go to the forest, sleep on a bed of nails, etc. Now since 1956 when the Force descended, the right to enjoy a higher spirituality is waiting at the door of everyone, provided he has aspiration. By aspiration it means the aspiration of the Soul. (MSS)

Inner Leadership that Enables Spiritual Life
In one sense it seems relatively easy to live the spiritual life because the path has been laid out; e.g. moving to the depths, opening to the Force, etc. The reality however is that most everything in the being opposes it. That is why there needs to be a welling up of aspiration, a dedication to the Spiritual Quest, and the tending of conscious inner leadership, which organizes the quest, facilitating the necessary transitions.
 

On Seeking

• Seeking is NOT to confirm what we already know.

• Seeking is outside, for something we do not have.

• Seeking is NOT in the past, unless it is for the essence. (MSS)

On Spirituality
Spirituality is in its essence an awakening to the inner reality of our being, to a spirit, self, soul ... an inner aspiration to enter into contact with the greater Reality ... a turning, converting, a transformation of our whole being ... into a new self, a new nature. (Sri Aurobindo)

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