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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