The Divine is given to us in the great formula of Sachidananda, which can be translated as pure being (sat), consciousness (chit), and bliss (ananda). It has a transcendent, yet self-absorbing aspect, but also a dynamic multi-dimensional fullness. Sachidananda continuously pours forth its essence into the different worlds of existence and enters back into them as their inner substance and support. In Sanskrit, the term for energy is shakti, the force or active power of the Divine and it signifies the feminine principle. In the Tantric tradition, and according to Sri Aurobindo, Shakti is the Divine Mother, the Consciousness-Force of God. As creator of the worlds, Shakti is manifested in all things, and is at the core of Sri Aurobindo’s teaching of Integral Yoga.
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Friday, January 6
The Divine Mother in Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga—by Joan Price
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RY Deshpande
on Fri 06 Jan 2012 03:30 AM IST
We shall die afterwards
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RY Deshpande
on Fri 06 Jan 2012 03:30 AM IST
This remark, "We shall die afterwards," is my own experience, it wasn't a "dream"—in fact, it's never dreams: it's a sort of STATE you enter VERY CONSCIOUSLY, and all at once you relive a thing. Even now I can see the picture: I see the picture of the people, the populace, myself, the gown, the person who nursed me—I see the whole scene. And I answered ... It was so obvious! I felt so strongly that things are governed by the will that I answered, "We shall die afterwards," quite simply.
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