Series I 901-1000
T = truisms of life the world
knows;
E = extension of their ideas applied to life situations;
&
= ideas known to be their own
901) Stolen
pleasure is sweet is the lower version of the higher profound truth of Lila that
self-concealing and self-discovery are the greatest joys to the embodied being. E
902)
Evil is a necessary stage of transition, but knowledge of the evil takes you out of
it. Only as long as that knowledge is lacking, one is in the grip of evil or has to face
it in life. E
903)
We fully appreciate only what we enjoy, it being real to our nerves, i.e. we have a
vital realisation of it. The rest is conceptual comprehension, an observation, a truism,
an abstraction etc. For the Lila to be real to us, we must realise the Absolute in the
vital, because only to the Absolute Lila is real now.
Only to the Absolute Lila is real now.
Only the vital is real to us.
Only when the Absolute touches the vital, Lila will be real to us. E
904)
One characteristic of the Supramental force is it does not repeat. For this reason,
we can find the strategies, methods etc. we used successfully last time, not working the
next time. If it works, certainly it is not the Supramental force that we are using. E
905)
Self-concealment and rediscovery are the sources of greatest joy, says HE. Overcoming difficulties offers greater
opportunities for joy. This can be done consciously or unconsciously. Giving up your
rights to children, wife, inferiors and enjoying their use of it and even misuse, is a
conscious practice of this principle, whose acme is seen in Ishwara surrendering to
Shakti. Problems and difficulties represent our unconscious self-concealment. &
906)
Man plays the game, rather is part of the game, unconsciously. God does it
consciously. With man both the parties, man and life, are unconscious while with God, man
alone is unconscious. The game will be over when both the parties become conscious. E
907)
We must evaluate our life and values in terms of Mother’s values. That helps
us to move towards Her. We evaluate Mother in terms of our human values which prevents us
from progressing beyond our human best. E
908)
The great of the soul that have appeared from time to time have brought us messages
which man will take many more centuries to fully absorb, since inwardly they were truly
great. In their outer lives they partly belonged to their time. Common man today often
excels them in their outer social life. T
909)
What we see as injustice, unfairness, crookedness, evil, wrong, error, failure are
all the conditions of life and work. An above average person doing any work of this level
treats them as incidents in his work and it does not bother him. Those who are below
average doing a work meant for the above average are victims of evil etc., fitting the
description that the touch of the Not-self is too much for him, generating pain. E
910)
The evolutionary adult does not feel encumbered or dismayed or non-plussed by evil,
etc. It is the unfit for survival who gives that response. E
911)
In order to see life as a MARVEL, one should be above the stream of evolution. E
912)
Your depths think or feel. Eliminate both before offering gratitude to HER. Otherwise it will be from the surface. Deep
feeling or thinking alone can give place to deeply felt gratitude. E
913)
The exhaustion of receptivity of the being is expressed by the pain in the right
hand. For those whose main function is writing, it shows in the palm and fingers. T
914)
Gratitude is fully offered on an occasion, if we move to the next higher intensity
of gratitude. T
915)
A decade of crusade — outer in the field, inner in the feelings —brings
another decade of physical work to exhaustion to confirm and concretise what the inner
crusade achieved. T
916) Ten
years of work qualifies the man for ten years of thought. T
917) Thinking
on Life prepares one to think of HER principles. T
918) No
more crusade, no further drudging, not even with the intellect or with the inner faculty.
Now you can understand without thought, enjoy without sensing, accomplish without moving. T
919) Accepting
ideals of the future is possible for the mind but the emotions hesitate and the physical
vital sensitivity revolts — abolition of property rights, free life for women. When
the consciousness changes, the hesitation disappears but the sensitivity lingers till the
environing social consciousness changes. E
920) To
overcome such hesitation and lingering sensitivity, Man sometimes resorts to overdoing his
ideal. T
921) Such
reaction and overdoing — power in raghukalam (the inauspicious time of the
day), abolition of child marriage — will have a grotesque repercussion until the
inner consciousness is transformed at the physical level with respect to that issue. T
922) What
the passage of time enables the society to accomplish in change of consciousness, yoga
helps to accomplish by self-awareness, thus enabling us to overcome Time in a small
measure. E
923) Man
mourns not only the loss of his possessions; he also mourns the misfortunes he has lost.
Having reached the next level, but not having weaned himself psychologically from the
previous level, he mourns the loss of these endowments of the previous level. E
924) Vanity
is enjoyment without intensity; possessiveness is intense enjoyment; accomplishment is
intense fullness. T
925) The
serious man looks down upon those who seek silly pleasure in preference to sedate
quietness. When his own sensitivity is wounded, the serious man does not seek the
compassion inside that can dissolve it but the human sympathy that embalms the wound and
helps its preservation. T
926) Personality
yields full results only when the person’s happiness is brim full. Presence of
compunction of any kind hamstrings personality from fulfilling itself in action. T
927) World
fame has come to Amartya Sen for his thesis on famine. It is one principle of management
extended to distribution of food. There are a hundred other principles like that.
Extending an age-old idea of any field to another field is considered by the world as
creativity of the highest order. About a few thousand such principles await exploitation. T
928) Understanding
is a process of knowing in terms of our existing knowledge. Thinking enables us to know
what the incoming knowledge stands for from its own point of view. T
929) The
male’s attraction for the female is biological.
The husband’s desire for the wife’s appreciation is psychological.
The man’s communion with the woman’s soul is spiritual. T
930) The
different Purushas are now dominated by the corresponding expressions of Prakriti. The
domination is made possible by a link principle. Desire in the vital and ego in the mind
are such principles. The dissolution of the links enables the respective Purushas to
dominate the corresponding Prakriti. E
931) Mind
itself is separate from Supermind by exclusive concentration that is Ignorance,
secondarily fortified by the formation of the ego. E
932) Total
consecration cannot begin without the individual acts of
consecration becoming total. E
933) When
knowledge is great, practice is low — unable to control thoughts, though you
understand SILENCE of the Absolute — one hits a wall and
remains there for years or forever. One way out of that difficulty is to examine the very
small areas of practice where there still exists a little scope to cover. By working at it
and fully covering it, it will start moving, though by inches. T
934) Faith
is to interpret the unknown in terms of the known. Doubt is to question the known in terms
of the unknown. T
935) All
idealists, passionate followers of a goal in military or politics or art, all
self-forgetful people who forget themselves in their one-pointed pursuit are achievers in
Ignorance by HIS definition of ignorance. E
936) Not
to know what we need to know is ignorance. To HIM Ignorance is conscious unwillingness to know
what you are to the point of becoming unconscious of IT. E
937) Celibacy
without chastity in the mind, makes the vital poisonous or perverted. Pure mind expressing
it in the body as chastity or celibacy renders the vital richness materially sweet, almost
making Mother’s consciousness emerge. E
938) To
see oneself as a speck of dust in the Ocean of life and existence is physical humility. E
939) Physical
destruction, passionate revolt, deep hatred, deep-seated disgust, disturbed sensitivity,
sad depression, wounded pride, offended outrage, dislike, disapproval, non-sensitive
physical memory lingering, the dead event refusing to dissolve are the stages through
which the dissolution of ego passes. E
940) Offended
sentiment is the other side of demonstrative vanity. By getting rid of the one, you get
rid of the other. T
941) Krishnavatar
came to destroy the tyranny of the despot and establish a social dharma. Therefore, even
today, those who read The Gita face the trials and tribulations in the society which
Krishna’s birth in the jail symbolised. Those who have overcome that in their
consciousness need not now suffer it while reading The Gita. T
942) Good
name is in proportion to the distance between you and the public. T
943) Popular approbation is not related to the public
good your service emanates. In the measure your strength of personality exceeds the
capacity in the public for gossip, one’s good name shapes. T
944) He
said how could there be seclusion when the whole world crowded into Him. Physical
seclusion there may be, but the being is never in solitude as the physical seclusion
brings in the spiritual proximity of all beings. &
945) No
discipline that is not total at its own level, is a discipline that can yield any results.
Yoga is a way of life where discipline is the beginning. T
946) The
greatest moments of history as well as the greatest hours of any family have behind them
tales of tyranny and uncomplaining sacrifice. The finer part of it is, those who have been
wronged sorely do not feel it as such and even go to the extent of glorifying the benefits
of those periods. This we describe as the full cooperation from all or the willing
sacrifice. Any nation or family can rise to any height if they espouse this attitude
willingly and happily. T
947) Grace
does not compel but surely indicates. Grace that compels issues from inside. HE calls it grace of the spirit. &
948) Man
is anchored in his “physical organisation”, i.e. his silent subconscious
existence which is dissipation of survival. Even the most rewarding exercise, be it
artistic or intellectual is pushed aside by its insistent preoccupation. Those activities
which man pushed aside in preference of his preoccupation, erupt, sprout, and interfere
whenever he takes up any serious work that he does not like. Sometimes even great literature is so produced. T
949) Work
is organised at several levels and completes itself at each level where the organisation
is complete. They are the physical organisation of skills, vital organisation of force,
mental organisation of thought and will and the supramental organisation of Real-Idea. E
950) Saturation
of organisation at each level leads to the next level. T
951) For
instance, if one who is organised at the physical level of skills takes up the
organisation of decisions, at the point of its completion and saturation, he can
effectively and permanently move into the level of mental organisation, thus moving from
the physical work to mental thought. T
952) This
is the secret of the great leap Mother’s devotees often make. In fact, what is open
to them is the organisation of the Real-Idea. Rarely do people complete the organisation
required for it. The Master Idea, the Master Act, the King Idea, and the Prayer that makes
the miracle commonplace is the mechanism of the link.
&
953) Suppose
you are in work for a couple of decades, and start organising your thoughts or attitudes
or decisions, you will SEE the corresponding thought or attitude or
decision from outside moving towards you. It
is a subtle organisation but acts without fail. In practice, you evoke response from
national or international levels though you belong to your locality.
Thought or decision can evoke such a response. E
954) Such
organisations are made up of skills, attitudes, thoughts, decisions, perceptions, values
appropriate to each plane. They complete themselves when all the needed ingredients are
there, not before. T
955) The
character of such organisations are decided by the character of each plane. Moral values
belong to ethics and mind and do not apply to other planes. T
956) Organisations
of such type, like acts, are neutral and have nothing to do with morality or values of
other planes. T
957) The
sacred sentiments of one age are often silly, laughable aspects in another age because the
sentiments are intensities of a localised circumscribed attitude, not anything eternal. T
958) Compelling
one’s nature never works, because nature is the Whole while the faculty that compels
is a part that is a point. The whole restores its equilibrium dissolving the distortion of
the part. E
959) Fear
refusing to go in spite of calling, or an idea refusing to surrender in spite of genuine
serious effort, indicates that our basic faith needs widening. If that is done, in a trice
the fear vanishes, the refractory idea surrenders. E
960) When
a work is ready for accomplishment, it is fulfilled by its previous step of enjoyment.
Enjoyment before one is ready for accomplishment is dissipation. Refusal to enjoy when one
is ready prevents the accomplishment. E
961) Humour
is the savour of life because it is an act of Ignorance recognising its folly pleasantly
in a joyous expansiveness. E
962) The
requirements of accomplishment in order of importance are strength, organisation and
skills. T
963) Two
items of work can be coordinated only when each work is organised within its own realm. T
964) The
organisational skills or systems that smoothly coordinate the individual works into a
complete work, express the blending of the individual and collective values. Often those
values are points of reversal of consciousness. E
965) Writing
down on paper an idea you know for years takes the learning to the physical consciousness,
thereby giving a greater effectivity to the knowledge to the point of making things
happen. &
966) When
a plane is saturated with organisation, any addition to it either as a positive endowment
or a negative lapse raises a life response. E
967) Saturation
of a plane with organisation enables it to
evoke a life response. E
968) Loyalty,
the highest human ideal, when offered to the past, especially to its forms, becomes a
fetter on the progress to future and turns itself into betrayal. T
969) One
reason for Japa evoking the desired response is it saturates the physical by the
repetition. T
970) It
is not as if a perfect person is let down by an imperfect person. In truth, one type of
imperfection meets with another type of imperfection. It is the blind ego that claims
moral superiority, not the reality of the situation. T
971) Only
imperfection can meet imperfection. Perfection cannot meet with imperfection as there will
be no scope for meeting. T
972) Maybe
it is imperfection of intelligence meeting with imperfection of ignorance. T
973) Hardness
can be the result of disciplined external forms unsupported by the inner contact. T
974) Neglect
or even opposition by rivals is a sure symptom of success. T
975) What
comes to us is always Grace. It comes as a tragedy only because of the conditions we are
in. E
976) The
conditions we are in are determined by the movement in Time. To change the conditions or
quicken their pace, one should rise above Time, preferably the plane of Mind. E
977) So,
it is our VIEW that determines what we view. The VIEW of the Individual is the pointed evolving
focus of the universal spirit in man. E
978) If
work is done in the right spirit and in a thoroughgoing fashion, the atmosphere starts
raising itself from the physical plane continuously till it reaches the supramental plane. E
979) Work
in the right spirit means admission of no old attitudes.
&
980) Not
taking initiative to the point of appearing careless, one must be totally detached. E
981) Generally,
he who is unable to help himself inwardly offers to help others externally. The great of
soul feeling compassion for other souls is an endeavour to extend their own inner
achievement to others inwardly. E
982) One
word uttered as a three year child’s negativity can effectively block good luck and
Mother’s Luck coming to one, in spite of active initiative on the part of the
benefactor. T
983) The
power of the motive governs the entire life while that of the attitude is alive as long as
that attitude exists. T
984) The
external power of ACTS wears out with Time, not its subtle
consequences. Acts and their consequences cannot be erased out or reversed as easily as a
thought or even an attitude. T
985) A
thought reverses on a higher understanding; an attitude reverses itself on a vital
perception of a greater emotion in the opposite direction. For an act to reverse like that
without waiting for Time to wipe it out, the physical consciousness must perceive a wider,
deeper, more intense existence that is a way of life for it. E
986) Close
living together produces responses of flatness and frustration on one level and richness
and intimacy on another level. In a situation of only taking, the former takes place,
while in a situation of giving the latter is the result. T
987) In
relation to the Divine, it is true that a greater capacity to receive results in greater
closeness. But receptivity to the Divine Influence is based on self-giving. E
988) Desire
to receive more and more from a source you wish to destroy issues out of 1) shameless
smallness, 2) desire to dominate without
being strong, 3) absence of character, and finally, 4)
an unconscious urge to be an instrument of perfection to the other. T
989) Listening
to HIS life details is much more powerful than
listening to HIS ideas. E
990) Most
or all ‘original’ ideas can be traced to the conscious store in the subconscious
of which we are unaware now. T
991) Desire
for popularity or success in being popular can also be traced to a low social origin which
gave the full taste of social neglect. T
992) That
which comes as a sacred consummation at the end of a lifetime quest sometimes turns out to
be something so precious and rich that one cannot share it (even the information) with
anyone else. T
993) The
closely guarded secret is the Law of the highest and the lowest, of course for different,
or opposite reasons. T
994) When
Mother’s Force is released in one plane, it moves to that plane which is receptive or
to the highest plane open, and works there. E
995) It
is a common experience of Avatars, Gurus, national leaders, and geniuses to find their
closest disciple having the very same doubt a newcomer raises. T
996) Great
men who have not crossed their own plane of personality respond best to challenges while
those who have crossed their plane are unable to respond to challenges of any type. T
997) Mother
has to work at certain stages for the benefit of the soul only through its digressions or
deviations. E
998) A
pure MIRACLE requires the required substance to be created
by its power. E
999) Mother
is always to be reached by breaking tradition, conscience, etc. Many avoid that
opportunity. None, even when they proceed according to Her, are willing to take the last
step and cross the line. Of these, a few have other endowments to receive Grace even
without breaking the barrier. She honours their reluctance and gives them the
boon on their own terms.
Mother's Grace is always available if only some deep sincerity is there in one form
or another. E
1000) The
Knowledge that our perfection is Imperfect Perfection will enable us to comprehend the
Perfect Perfection. E