July 19, 2024
"Forerunners of a Divine Multitude"
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch.6 Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary Forces, pp.153-154 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/07/14/forerunners-of-a-divine-multitude/
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In his epic poem Savitri, a
Legend and a Symbol,
2
00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,200
Shriorobindo describes a birth
and an awakening of individuals
3
00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,680
who are prepared to play a role
in the advent of a new
4
00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:18,040
consciousness that has the power
to transform life on earth,
5
00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:23,800
uplift human understanding, and
usher in an age of harmony and
6
00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:29,280
mutuality.
Quote I saw the omnipotence
7
00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,080
flaming pioneers over the
heavenly verge which turns
8
00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:37,440
towards life, come crowding down
the amber stairs of birth,
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00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,520
forerunners of a divine
multitude out of the paths of
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00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:47,600
the morning star they came into
the little room of mortal life.
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00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:53,360
I saw them cross the twilight of
an age, the sun eyed children of
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00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,840
a marvelous dawn, The great
creators with wide brows of
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00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:02,680
calm, the massive barrier
Breakers of the world and
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00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,760
wrestlers with destiny in her
lists of will.
15
00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:11,240
The laborers in the quarries of
the gods, the messengers of the
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00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:16,000
incommunicable, the architects
of immortality.
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Into the fallen human sphere
they came.
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Faces that wore the immortals
glory still, voices that commune
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still with the thoughts of God.
Bodies made beautiful by the
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00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,280
spirit's light carrying the
magic word, the Mystic fire
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00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,520
carrying the Dionysian cup of
joy.
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00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:42,200
Approaching eyes of a diviner
man, lips chanting an unknown
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anthem of the soul.
Feet echoing in the corridors of
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time.
High priests of wisdom,
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sweetness, might and bliss,
discoverers of beauty, sunlit
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ways and swimmers of loves,
laughing.
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Fiery floods and dancers within
rapture's golden doors.
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Their tread one day shall change
the suffering earth and justify
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the light on nature's face.
End Quote.
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Book 3 Can't of four pages 343
to 3:44.
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These forerunners of a divine
multitude are those individuals
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all around the world who have
begun to awaken to the need, the
33
00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:35,480
possibility and the reality of
the advent of a new
34
00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,960
consciousness that can transform
our lives and bring harmony to
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00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,720
humanity and balance our
relationship to the planet, the
36
00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,080
environment, and the other
beings with whom we share the
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00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,920
planet.
They do not come from any
38
00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:54,320
particular religion, philosophy,
country or group.
39
00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,400
They are individuals who are
beginning to manifest the growth
40
00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,000
beyond the limits of the body,
life, mind framework that has
41
00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,640
defined our lives since humanity
first developed on the Earth.
42
00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,600
They recognize that it is time
for the next phase of the
43
00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,480
evolution of consciousness to
take place, and they are
44
00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:20,400
aspiring for and striving to be
receptive to the new
45
00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,080
consciousness that is taking up
the challenges of the imbalances
46
00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,880
and disharmonies that our vital
mental focus have created.
47
00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,680
These individuals view the dire
situation of the world and
48
00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,400
consciously take up the
challenges and face every issue,
49
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every difficulty, every
obstruction and every delay.
50
00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,040
They are not blind to the
realities of the world, but they
51
00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,600
also see that a new force is at
work, a force that can move us
52
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beyond the fighting, the
disputing and the gridlock, the
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00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,200
mother notes quote.
Certain ideas of a more general
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00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:09,080
nature, of a wider, perhaps more
collective kind, are being
55
00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,320
worked out and are acting in the
world, and both things go
56
00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,440
together.
A possibility of a greater and
57
00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,360
more total destruction, a
reckless inventiveness which
58
00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,960
increases the possibility of
catastrophe, a catastrophe which
59
00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,320
would be on a far greater scale
than it has ever been.
60
00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:35,520
And at the same time, the birth,
or rather the manifestation of
61
00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,200
much higher and more
comprehensive ideas and acts of
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00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:45,360
will which, when they are heard,
will bring a wider vaster, more
63
00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,600
complete, more perfect remedy
than before.
64
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This struggle, this conflict
between the constructive forces
65
00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,400
of the ascending evolution, of a
more and more perfect and divine
66
00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:03,280
realization, and the more and
more destructive, powerfully
67
00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:08,800
destructive forces, forces that
are mad beyond all control, is
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00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:14,080
more and more obvious, marked,
visible, and it is a kind of
69
00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,480
race or struggle as to which
we'll reach the goal first.
70
00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,480
It would seem that all the
adverse anti divine forces, the
71
00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,840
forces of the vital world, have
descended on the earth are
72
00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:31,440
making use of it as their field
of action, and that at the same
73
00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:36,800
time a new, higher, more
powerful spiritual force has
74
00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,520
also descended on earth to bring
it a new life.
75
00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,000
This makes the struggle more
acute, more violent, more
76
00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:51,240
visible, but it seems also more
definitive, and that is why we
77
00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,920
can hope to reach an early
solution.
78
00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,520
This opens up roads of
realization into the future
79
00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:03,600
possibilities which are already
foreseen when an entire part of
80
00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,560
humanity, the one which is open
consciously or unconsciously to
81
00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,280
the new forces, is lifted up, as
it were, into a higher, more
82
00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:18,560
harmonious, more perfect life.
Even if individual
83
00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:23,120
transformation is not always
permissible or possible, there
84
00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:27,000
will be a kind of general
uplifting, a harmonization of
85
00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,440
the whole, which will make it
possible for a new order, a new
86
00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:36,080
harmony, to be established, and
for the anguish of the present
87
00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:41,320
disorder and struggle to
disappear and be replaced by an
88
00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,920
order which will allow a
harmonious functioning of the
89
00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:49,760
whole.
End Quote Reference Sri
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00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,280
Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter
91
00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:56,520
6.
Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary
92
00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,480
Forces, pages 153 to 154.
00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:05,240
In his epic poem Savitri, a
Legend and a Symbol,
2
00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,200
Shriorobindo describes a birth
and an awakening of individuals
3
00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,680
who are prepared to play a role
in the advent of a new
4
00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:18,040
consciousness that has the power
to transform life on earth,
5
00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:23,800
uplift human understanding, and
usher in an age of harmony and
6
00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:29,280
mutuality.
Quote I saw the omnipotence
7
00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,080
flaming pioneers over the
heavenly verge which turns
8
00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:37,440
towards life, come crowding down
the amber stairs of birth,
9
00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,520
forerunners of a divine
multitude out of the paths of
10
00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:47,600
the morning star they came into
the little room of mortal life.
11
00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:53,360
I saw them cross the twilight of
an age, the sun eyed children of
12
00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,840
a marvelous dawn, The great
creators with wide brows of
13
00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:02,680
calm, the massive barrier
Breakers of the world and
14
00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,760
wrestlers with destiny in her
lists of will.
15
00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:11,240
The laborers in the quarries of
the gods, the messengers of the
16
00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:16,000
incommunicable, the architects
of immortality.
17
00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,480
Into the fallen human sphere
they came.
18
00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:24,880
Faces that wore the immortals
glory still, voices that commune
19
00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,080
still with the thoughts of God.
Bodies made beautiful by the
20
00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,280
spirit's light carrying the
magic word, the Mystic fire
21
00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,520
carrying the Dionysian cup of
joy.
22
00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:42,200
Approaching eyes of a diviner
man, lips chanting an unknown
23
00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,840
anthem of the soul.
Feet echoing in the corridors of
24
00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,160
time.
High priests of wisdom,
25
00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:55,400
sweetness, might and bliss,
discoverers of beauty, sunlit
26
00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,480
ways and swimmers of loves,
laughing.
27
00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:03,440
Fiery floods and dancers within
rapture's golden doors.
28
00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:09,520
Their tread one day shall change
the suffering earth and justify
29
00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,600
the light on nature's face.
End Quote.
30
00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,560
Book 3 Can't of four pages 343
to 3:44.
31
00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,400
These forerunners of a divine
multitude are those individuals
32
00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:31,480
all around the world who have
begun to awaken to the need, the
33
00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:35,480
possibility and the reality of
the advent of a new
34
00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,960
consciousness that can transform
our lives and bring harmony to
35
00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,720
humanity and balance our
relationship to the planet, the
36
00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,080
environment, and the other
beings with whom we share the
37
00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,920
planet.
They do not come from any
38
00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:54,320
particular religion, philosophy,
country or group.
39
00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,400
They are individuals who are
beginning to manifest the growth
40
00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,000
beyond the limits of the body,
life, mind framework that has
41
00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,640
defined our lives since humanity
first developed on the Earth.
42
00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,600
They recognize that it is time
for the next phase of the
43
00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,480
evolution of consciousness to
take place, and they are
44
00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:20,400
aspiring for and striving to be
receptive to the new
45
00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,080
consciousness that is taking up
the challenges of the imbalances
46
00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,880
and disharmonies that our vital
mental focus have created.
47
00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,680
These individuals view the dire
situation of the world and
48
00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,400
consciously take up the
challenges and face every issue,
49
00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,240
every difficulty, every
obstruction and every delay.
50
00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,040
They are not blind to the
realities of the world, but they
51
00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,600
also see that a new force is at
work, a force that can move us
52
00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:59,600
beyond the fighting, the
disputing and the gridlock, the
53
00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,200
mother notes quote.
Certain ideas of a more general
54
00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:09,080
nature, of a wider, perhaps more
collective kind, are being
55
00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,320
worked out and are acting in the
world, and both things go
56
00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,440
together.
A possibility of a greater and
57
00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,360
more total destruction, a
reckless inventiveness which
58
00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,960
increases the possibility of
catastrophe, a catastrophe which
59
00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,320
would be on a far greater scale
than it has ever been.
60
00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:35,520
And at the same time, the birth,
or rather the manifestation of
61
00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,200
much higher and more
comprehensive ideas and acts of
62
00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:45,360
will which, when they are heard,
will bring a wider vaster, more
63
00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,600
complete, more perfect remedy
than before.
64
00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:54,000
This struggle, this conflict
between the constructive forces
65
00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,400
of the ascending evolution, of a
more and more perfect and divine
66
00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:03,280
realization, and the more and
more destructive, powerfully
67
00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:08,800
destructive forces, forces that
are mad beyond all control, is
68
00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:14,080
more and more obvious, marked,
visible, and it is a kind of
69
00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,480
race or struggle as to which
we'll reach the goal first.
70
00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,480
It would seem that all the
adverse anti divine forces, the
71
00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,840
forces of the vital world, have
descended on the earth are
72
00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:31,440
making use of it as their field
of action, and that at the same
73
00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:36,800
time a new, higher, more
powerful spiritual force has
74
00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,520
also descended on earth to bring
it a new life.
75
00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,000
This makes the struggle more
acute, more violent, more
76
00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:51,240
visible, but it seems also more
definitive, and that is why we
77
00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,920
can hope to reach an early
solution.
78
00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,520
This opens up roads of
realization into the future
79
00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:03,600
possibilities which are already
foreseen when an entire part of
80
00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,560
humanity, the one which is open
consciously or unconsciously to
81
00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,280
the new forces, is lifted up, as
it were, into a higher, more
82
00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:18,560
harmonious, more perfect life.
Even if individual
83
00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:23,120
transformation is not always
permissible or possible, there
84
00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:27,000
will be a kind of general
uplifting, a harmonization of
85
00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,440
the whole, which will make it
possible for a new order, a new
86
00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:36,080
harmony, to be established, and
for the anguish of the present
87
00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:41,320
disorder and struggle to
disappear and be replaced by an
88
00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,920
order which will allow a
harmonious functioning of the
89
00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:49,760
whole.
End Quote Reference Sri
90
00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,280
Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter
91
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6.
Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary
92
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Forces, pages 153 to 154.