Nov. 4, 2025
The Flame of Aspiration, the Mystic Fire
reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 2, Faith — Aspiration — Surrender, pg. 31This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/the-flame-of-aspiration-the-mystic-fire/
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The Rig Veda has a large number
of hymns to Agni, the Mystic
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Fire.
Sri Orovindo translated and
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commented on the hymns to Agni
in his book Hymns to the Mystic
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Fire.
The importance of the Mystic
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fire, which we may call the
Flame of aspiration for the
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spiritual seeker is evidenced by
both the number of hymns
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appearing in the Rig Veda as
well as the fact that the very
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first hymn is dedicated to Agni.
This first hymn sets the tone of
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the spiritual seer's devotion to
the development of this flame of
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aspiration as the basis for
spiritual Sadhna.
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Srioro Bindo translates this
first hymn quote.
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I adore the Flame, the vicar,
the divine Ritwik of the
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sacrifice, the Summoner who most
founds the ecstasy.
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The Flame, adorable by the
ancient sages is adorable too by
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the new he brings here the gods,
By the Flame one enjoys a
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treasure that verily increases
day by day, glorious, most full
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of hero power.
O Flame, the Pilgrim sacrifice
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on every side of which thou art,
with the environing being that
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truly goes among the gods, the
Flame, the Summoner, the Seer,
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will true and most full of
richly varied listenings.
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May he come a God with the gods.
O Flame, the happy good which
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thou shalt create for the Giver
is that truth.
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And verily thine, O ungar us to
thee, O flame, we day by day, in
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the night and in the light, come
carrying by our thought the
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obeisance to thee who reignest
over our Pilgrim sacrifices,
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luminous guardian of the truth,
increasing in thy own home.
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Therefore be easy of access to
us as a father unto his Son.
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Cling to us for our happy state.
End Quote.
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It is this deep, powerful inward
flame of aspiration that makes
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possible the advent of the
transforming powers of the
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higher spiritual Consciousness,
Srioro Bindu observes quote.
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The fire is the divine fire of
aspiration and inner Tapasia.
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When the fire descends again and
again with increasing force and
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magnitude into the darkness of
human ignorance, it at first
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seems swallowed up and absorbed
in the darkness, but more and
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more of the descent changes the
darkness into light, the
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ignorance and unconsciousness of
the human mind into spiritual
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consciousness.
End Quote Reference Srioro
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Bindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 2.
Faith, Aspiration, Surrender,
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page 31.
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The Rig Veda has a large number
of hymns to Agni, the Mystic
2
00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,039
Fire.
Sri Orovindo translated and
3
00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,920
commented on the hymns to Agni
in his book Hymns to the Mystic
4
00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,760
Fire.
The importance of the Mystic
5
00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,640
fire, which we may call the
Flame of aspiration for the
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00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,920
spiritual seeker is evidenced by
both the number of hymns
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00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:27,200
appearing in the Rig Veda as
well as the fact that the very
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00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:33,080
first hymn is dedicated to Agni.
This first hymn sets the tone of
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00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,560
the spiritual seer's devotion to
the development of this flame of
10
00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,280
aspiration as the basis for
spiritual Sadhna.
11
00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:45,040
Srioro Bindo translates this
first hymn quote.
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I adore the Flame, the vicar,
the divine Ritwik of the
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00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:55,400
sacrifice, the Summoner who most
founds the ecstasy.
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00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,680
The Flame, adorable by the
ancient sages is adorable too by
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00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:07,320
the new he brings here the gods,
By the Flame one enjoys a
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00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:12,880
treasure that verily increases
day by day, glorious, most full
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of hero power.
O Flame, the Pilgrim sacrifice
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on every side of which thou art,
with the environing being that
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truly goes among the gods, the
Flame, the Summoner, the Seer,
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00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:33,360
will true and most full of
richly varied listenings.
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May he come a God with the gods.
O Flame, the happy good which
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thou shalt create for the Giver
is that truth.
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And verily thine, O ungar us to
thee, O flame, we day by day, in
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the night and in the light, come
carrying by our thought the
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obeisance to thee who reignest
over our Pilgrim sacrifices,
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luminous guardian of the truth,
increasing in thy own home.
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Therefore be easy of access to
us as a father unto his Son.
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Cling to us for our happy state.
End Quote.
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It is this deep, powerful inward
flame of aspiration that makes
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possible the advent of the
transforming powers of the
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00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:34,640
higher spiritual Consciousness,
Srioro Bindu observes quote.
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The fire is the divine fire of
aspiration and inner Tapasia.
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When the fire descends again and
again with increasing force and
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magnitude into the darkness of
human ignorance, it at first
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seems swallowed up and absorbed
in the darkness, but more and
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more of the descent changes the
darkness into light, the
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ignorance and unconsciousness of
the human mind into spiritual
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consciousness.
End Quote Reference Srioro
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Bindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 2.
Faith, Aspiration, Surrender,
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page 31.
