March 22, 2025
The Soul's Aspiration for Adherence to the Divine Will in Manifestation
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 1, Looking at Life and Circumstances, pp.30-31This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/the-souls-aspiration-for-adherence-to-the-divine-will-in-manifestation/
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The most direct way to align
oneself with the divine will is
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to treat the soul, the psychic
being, as the standpoint from
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which the being takes its
stance.
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This is not a mental analysis, a
desire of the vital, or a
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physical need or impulsion.
Rather, it takes the form of an
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aspiration, a prayer, a
consecration which recognizes
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the Divine as the focus, driver
and director of all one's
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actions.
The Mother observes quote Every
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morning my aspiration rises
ardently to Thee, and in the
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00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:50,800
silence of my satisfied heart I
ask that Thy law of love be may
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be expressed, that Thy will may
manifest.
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And in anticipation I adhere
with joy and serenity to those
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circumstances which will express
this law and this will.
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Oh, why be restless and want
that for oneself things should
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turn out in one way and not
another?
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Why decide that a particular set
of circumstances will be the
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expression of the best
possibilities, and then launch
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into a bitter struggle so that
these possibilities may be
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realized?
Why not use all one's energy
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solely to will, in the calm of
inner confidence that thy law
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may triumph everywhere and
always over all difficulties,
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all darkness, all egoism.
How the horizon widens as soon
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as one learns to take this
attitude.
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How all anxiety vanishes, giving
place to a constant
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illumination, to the omnipotence
of disinterestedness to will.
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00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:12,320
What Thou willest, O Lord, is to
live constantly in communion
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with Thee, to be delivered from
all contingencies, to escape all
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narrowness, to fill one's lungs
with pure and wholesome air, to
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00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:28,000
get rid of all useless
weariness, be relieved of all
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cumbrous loads, so as to run
briskly towards the only goal
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worth attaining the triumph of
Thy Divine Law.
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O Lord, with what joy and trust
I greet Thee this morning.
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End Quote.
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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Mother, Looking from Within,
Chapter 1, Looking at Life and
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Circumstances, pages 30 to 31.
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The most direct way to align
oneself with the divine will is
2
00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:10,400
to treat the soul, the psychic
being, as the standpoint from
3
00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,440
which the being takes its
stance.
4
00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:18,440
This is not a mental analysis, a
desire of the vital, or a
5
00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:23,440
physical need or impulsion.
Rather, it takes the form of an
6
00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:29,280
aspiration, a prayer, a
consecration which recognizes
7
00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:34,880
the Divine as the focus, driver
and director of all one's
8
00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:40,560
actions.
The Mother observes quote Every
9
00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:45,280
morning my aspiration rises
ardently to Thee, and in the
10
00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:50,800
silence of my satisfied heart I
ask that Thy law of love be may
11
00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,040
be expressed, that Thy will may
manifest.
12
00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:01,480
And in anticipation I adhere
with joy and serenity to those
13
00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:06,360
circumstances which will express
this law and this will.
14
00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:12,080
Oh, why be restless and want
that for oneself things should
15
00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,720
turn out in one way and not
another?
16
00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,840
Why decide that a particular set
of circumstances will be the
17
00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:24,800
expression of the best
possibilities, and then launch
18
00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,720
into a bitter struggle so that
these possibilities may be
19
00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,480
realized?
Why not use all one's energy
20
00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:38,320
solely to will, in the calm of
inner confidence that thy law
21
00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:43,600
may triumph everywhere and
always over all difficulties,
22
00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:51,400
all darkness, all egoism.
How the horizon widens as soon
23
00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,560
as one learns to take this
attitude.
24
00:01:54,800 --> 00:02:00,160
How all anxiety vanishes, giving
place to a constant
25
00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:07,080
illumination, to the omnipotence
of disinterestedness to will.
26
00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:12,320
What Thou willest, O Lord, is to
live constantly in communion
27
00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:17,880
with Thee, to be delivered from
all contingencies, to escape all
28
00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:23,760
narrowness, to fill one's lungs
with pure and wholesome air, to
29
00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:28,000
get rid of all useless
weariness, be relieved of all
30
00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,960
cumbrous loads, so as to run
briskly towards the only goal
31
00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,640
worth attaining the triumph of
Thy Divine Law.
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00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:44,920
O Lord, with what joy and trust
I greet Thee this morning.
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00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,920
End Quote.
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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Mother, Looking from Within,
Chapter 1, Looking at Life and
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Circumstances, pages 30 to 31.