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Namah Vol. 28, Issue 3, 15th October 2020

plane of consciousness, one can develop an what led Yudhistira in the Mahaabhaarata to say
invincible willpower that can be linked with that the greatest riddle in the world was the
the Supreme Will. It would automatically denial of death that was an inevitable destiny.
instil the fearlessness needed to confront all The Mother described that one had to be a
adversities in life. hero-warrior to fight this formidable battle:

And this is not all. Once the plane of Will “It is the mental battle against a collective
is consolidated, one can surpass the usual suggestion that is massive, overwhelming,
cognitive space to reach a higher supra- compelling, a suggestion based on thousands
cognitive plane. From that plane, the of years of experience, on a Law of Nature
whole perspective of life changes and the that does not yet seem to have had any
same problems are viewed from a different exception (3).”
denouement. What would have appeared
fearful at a preceding stage would now One must be a warrior to wage this formidable
present as a natural affair that could be battle at the many fronts of consciousness,
spontaneously tolerated. buoyed by the aspiration of immortality. The
conquest of the fear of death would lead to a
Only such an invincible will, that is a servitor real fearlessness in all walks of life.
of the Supreme Will, can alone fight against
the huge collective suggestion of illness and References
particularly death. In fact this collective
suggestion, accumulated through ages, is the 1. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
source of our undue fear and especially of Volume 12. 2 ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
nd
the fear of death. The power of this collective Ashram Trust; 2002, pp. 83-84.
suggestion is so much that it has succeeded
in making death, which is as natural as birth, 2. Ibid., p. 84.
to be an unnatural subject — a taboo topic,
something that is sought to be denied. This is 3. Ibid., p.85.

— Dr. Soumitra Basu

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