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Insight

The Fire of purification

James Anderson

Abstract
One must be conscious of the Fire within if one wants to progress. This flame should always
be nurtured and it is up to us to each one of us to tend to it. The Fire purifies the being and
unifies our will. It is the seat of all aspiration. When we offer everything to the inner Fire
throughout the day, it will take us to the threshold of transformation.

“A fire is burning there, in the deep quietude of the heart. It is the divinity in you – your true being.
Hear its voice, follow its dictates (1).”

and without this purification, we lead a very
murky, insubstantial existence. It is what
brings harmony to the discord inside. The
instruments with which our soul co-habits
have to be cleansed so it is very necessary
to our well-being.

This Fire is the embodiment of our aspiration.
Deep within the heart there is a fire that
burns. It has been lit by the Mother and it
is up to us to tend to it at all times. In some
of us it might bring the merest flicker. It is
a spiritual death whenever it goes out. We
No one can walk the path of Integral Yoga have to be awake to nurture it and once we
without repeatedly immersing the being in experience its presence, it becomes more
the Fire of purification. It is our own essence and more a dynamic part of our being. It is
and very necessary to our wholeness as well as an experience which has to be lived. Once
our spiritual progress. Without this presence experienced, it must be reinforced by practice.

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