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you only took the trouble (7).” and every movement to the Divine and the
Shakti (8).”
Only after (and even simultaneously) the right
effort is put, we have in our being the flowering References
of the aspects of the Mother as Maheshwari,
Mahasarasvati, Mahalakshmi, and Mahakali, as 1. The Mother. Mother’s Agenda, Volume 5. Paris:
shared by Sri Aurobindo in his writings on Institut de Recherchess Evolutives; 1979 (English
the Mother. transl) , p. 158.

So let us march forward and forward on the 2. Sri Aurobindo. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo,
path, with the personal effort required of us. Volume 32. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Trust; 2012, p.4.
“…. But so long as the lower nature is active 3. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
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necessary.”
4. [Online] Available from: http://ajabshahar.
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of aspiration, rejection and surrender: November 2022].

“.... an aspiration vigilant, constant, unceasing 5. [Online] Available from: https://lyricspandits.
— the mind’s will, the heart’s seeking, the assent blogspot.com/2019/07/jatan-bin-bavra-re-mirga-
of the vital being, the will to open and make ne-khet-ujada.html [Accessed 16th November 2022].
plastic the physical consciousness and nature;
rejection of the movements of the lower nature 6. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 12; 1999,
— rejection of the mind’s ideas, opinions, p. 166.
preferences, habits, constructions, so that
the true knowledge may find free room in a 7. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 4 Cent ed.
silent mind, — rejection of the vital nature’s ; 1977, p. 55.
desires, demands, cravings, sensations, passions,
selfishness, pride, arrogance, lust, greed, jealousy, 8. Sri Aurobindo. Complete Works, Volume 32;
envy, hostility to the Truth, so that the true p. 6.
power and joy may pour from above into a
calm, large, strong and consecrated vital being,
— rejection of the physical nature’s stupidity,
doubt, disbelief, obscurity, obstinacy, pettiness,
laziness, unwillingness to change, tamas, so
that the true stability of Light, Power, Ananda
may establish itself in a body growing always
more divine; surrender of oneself and all one is
and has and every plane of the consciousness

Dr. Monica Gulati, a learner and a seeker, is based in Gurgaon, India and an editor of NAMAH.

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