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Namah Vol. 30, Issue 4, 15th January 2023

the wave that cascades against us, the stronger it, well then, begin with the work which
and more aligned our will has to be. is given to you, that is to say, realise
what you have to do and do not concern
This is not an ordeal many would choose yourself with what others do, because,
but perhaps there is a chink in our destiny after all, it is not your business. And
which needs to be experienced and resolved. the best way to the true attitude is
Behind everything, there is always a purpose simply to say, ‘All those around me,
and a plan. To compound it all, we are not all the circumstances of my life, all the
doing this practice only for our meagre people near me, are a mirror held up to
individuality and personal salvation. This me by the Divine Consciousness to show
work in miniature may only be a miniscule me the progress I must make. Everything
aspect of the world-play but it must be that shocks me in others means a work I have
fulfilled for the Divine Work to be complete. to do in myself (3).‘”

Our aspiration is seldom single-pointed. References
It is invariably entangled and tainted with
desires, whims and cravings. This is where 1. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
practice comes in. The work of purification Volume 14. Cent ed. Pondicherry: Sri
and integration is so necessary if one wants Aurobindo Ashram Trust; 1980, p. 295.
to progress. This is truly what we are here
for. 2. Sri Aurobindo. Birth Centenary Library,
Volume 5. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
“You stop short at the perfection that Ashram Trust; 1971, p. 100.
others should realise and you are seldom
conscious of the goal you should be 3. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 10;
pursuing yourself. If you are conscious of 1977, p. 23.

James Anderson is a member of SAIIIHR and coordinating editor of NAMAH.

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