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Namah                                    Vol. 31, Issue 1, 24th April 2023





        rest, and offering ourselves a period of re-  possessions is not going to benefit me. Now
        discovery of our inner ground. So that in that  one can embark on a journey of cultivation
        stability, once more, self-giving to the Divine  of self-forgetfulness with this understanding
        can happen and a new birth can happen. It is  gained through life experiences; it can be a
        like when one has a wound, giving it some  path towards active self-giving, offering our
        time to heal away from external stimuli like  life to the Divine, in all aspects.
        sprinkling salt or chillies, help it to heal
        quicker and regain health.               Wherever I am, I can start from there, for
                                                 we clearly see, if we are brave enough to
                                                 experiment with ourselves, that the peace,
                                                 beauty and joy that we get in an utter self-
                                                 giving to the Divine, is incomparable. And
                                                 we can see that we have been looking for
                                                 this throughout our life; and that there is no
                                                 end to the endless demands of the ‘little me.’

                                                 “What is the difference between ‘self-forget-
                                                 fulness’ and ‘self-giving’? Self-forget-fulness
        If such is the case, in case of our past rigid  may simply be a passive state resulting from
        samskaras, which are showing resistances   a total lack of egoism. Self-giving, which takes
        again and again, one must take some time  its full value when it is directed towards the
        off like a retreat, to rediscover and then  Divine, is an active movement which includes
        begin afresh, either back in the same place,  love in its purest and highest form.
        or finding a new niche for oneself, where one
        can continue offering oneself to the Divine.   “A total self-giving to the Divine is the true
                                                 purpose of existence (5).”
        Living the true purpose of human life
                                                 References
        We often wonder why we are born, what
        is the purpose of human birth. And most   1.  The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
        often, all our material possessions, after we   Volume. 10. Cent ed. Pondicherry: Sri
        have had them, still leave us empty and     Aurobindo Ashram Trust; 1977, p. 278.
        unfulfilled. This revelation can be a turning-
        point in one’s life. So far, I have been always   2.   The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 16; 1987, p. 432.
        wanting, wanting for my little separate self
        through accumulating material possessions,   3.   The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 10, p.10.
        and where has it led me? It has at least led me
        to this point where I can see that living from   4.   The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 16, p.121.
        this sense of lack and always obsessed with
        my little separate self and accumulating more   5.  The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 10, p. 278.


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

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