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Namah Vol. 31, Issue 4, 15th January 2024

element of the Yoga which, in a way, is It is this background that has to be kept in
the matrix in which the Yoga unfolds. It is mind, as one is engaged in various practices
what we term as Nature. In fact, Nature is whose details can be found in the various
everywhere just as the Divine is everywhere scriptures. Surely, sincerity in the practice
and in everything. Though universal, each counts, but what counts even more is the
individual is like a differentiating point sincerity of the aspiration. The guidance
that makes a particular selection out of of the Guru or the Divine is the power that
the universal nature, creating a unique carries us through the turbulent storms and
constitution that has both beneficial and whirlpools of life towards the safe shores
harmful materials, forces and movements of Peace and Vastness and Light, but what
that help or hinder, accelerate or retard opens us to receive the Divine Help is faith
the advance. That is why no two journeys in the leading and the eventual destiny
of Yoga are alike and hence there cannot through all the stumbles of the passage. The
be one single, standardised guidance, past preparation of our nature no doubt can
that would be equally applicable to each be helpful, but what ultimately assures the
and every individual, for all times. Yoga spiritual destiny is the hand of Grace and the
takes place in real-time. As in life so heart of Love that are always there behind
too in Yoga, the journey moves through the seeker, with the aspirant even when
several unpredictable elements. Yet the unseen due to the apparent darkness. To put
unpredictability of the journey and the it in a more modern language, the contract
difficulty of the path, means neither an of Yoga is between the human soul and the
uncertainty of the eventual arrival nor the Divine and it is based on the eternal promise
impossibility of walking through. What is of the Divine to every struggling soul, when
needed is the dual action of certain powers it is plunged into the great adventure of
below and above. Sri Aurobindo reveals consciousness and joy. The Divine has not
here beautifully: forgotten his promise and not only keeps
leading man, even when man is misleading
“To walk through life armoured against all himself but also descends upon earth from
fear, peril and disaster, only two things are time to time to lead from the front. It is now
needed, two that go always together — the our turn to do what we need to do from our
Grace of the Divine Mother and on your side side according to the clause of the contract.
an inner state made up of faith, sincerity and The clause of course is very simple and
surrender (3).” beautifully summed up in the Gıitaa.

“My Yoga will deliver you from the great fear
and even a little of it will bring deliverance.
When you have once set out on this path,
you will find that no step is lost; every least
movement will be a gain; you will find there no
obstacle that can baulk you of your advance.
A bold and absolute promise and one to which
the fearful and hesitating mind beset and

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