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Namah Walk Away from Self-Pity

“But this suffering, which is of a purely psychic “However, most often, in the individual
character, contains no egoism, no self-pity; it consciousness it is mixed with that mean and
is full of peace and strength and power of petty self-pity which is the cause of depression
action, of faith in the future and the will for and weakness (4).”
victory; it does not pity but consoles, it does
not identify itself with the ignorant movement Truly, it is a lifetime’s work! So, open to
in others but cures and illumines it. the experience of joy in that work and strap
yourself in for a long but beautiful journey.
Base your life around joy; walk away from
self-pity and find a truer purpose to your
existence.

References

1. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
Volume 14. 2 ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
nd
Trust; 2004, p. 259.

2. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 15; 2004,
p. 338.

3. Sri Aurobindo. The Complete Works of Sri
Aurobindo, Volume 12. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
Ashram Trust; 1997, p. 497.

4. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 15; 2004,
p. 338.

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

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