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of habits, so long they are in habit: those And so, to Her, — the Light, the Love, the
inhabitants even closer kins than one’s skin.... Force, the Guardian, the Governor, the
Protector, the Truth.... the All.... — we Pray:
Collective prayer Inhabit, Light — Light, in Habit!

Realising the Only Way, confesses the outer References
being, hearing and heeding the inner, and
prays to the Divine Mother: Habit was the 1. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
helper, habit is the bar; me from it and them Volume 1. 3 ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
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deliver. For, Ashram Trust; 2003, p. 258.

“But for her what is done in a day might have 2. Sri Aurobindo. The Complete Works of Sri
taken centuries....” Aurobindo, Volume 32. Pondicherry: Sri
Aurobindo Ashram Trust; 2011, p. 20.
“Alone her hands can change Time’s dragon
base (10).” 3. Sri Aurobindo. Complete Works, Volume 33-34;
1993, p. 67.
And She answers, “Oh, let Light be poured on
all the earth and Peace inhabit every heart....” 4. Sri Aurobindo. Complete Works, Volume 2; 2009,
p. 618.
And we pray for the Peace too.... as without It,
Light cannot permanently shine.... Peace, that 5. Ibid., p. 625.
Mirror of Realisation....: “In Peace and Silence
the Eternal manifests; allow nothing to disturb 6. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 1, p. 5.
you and the Eternal will manifest…. (11)”
7. Sri Aurobindo. Complete Works, Volume 13; 1998;
Peace in the hearth of the heart, is prayed pp. 64-67.
for, on this very earth... the hearth of earth
that sacred and blessed place where we have 8. Sri Aurobindo. Complete Works, Volume 29;
been accorded the opportunity to realise all 2013, p. 93.
that we Are, but are yet to Be....
9. Sri Aurobindo. Complete Works, Volume 13, p. 199.
Therefore, all understanding, all aspirations,
all goodwill, all high aims, all intellectual 10. Sri Aurobindo. Complete Works, Volume 33-34, p. 314.
grasping and inspirational flashes, — all Gifts
of Grace, — can only be truly acknowledged 11. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 1, p. 10.
and honoured when they are fulfilled, are
lived to the full...: when they are embodied. 12. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 15: 2004,
And so, the Mother says, “To know is good, to p. 173.
live is better, to be, that is perfect (12).”

Sushmita Mukherjee is an author and freelance editor, residing in Kolkata.

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