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Namah Vol. 32, Issue 3, 15th October 2024

us from knowing, understanding, feeling and
living this wonderful Laughter of the Supreme
who takes infinite delight in watching Himself
live infinitely.

‘This delight, this wonderful Laughter which
dissolves all shadows, all pain, all suffering…
We only have to go deep enough into ourselves
to find the inner Sun and let ourselves be
bathed in it. Then everything is but a cascade
of harmonious, luminous, sun-filled laughter
which leaves no room for shadow and pain.

“In fact, the greatest difficulty, even the greatest
grief, even the greatest physical pain, if you can
prunes, sets limits, and perfection, which look at them from there, you see the unreality
accepts everything, rejects nothing but puts of the difficulty, the unreality of the grief, the
everything in its place, evidently cannot go unreality of pain — and all becomes a joyful
well together. and luminous vibration (14).”

“Taking life seriously generally consists of two References
movements: the first is to give importance to
things that probably have none, and the second 1. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
is to want life to be limited to a certain number Volume 12. 2 ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
nd
of qualities considered to be pure and worthy. Ashram Trust; 1999, p. 50.
With some, that virtue becomes dry, barren,
grey, aggressive, and almost always finds fault 2. The Mother. Mother’s Agenda, Volume 11.
in all that is joyful, free and happy. Paris: Institut de Recherches Evolutives; 1981,
[English transl.] p. 117.
“The only way to make life perfect is to look
at it from a sufficient height to see it in its 3. (Recorded by) Purani AB. Evening Talks with
totality, not only its present totality, but over Sri Aurobindo. 2 Impression. Pondicherry:
nd
the whole past, present and future: what it has Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust; 1995, p. 455.
been, what it is, what it must be — you must be
able to see it all at once. Nothing can be done 4. The Mother. Mother’s Agenda, Volume 3; 1979, p. 387.
away with, nothing should be done away
with, but each thing must find its own place 5. Ibid., pp 389.
in total harmony with the rest. Then all those
things that appear so ’evil’, so ’reprehensible’ 6. Ibid., pp. 389-90.
and ’unacceptable’ to the puritan mind would
become movements of joy and freedom in a 7. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 13; 2003,
totally divine life. And then nothing would stop p. 271.

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