Sri Aurobindo - All Life Is Yoga - Savitri

Quotations Let us meditate on the most auspicious (best) form of Savitri, on the Light of the Supreme which shall illumine us with the Truth. — Sri Aurobindo Savitri, that marvellous prophetic poem which will be humanity’s guide towards its future realisation. — The Mother We are in a very special situation, extremely special, without precedent. We are now witnessing the birth of a new world; it is very young, very weak – not in its essence but in its outer manifestation – not yet recognised, not even felt, denied by the majority. But it is here. It is here,making an effort to grow, absolutely sure of the result. But the road to it is a completely new road which has never before been traced out – nobody has gone there, nobody has done that! It is a beginning, a universal beginning. So, it is an absolutely unexpected and unpredictable adventure. — The Mother * * * I. INTRODUCTION Part I INTRODUCTION ...my long labour on Savitri ... was not labour in the ordinary sense, not a labour of painstaking construction, I may describe it as an infinite capacity for waiting and listening for the true inspiration and rejecting all that fell short of it, however good it might seem from a lower standard until I got that which I felt to be absolutely right. — Sri Aurobindo 1. Savitri – This Wonderful Prophetic Poem Chapter 1 Savitri – This Wonderful Prophetic Poem Words of the Mother 2. Savitri – the Divine Mother 3. The Composition of Savitri II. A VISION OF HIGHER REALMS THAN OURS 1. The Supramental Vision and Its Expression III. THE CREATIVE WORD 1. Theory of the Mantra 2. Poetic Vision and the Mantra 3. The Poetry of the Future IV. SAVITRI – THE DIVINE WORD 1. Savitri – The Sun-Word 2. Savitri – A Legend and a Symbol 3. Savitri – A Revelation 4. The Extraordinary Power of Savitri 5. Messages from the Mother V. SAVITRI – THE SONG OF THE INFINITE AND ETERNAL (Selections from Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri) 1. The Book of Beginnings Canto 1: The Symbol DawnDark Beginning The Revelation and the Flame The God-Light Mortality and the Eternal’s Touch Savitri’s Inner Conflict The Day of Satyavan’s Death Canto 2: The IssueThe Many-Imaged Past Savitri and the God of Love The Immortal and the Snare of Time A Magic Leverage The Victory for God in Man Canto 3: The Yoga of the King: The Yoga of the Soul’s ReleaseThe Seer, Savitri’s Father The Growing Divinity Aswapati’s Growth into Larger Self A Magical Accord The Inner Planes Time’s Drama New Discovery Silent Self Beyond Thought The Unseen Guide Inspiration The Universe as God’s Body Release from Ignorance Canto 4: The Secret KnowledgeOur Forgotten Vastnesses In Great Lonely Hours The Labour of the Earth Goddess The Immortals Vision Time’s Fulfilment The Certitude of our Divine Destiny Dream Truth He and She The Self-Determining Absolute A Nameless Resident The Voyager Soul Canto 5: The Yoga of the King: The Yoga of the Spirit’s Freedom and GreatnessThe Eternal’s Promise The Tessellated Whole Towards the Eternal The Transforming Descent Mind – A Mediator Divinity The Hierarchy of Worlds 2. The Book of the Traveller of the Worlds Canto 1: The World-StairThe Ascending World Hierarchy Ladder Towards Deity The Mystery’s Process Canto 2: The Kingdom of Subtle MatterEarth-Nature’s Origins Our Lives and Divine Intimations Earth’s Forms and Man’s Art The Finite Perfection and the Immeasurable Canto 3: The Glory and the Fall of LifeThe Heavens of Light Canto 4: The Kingdoms of the Little LifeThe Formless Yearning The Birth of Sense Canto 5: The Godheads of the Little LifeThe Deeper Vision of the Spirit The Divine Influx Canto 6: The Kingdoms and Godheads of the Greater LifeDeath – A Passage to New Worlds The Certitude of God’s Descent Canto 7: The Descent into NightLife: Its Obverse and Reverse Faces The Abysm of Hell Canto 8: The World of Falsehood, the Mother of Evil and the Sons of DarknessAswapati Crosses the World of Falsehood Canto 9: The Paradise of the Life-GodsThe Life Heavens Canto 10: The Kingdoms and Godheads of the Little MindThe Human Ascent Reason and the Infinite Great Thoughts Canto 11: The Kingdoms and Godheads of the Greater MindThe Spirit of Mind Eternal Truth Canto 12: The Heavens of the IdealThe Deathless Rose Our Hidden Centres The Deathless Flame Canto 13: In the Self of MindThe Source of Knowledge The Mind-Self Canto 14: The World-SoulEntry into the World-Soul The Interval Between Birth and Birth The Supreme Power Canto 15: The Kingdoms of the Greater KnowledgeOvermind and Oversoul 3. The Book of the Divine Mother Canto 1: The Pursuit of the UnknowableThe One Canto 2: The Adoration of the Divine MotherSelf and World The Everlasting Yes The Experience of the All-Beautiful The Vision of the Supreme Mother The Descent of the Mother-Might Canto 3: The House of the Spirit and the New CreationAspiration The Universal Soul Canto 4: The Vision and the BoonThe Advent of the Divine Mother Aswapati and the Divine Mother Savitri and Her Mission 4. The Book of Birth and Quest Canto 1: The Birth and Childhood of the FlameThe Cycle of the Seasons Savitri’s Body Canto 2: The Growth of the FlameThe Truth of Ethics and Philosophy The Divine Word Towards Love’s Universality Canto 3: The Call to the QuestThe Working of the Mantra Canto 4: The QuestSavitri’s Memory-Waking Quest Divine Providence Yogis and Nature The Fateful Search 5. The Book of Love Canto 1: The Destined Meeting-PlaceThe Meeting-Place Canto 2: SatyavanThe Meeting The Significance of the Meeting The Truth of Love Fitness to Receive Love Affinity Revealed Canto 3: Satyavan and SavitriThe Recognition Satyavan’s Inner Sight and Hearing Satyavan’s Deepening Vision of the Soul Satyavan Finds the Key to Transformation The Gold Link The Marriage Garland The All-Embrace 6. The Book of Fate Canto 1: The Word of FateThe Descent of Narad His Vision of the Future The King’s Plea to Narad Man’s Tragic Struggle The Mystery of Pain Narad Describes Satyavan Savitri’s Resolute Will Canto 2: The Way of Fate and the Problem of PainWorld Pain and Its Necessity End of the Law of Pain Origin of Death and Fate The Working of Providence Narad on Death as the Spirit’s Opportunity The Heroic Strength 7. The Book of Yoga Canto 1: The Joy of Union; the Ordeal of the Foreknowledge of Death and the Heart’s Grief and PainJoy and Grief Canto 2: The Parable of the Search for the SoulMind’s Restlessness The Persistent Past Canto 3: The Entry into the Inner CountriesThe Mission of the Avatar Savitri Enters the Inner Worlds Life’s Nether Realms Canto 4: The Triple Soul-ForcesSavitri to the Three Soul-Forces Canto 5: The Finding of the SoulThe Search for the Soul The Finding of the Soul The Rising of the Serpent Power Canto 6: Nirvana and the Discovery of the All-Negating AbsoluteAutumnal Mellowness An Upsurge of the Inconscient The Saviour’s Labour Introversion Mystic Visitations The Mystery of the Genius The Stilling of Thought Nirvana Canto 7: The Discovery of the Cosmic Spirit and the Cosmic ConsciousnessUnreal Reality Enlightenment 8. The Book of Death Canto 3: Death in the ForestSatyavan’s Death 9. The Book of Eternal Night Canto 1: Towards the Black VoidA New Birth of Consciousness Savitri’s Spiritual Stature The God of Death Savitri in the Forest Savitri Pursues Death in the Occult Planes Canto 2: The Journey in Eternal Night and the Voice of the DarknessNight Threatened by Light Savitri’s Challenge to Death 10. The Book of the Double Twilight Canto 1: The Dream Twilight of the IdealNight the Shadow of Day Twilight of the Gods A Dream World Canto 2: The Gospel of Death and Vanity of the IdealLove, the Rapturous Core of Suns Savitri’s Great Promise Canto 3: The Debate of Love and DeathThe World as God Fulfilled The Tangle-Dance of the One The Growth of the Inner Light The Graded Ascent of Love Savitri on Love Linking Earth and Heaven Savitri’s Universal Heart Psychic Fire Canto 4: The Dream Twilight of the Earthly RealSavitri, God and the World Beyond Law Most Bound Most Free The Overhead Planes Transformation – Its Phases 11. The Book of Everlasting Day Canto 1: The Eternal Day: The Soul’s Choice and the Supreme ConsummationGod’s Everlasting Day The Delights of the Purified Heart The Dance Celestial Spirit – An Upsoaring Bird Revelation of the Supreme Divine The Divine’s Promise Savitri’s Universal Love Savitri’s Supplication Ordinary Humanity Savitri and Satyavan – Their Appointed Work Savitri and the Supreme Lord The Supreme Lord to Savitri The Things to Come The Descent to Earth 12. Epilogue Canto 1: The Return to EarthBack to Life APPENDIX A Brief Introduction to Savitri ReferencesGuide Cover Table of Contents Start ReadingЧитать дальше