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At the Feet of The Mother

Shouldn’t only enlightened people speak about yoga? Or perhaps we should read Their writings?

I agree that Sri Aurobindo is best read directly. I don’t think even an enlightened person is qualified to speak on The Life Divine which goes far beyond what is generally understood by enlightenment. The only perfect example of living the Divine Life are The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. All others, even the most enlightened would have a certain angle of vision, including your great self. In that case any lecture on Sri Aurobindo’s Works including The Life Divine should not be undertaken and people should be left to understand by their own intellect filtering it through their own mind which somewhat amounts to the same thing, an incomprehension if perfect understanding is the criteria.

However as far as I am concerned, I don’t claim to provide a perfect understanding of the subject, in fact I claim nothing at all and my efforts are much more modest. My only purpose, if any, is to be a bridge, if possible, between Sri Aurobindo’s infinity and our finiteness. Even if one person comes an inch closer to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, I will feel blessed. If anyone, yourself included, since you must be enlightened to know who is enlightened and who is not, can do a better work and provide a better understanding, it will be always welcome. Since it is not the person but the work that is important and unfortunately very few undertake this work or shall we say are given this mode of serving Them. Hence the field is full of unenlightened people who will surely make way to better instruments in times to come.

However there is one thing that made me wonder if you would enlighten. What is your criteria of enlightened or of truth and reality? How do you judge whether one is enlightened or not?

Kind regards
Alok

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