Ashwattha

 Words of Sri Aurobindo

In the words of Sri Aurobindo, `The task we set before ourselves is not mechanical but moral and spiritual. We aim not at the alteration of form of government but at the building of a nation. Of that task, politics is a part but only a part. We aim not at the but alteration of a form of a government   but at the building of a nation. Of this task, politics is a part but only a part.’`Either India will be rationalized and industrialized and  she will be no longer India or else she will be leader in a new world  phase aid by her example and cultural infiltration the new tendencies of the west and spiritualize the human race.’

‘ First therefore become Indians, recover the patrimony of your forefathers, re cover the Aryan thought, Aryan discipline, Aryan character and Aryan life. Recover Vedanta, the Gita, the yoga. Recover them not only in intellect and sentiments but in your lives. Live them and then you will be great and strong, mighty, invincible and fearless..neither death or life will have any terrors for you. Difficulty and impossibility will vanish  from your vocabulary. For it is in the spirit that the strength is eternal. You must win back your inner Swaraj before you can win back your outer kingdom. There the Mother dwells and waits for worship that she may give strength…Believe in Her, lose your wills in Hers, egoism in Hers, selfishness in Hers.. recover the source of strength in yourself and all else will be added to you.’

‘India must stand in the forefront of the world and solve the political, social, economical, moral problems which Europe has failed to solve, yet the pursuit of which and feverish passage from experiment to experiment it calls her progress.’   

‘For us Sanatana Dharma is Nationalism: Rise of India means rise of Sanatana Dharma.  There is a mighty law of life, great principle of human evolution, a body of spiritual knowledge and experience of which India is always destined to be guardian, exemplar and missionary. To understand the heart of this dharma, to experience it as a truth, to express and execute it in life, to feel the high emotions to which it raises your mind, to express and execute it in your life, is what we understand by Karmayoga.’

‘India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word. She lives and still has something to do for herself and for the human people. And that something which now must seek to awaken is not the docile pupil of this west, doomed to repeat the occident’s cycle of success and failure but still the ancient immemorable Shakti lifting Her high towards the supreme source of Light and Strength and turning aside to discover new meaning and vaster form of our own dharma.’

Why it is said that history is always full of events which were unexpected. because we see persons. Events but not the underlying current. The wave behind the in the individual particles which suddenly come on the and then drop down in the abysmal depths Immense and inscrutable processes of the world all perfect within themselves within, in a deep and august silence , covered by a noisy and misleading surface of sound the stir of innumerable waves above the fathomless, resistless mass of oceans waters below Man sees waves thousand voices , nine out of ten times they misjudge. ‘ Therefore though the picture may not be clear, it is sufficient to give atleast minimum number of points which will  help the eventual self revealing of the entire picture.

The gentle dew 

It is needless to repeat that India has a rich and long cultural history: a history of more than five  thousand years cannot be an accident or joke.  However, the most striking feature of this culture is  that it is still a living factor in the life of the 1/7^th of the race. Its continuity of expression and consistency in experience is unparalleled. Swami Vivekananda said: Sect after sect arose in India and seemed to shake the religion of Vedas from its very foundation, but like waters of seashore in a tremendous earthquake, it receded only for a while and when tumult of rush was over, they were all sucked in, absorbed and assimilated in the immense body of the Mother faith. No doubt Spirituality is the mission to be accomplished, destiny to be fulfilled, the message to be delivered. But the most unique part of this culture was bringing this spirituality down to the masses.

The age of creation lasted from the beginning of the century to 12-13^th century AD. However, when the creativity was exhausted, scientific spirit no longer continued, art became imitative and repetitive, and religion became ritualistic. ‘Creation is the only sign of life and great creation is a sign of great life.’ (Sri Aurobindo) therefore the lifeless situation, this internal weakness resulted in conquests by foreign invade If we look at Northeast many notable things van be found. Shiva and Shakti are main deities and Natha cult was part of the Shaiva cult. rs. Muslim invaders then penetrated India. Ahoms invaded Assam, but Ahoms prevented Muslim conquest of Assam. Ahoms, again like Shaka and Huna, were mesmerized by the  spirit of Indian culture and gradually merged in the mainstream.  During that wonderful age of creation, currents of spiritual thoughts flew in each other and this happened in all parts of India without an exception. 

 

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