Category: Evolution and the Earthly Destiny

-42_Savitri

31 sav.htm V POETRY AND MYSTICISM   Savitri   SAVITRI, the poem, the word of Sri Aurobindo is the cosmic Answer to the cosmic Question….

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-43_Prayers and Meditations of the Mother

32 prayer.htm Prayers and Meditations of the Mother   THE Prayers and Meditations -of the Mother. It is Life Divine in song, it is Life…

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-44_The Approach to Mysticism

33 the appo.htm The Approach to Mysticism   MYSTICISM is not only a science but also, and in a greater degree, an art. To approach…

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-45_Mystic Poetry

34 mystic.htm Mystic Poetry   I WOULD like to make a distinction between mystic poetry and spiritual poetry. To equate mysticism and spirituality is not…

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-46_The Poetry in the Making

35 poetry.htm The Poetry in the Making   Is the artist—the supreme artist, when he is a genius, that is to say—conscious in his creation…

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-47_Hymn to Darkness

36 hymn.htm Hymn to Darkness   HERE is a modern poem in Bengali. It is characteristically modern, though perhaps not quite modernist. It is an…

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-48_A Vedic Story

37 vedic.htm A Vedic Story   (RlGVEDA-X.51.) .   THE gods are in a great fix. Where is Agni ? How is it that the…

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-49_A. Vedic Conception of the Poet

38 a v c.htm A. Vedic Conception of the Poet   ‘Kavi’ is an invariable epithet of the gods. The Vedas mean by this attribute…

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-50_The Beautiful in the Upanishads

The Beautiful in the Upanishads The Beautiful in the Upanishads   WHEN the Rigveda says   idam srestham jyotisam jyotih agat citrah praketo ajanista vibhva…

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-51_Upanishadic Symbolism

Upanishadic Symbolism Upanishadic Symbolism        A certain rationalistic critic divides the Upanishadic symbols into three categories—those that are rational and can be easily understood…

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