This talk deals with several questions. The relation between a man and a woman can be ordinary if it is lived for the satisfaction of ego and desire. However to find out divine principle in all relations is the purpose of yoga here. Though it is not easy, it is possible with the help of Grace. All the human relation then can be seen as a far off reflection or a shadow of true relation man can establish with the divine. The relations get purer and deeper according to the widening of consciousness. To live in true relation is to live with love. But love is not attachment. Attachment belongs to the ego and desire-self whereas love flows from the core of our being even though it gets disfigured as it enters our surface nature.
After writing most of the major works like Synthesis of yoga, Ideal of human unity, The Life Divine etc, Sri Aurobindo was preparing the...
A talk at the 50th All Orissa Sri Aurobindo Study Circle ConferenceApril 7, 2021, Matrubhaban, Sri Aurobindo Marg, Cuttack, Odisha
Love is the crown and fulfilment of yoga, says Sri Aurobindo. His writings are full of their emphasis on surrender and faith. Also we...