The third in the series where I post an aphorism of Sri Aurobindo and my understanding of it. Nature proceeds in tiny little steps, she loves the order and regularity of her existence. All variety she has evolved over many millenniums. What seems a surfeit of possibilities was but a series of imperceptible and tardy [...]

The second in the series where I post an aphorism of Sri Aurobindo and my understanding of it. Imagine this – what would every spiritual victory be without a Satan or a Mara, or the countless personifications of evil and ignorance across cultures and societies and religions. Would Christ be the same without Satan and [...]

My inaugural aphorism in the series I refer to in my earlier post. The T&A book by Sri Aurobindo is a slim one but packed with nuggets of convention busting power. There are thoughts here that would alarm the bearers of tradition and structure. For any one who holds an elevated position in an illusory [...]

Starting today I shall be sharing an aphorism each from Sri Aurobindo’s book Thoughts and Aphorisms. Going forward I intend to pick quotes from other works, less overtly spiritual perhaps, but still something that, according to me at least, penetrates this tangle and lets a little of meaning to come through. I utterly claim no [...]