Few Lines From Savitri An Epic poem by Sri Aurobindo

The selected lines below are taken from Sri Aurobindo's epic poem Savitri- book I Canto Four- The Secret Knowledge

Sri Aurobindo was a nineteenth-century poet, philosopher, mystic yogi, freedom fighter and visionary from India. August 15th is his birthday as well as Independence Day of India.

I am posting them here for their poetic beauty and the hope and aspirations that these lines provide to the future of humanity.

Savita Tyagi

" Our early approaches to the Infinite
Are sunrise splendors on a marvelous verge
While lingers yet unseen the glorious sun.

What now we see is a shadow of what must come.

The earth's up-look to a remote Unknown
Is a preface only of the epic climb
Of human soul from its flat earthly state
To the discovery of a greater self
And the far gleam of an eternal Light.

This world is a Beginning and a base
Where Life and Mind erect their structured dreams;
An unborn Power must build reality.

A death-bound littleness is not all we are;
Immortal our forgotten vastness
Awaits discovery in our summit selves;
Unmeasured breadths and depths of being are ours.

Sri Aurobindo

It Is The Best In Us Uplifting The Worst In Us

        Spirituality Is About Individuality

Spirituality is the buzz word for the new era.

It is fashionable to be spiritual.

It brings the best out of an individual.

Being religious can put you in the lowest denomination 

But being spiritual suddenly elevates you

To unimaginable height, here and beyond the worldly sphere.

So very often I have thought 

What Spirituality really is?

Is it the zenith of humanity,

A beacon of light for the world full of suffering? 

So closely related to religion, still beyond the reach

It is from any religious dimension.

It’s a question long-standing in isles of history

Eons have passed, without an answer satisfactory.

Is it the label suited for the best of humankind?

For the one who fights the devil of a perfidious mind.

But what reveals to me like a flashing light

Makes me believe, it is meant to be in par

With the thought, that occurs to me.

Spirituality is about individuality.

It is the individualized center of our 

Very own essence, nexus of our reliance

On our innermost Self as our primary friend, 

Our guide and our cherished companion.

In the heart of all existences abides

The eternal portion of Supreme existence.

Complete in itself yet clandestine and 

Obscured in our outward personality.

When confused and delusional,

Reaches out to it our outward self.

In the silence of our heart and mind,

We wade through the chaos of duality,

To bring about the best of humanity.

In faith and devotion, we learn

To recognize its true guidance.

One who suppresses its call

Is the destroyer of its own well-being.

The best of our Self tailored to our needs

Living in harmony and conscious awareness

Of other’s individuality and spiritual being.

It is the best in us uplifting the worst in us.

Sunday, April 21st. 2019 

The poem was published in the anthology "About Abel And Cain"- “ The Best And Worst Of Human Society”. Publisher Fabrizio Frosini/ Poets Unite Worldwide.

Let’s Pray Together

My two feeble hands rise for prayer,

I sense million more hands rising for prayer.

Power of prayer is in our united hands,

Power of a Nation is in its united citizens.

Let us stand together to face this tenebrous time.

Let’s pray together.....