Will triumph over all obstacles
Allamanda cathartica
The main purpose of the WORKSHOP is to cleanse ourselves from within, and a special effort is required to participate in it, a serious priority is to be given by the self. Nobody else can do it for us, time doesn't stop for us, it is flowing continuously. Just take a moment, think for a moment and see the life we are in, it is beautiful, but ask WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED?...............
11:45 - 12 noon: Meditation in the Shrine Room
12:05 - 1:30: Workshop in the New Creation Hall
The theme for this workshop is "Victory over Falsehood". The following quotes have been selected for discussion by a number of devotees:
Two things you must never forget: Sri Aurobindo’s compassion and the Mother ‘s love , and it is with these two things that you will go on fighting steadily, patiently, until the enemies are definitively routed and the Victory is won for ever.
Courage outside, peace inside and a quiet unshakable trust in the Divine ‘s Grace .
In front of the repeated attacks from the enemy you must keep your faith intact and endure till the Victory is won.
The ultimate victory of the Divine is certain beyond all doubt. The Mother, Words of the Mother III, CWM volume 15, page 81.
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You must throw all that away. Such depression can only make you shut to what Mother is giving you. There is absolutely no good reason for such an attitude. The existence of difficulties is a known thing in the Yoga. That is no reason for questioning the final victory or the effectivity of the Divine Grace. Sri Aurobindo, The Mother with Letters on the Mother, CWSA volume 37, page 299.
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The lords of Falsehood hold, at present, almost complete sway over poor humanity. Not only the lower life-energy, the lower vital being, but also the whole mind of man accepts them. Countless are the ways in which they are worshipped, for they are more subtle in their cunning and seek their ends in variously seductive disguises. The result is that men cling to their falsehood as if it were a treasure, cherishing it more then even the most beautiful things of life. Apprehensive of its safety, they take care to bury it deep down in themselves; but unless they take it out and surrender it to the Divine they will never find true happiness. The Mother, Questions and Answers 1921 - 1931 with Commentaries on the Dhammapada, CWM volume 3, page 141.
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Krishna with Radha is the symbol of the Divine Love. The flute is the call of the Divine Love; the peacock is victory.
...On the other hand the peacocks you saw were powers of victory, the victory of the energies of light over the energies of darkness.
The lotus is the opened consciousness — the conchshell is the call to victory.
You are right in thinking that this psychic attitude is your true need; it is that which can make the progress simple, happy and easy. Persevere; there is no reason for giving up. Let no uprising of difficulties discourage you. At the end there is victory and lasting peace.
...Keep full reliance on the Mother. When one does that, the victory even if delayed, is sure.
Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga III, CWSA volume 30 - from various pages.
