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What is the esoteric.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Meaning of the above words,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Uttered by the divine Aurobindo,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Founder of Integral Yoga ?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u00a0“Transcend Thyself,
\nBecome Thyself !<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
True nature of Man<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Is to be more than himself !<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Man is\u00a0a political animal,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
He is influenced by factors five,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Education, Environment,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Exposure, Experience and the Genetic.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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”\u00a0These are the five intervening variables,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Which intermediate in the causal equation”,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Averred the\u00a0 great Tolman,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Father of Motivational Psychology !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Transcend thyself means,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
To transcend thy political self,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Political self is Mr Hyde or Diti,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
As all men are Machiavellis !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Become Thyself means,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
To become thy true self,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Self aligned to Conscience,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Self which is wholly Positive !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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The whole nature of Man,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Is to be more than himself,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Evolution is forward oriented<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
From amoeba to Man Divine !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Man carries cultural baggage,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Ruled as he is by the ego function<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Ego is Msn’s weakness.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
And the\u00a0 imperfect term in him !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Evil continues to be a formidable force,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
In Man. Until Evil is destroyed,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
And Light invades the inconscient base,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
He will have to battle it out within himself !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Evil is the hidden foe lodged in humans,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Man has to overcome \u00a0this mighty adversary,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Or miss his Fate Divine,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
This is the inner war ineluctable !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Never think the Way is easy,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Long, difficult, dangerous it is !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Thou shalt be tested,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
By both Heaven and Earth !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Heaven will subject thee,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
To pitiless trials and tribulations.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Hell will open its mouth,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
To threaten and wound thee !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Spirituality develops only,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Under peculiar adversity<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
It seems He polishes his jewels<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
With the diamond dust of Adversity !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Like an Aurobindo having Universal Vision,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
In the confinesof a jail !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Or like Jesus crying out loud,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
” Father, why has thou forsaken me ?”<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Or like, Melpathur, unable to move,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
When he worked on his magnum opus.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Or like, Poonthanam writing Jnanappana,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
After the death of his son !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Or like Dante, disappointed in love,
\nWhen he composed Divina Comedia !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Or like the great TIlak,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
When he composed Gita Rahasya in jail !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Shloka, verse, arises from Shoka, sorrow,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Tasso’s was a sorrowful life.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
So was Keats’ and all the greats,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Suffered more than commoners !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Wise Poets defined it as the Razor’s Edge,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Maugham wrote a book about it !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
We have to walk on Razor’s Edge alone,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Lean is the path and way unknown !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Enlightenment is Release,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
From Ego’s tutelage !<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
This can only be effected,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
By aligning with Self Divine<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Divine alchemy is Yoga,<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Human is transmuted to Divine<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
From Animal Man to Human Man<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
And finally to Divine Man.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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What is the esoteric. Meaning of the above words, Uttered by the divine Aurobindo, Founder of Integral Yoga ? \u00a0“Transcend Thyself, Become Thyself ! True nature of Man Is to be more than himself ! Man is\u00a0a political animal, He is influenced by factors five, Education, Environment, Exposure, Experience and the Genetic. ”\u00a0These are the … <\/p>\n

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