{"id":8374,"date":"2024-01-05T12:56:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T12:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=8374"},"modified":"2024-01-05T13:12:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T13:12:19","slug":"8374","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=8374","title":{"rendered":"Be Thy True Self !"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What is the esoteric.
Meaning of the above words,
Uttered by the divine Aurobindo,
Founder of Integral Yoga ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Transcend Thyself,
Become Thyself !
True nature of Man
Is to be more than himself !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man is a political animal,
He is influenced by factors five,
Education, Environment,
Exposure, Experience and the Genetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

” These are the five intervening variables,
Which intermediate in the causal equation”,
Averred the great Tolman,
Father of Motivational Psychology !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transcend thyself means,
To transcend thy political self,
Political self is Mr Hyde or Diti,
As all men are Machiavellis !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become Thyself means,
To become thy true self,
Self aligned to Conscience,
Self which is wholly Positive !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whole nature of Man,
Is to be more than himself,
Evolution is forward oriented
From amoeba to Man Divine !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man carries cultural baggage,
Ruled as he is by the ego function
Ego is Msn’s weakness.
And the imperfect term in him !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evil continues to be a formidable force,
In Man. Until Evil is destroyed,
And Light invades the inconscient base,
He will have to battle it out within himself !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evil is the hidden foe lodged in humans,
Man has to overcome this mighty adversary,
Or miss his Fate Divine,
This is the inner war ineluctable !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never think the Way is easy,
Long, difficult, dangerous it is !
Thou shalt be tested,
By both Heaven and Earth !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heaven will subject thee,
To pitiless trials and tribulations.
Hell will open its mouth,
To threaten and wound thee !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spirituality develops only,
Under peculiar adversity
It seems He polishes his jewels
With the diamond dust of Adversity !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like an Aurobindo having Universal Vision,
In the confinesof a jail !
Or like Jesus crying out loud,
” Father, why has thou forsaken me ?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or like, Melpathur, unable to move,
When he worked on his magnum opus.
Or like, Poonthanam writing Jnanappana,
After the death of his son !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or like Dante, disappointed in love,
When he composed Divina Comedia !
Or like the great TIlak,
When he composed Gita Rahasya in jail !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shloka, verse, arises from Shoka, sorrow,
Tasso’s was a sorrowful life.
So was Keats’ and all the greats,
Suffered more than commoners !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wise Poets defined it as the Razor’s Edge,
Maugham wrote a book about it !
We have to walk on Razor’s Edge alone,
Lean is the path and way unknown !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enlightenment is Release,
From Ego’s tutelage !
This can only be effected,
By aligning with Self Divine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Divine alchemy is Yoga,
Human is transmuted to Divine
From Animal Man to Human Man
And finally to Divine Man.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What is the esoteric.Meaning of the above words,Uttered by the divine Aurobindo,Founder of Integral Yoga ? “Transcend Thyself,Become Thyself !True nature of ManIs to be more than himself ! Man is a political animal,He is influenced by factors five,Education, Environment,Exposure, Experience and the Genetic. ” These are the five intervening variables,Which intermediate in the causal … <\/p>\n

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