"He who I am was with me still;
All veils are breaking now.
I have heard His voice and borne His will
on my vast untroubled brow."
And aspiration is symbolised by flames! Flames always move upwards,
never downwards. They leap as if to their original home, the sky.
"Heaven’s fire is lit in the breast of the earth
And the undying suns here burn;
Through a wonder cleft in the bounds of birth
The incarnate spirits yearn
Like flames to the kingdoms of Truth and Bliss:
Down a gold-red stair-way wend
The radiant children of Paradise
Clarioning darkness’s end."
Reading Sri Aurobindo and The Mother by Kireet Joshi.
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"Heaven’s fire is lit in the breast of the earth
And the undying suns here burn;
Through a wonder cleft in the bounds of birth
The incarnate spirits yearn
Like flames to the kingdoms of Truth and Bliss:
Down a gold-red stair-way wend
The radiant children of Paradise
Clarioning darkness’s end."
Reading Sri Aurobindo and The Mother by Kireet Joshi.
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