Universal Mother, by Sri Aurobindo
“Human aspiration to grow in divinity and the
“Human aspiration to grow in divinity and the
answering consent of that divinity are the two ends
of the evolutionary process and it is she who,
forming the dynamic link between the two, carries
this evolution forward. From Untruth to Truth, from
Ignorance to Knowledge, from Darkness to Light,
from Death to Immortality has been the ancient
prayer, and its twofold fulfilment is the executive
engagement of the divine Shakti. Whatever she does
in this respect, she unceasingly and without sparing
any effort, carries it in the Will of the Supreme.”
”The One whom we adore as the Mother is the divine Conscious Force that dominates all existence, one and yet many-sided that to follow her movement is impossible even for the quickest mind and for the freest and most vast intelligence.
The Mother is the consciousness and force of the Supreme and far above all she creates. But something of her ways can be seen and felt through her embodiments and the more seizable because more defined and limited temperament and action of the goddess forms in whom she consents to be manifest to her creatures.”
The four Powers of the Mother are four of her outstanding Personalities, portions and embodiments of her divinity through whom she acts on her creatures, orders and harmonises her creations in the worlds and directs working out of her thousand forces.
- One is her personality of calm wideness and comprehending wisdom and tranquil benignity, inexhaustible compassion and sovereign and surpassing majesty and all ruling greatness.
- Another embodies her power of splendid strength and irresistible passion, her warrior mood, her overwhelming will, her impetuous swiftness and world-shaking force.
- A third is vivid and sweet and wonderful with her deep secret of beauty and harmony and fine rhythm, her intricate and subtle opulence, her compelling attraction and her captivating grace.
- The fourth is equipped with her close and profound capacity of intimate knowledge and careful flawless work and quiet and exact perfection in all things.
Wisdom, Strength, Harmony, Perfection are the several attributes and it is these powers that they bring with them to the world, manifest in a human disguise in their Vibhuthis and shall found in the divine degree of their ascension in those who can open their earthly nature to the direct and living influence of the Mother.
(Extracted from Sri Aurobindo's “The Mother”)
