Aurobindo 114 Savitri Book 7

An appreciation on Savitri- Book Seven:The Book of Yoga Canto Five:The Finding of the Soul Words within inverted commas are Aurobindo's 'In the deep place where once the Serpent slept, There came a grip on Matter's giant powers For large utilities in life's little space; ' 'Surrendered into the great World-Mother's hands Only she obeyed her sole supreme behest In the enigma of the Inconscient's world.' 'A secret soul behind supporting all' 'Admits the Person's look and Nature's role.' 'An inner law of beauty shapes our lives; ' 'Then sin and virtue leave the cosmic lists; Our acts chime with God's simple natural good Or serve the rule of a supernal Right.' 'Then lifts the mind a cry of victory: ' 'O soul, my soul, we have created Heaven, Within we have found the kingdom here of God, His fortress built in a loud ignorant world.' 'Our life is entrenched between two rivers of Light, We have turned space into a gulf of peace And made the body a Capitol of bliss. What more, what more, if more must still be done? ' 'Out of the wood and stone of our nature's stuff A temple is shaped where the high gods could live. Even if the struggling world is left outside One man's perfection still can save the world.' 'There is won a new proximity to the skies, A first betrothal of the Earth to Heaven, A deep concordat between Truth and Life: A camp of God is pitched in human time.' May many men's 'perfection save the world'.. May all turmoil vanish to save Mother Earth.. ............My consciousness this moment, O'Guru, I'm in awe....in invincible heights Ineffable Thee embellishing poetic creation My inquisitive apprehension, erring Thee may opine May there so, let Savitri in my self arise Aroused there so be knowledge and fortune ============================================== Note: Some more inspiring, descriptive and informative lines from Book 7 Canto 5 Page 530 Possessor of our passionate hopes and dreams, The beloved despot of our thoughts and acts, She streams into us with her unbound force, Into mortal limbs the Immortal's rapture and power. Page 531 Each thought is a ripple on a sea of Light. End of Book-7 Canto-5