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Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol by Sri Aurobindo Reading from Book 3, Canto IV The Vision and the Boon · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We are doing something today a little bit different than
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  normal. There's going to be a reading of
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  a passage from Sri aurobindo. So epic poem savitri a legend
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  and a symbol. Quote.
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  In the beginning, is prepared to close.
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  This strange irrational product of the mire, this compromise
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  between the Beast and God. Is not the crown of the eye
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  miraculous world. I know they're shall inform the
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  incontinent cells at one with nature and at height with
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  Heaven, a spirit vast as the containing sky and swept with
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  ecstasy, from invisible, fountains a God, come down and
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  greater by the Fall. A power arose out of my Slumbers
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  cell. Abandoning, the tardy, limp of
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  the hours and the inconstant blink of mortal sight.
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  There where the Thinker sleeps in too much light and intolerant
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  Flames. The loan all witnessing.
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  I hearing the word of Fate from Silent heart in the endless
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  moment of Eternity. It saw from timelessness, The
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  Works of time over past where the leaden formulas of the Mind.
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  Overpowered the Obstacle of mortal space.
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  The unfolding image showed the things to come a giant dance of
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  Shiva tour. The past there was a thunder as
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  of Worlds that fall Earth was or run with fire and the Roar of
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  death clamoring to slay. A world is hunger had made.
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  There was a clangor of destructions wings that Titans
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  Battle Cry was in my ears alarm and rumors shook the armored
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  Knight. I saw the omnipotence flaming
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  Pioneers over the Heavenly Verge which turns towards life come
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  crowding down. The Amber stairs of birth
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  forerunners of a Divine multitude out of the paths of
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  the Morning Star. They came Into the little room
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  of mortal life. I saw them cross the Twilight of
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  an age, the sun, I'd children of a marvelous Dawn the great
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  creators with wide Brown's of calm.
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  The massive Barrier Breakers of the world and wrestlers with
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  Destiny. And her lists of will the
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  laborers and the quarries of the Gods.
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  The Messengers of the incommunicable.
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  The Architects of immortality into the Fallen human sphere.
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  They came Faces that wore the Immortals Glory still?
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  Voices that communes still with the thoughts of God, bodies made
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  Beautiful by the spirits light carrying the magic word, the
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  Mystic fire carrying the dionysian cup of Joy,
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  approaching eyes of a diviner. Man lips, chanting an unknown
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  anthem of the sole feet echoing in the corridors of time.
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  High Priests of Wisdom sweetness might and Bliss discovers.
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  A beauty sunlit ways and swimmers of loves laughing,
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  fiery floods, and dancers, with in raptures, golden doors, their
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  tread one day shall change the suffering Earth and justify the
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  light on Nature's face. although fate lingers in the high Beyond
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  and the work seems Vein on which our hearts force was spent All
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  shall be done for which our pain was born.
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  Even as of old man came behind the Beast, this High Divine.
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  Successor. Surely shall come behind man's
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  and efficient. Mortal Pace behind his vein,
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  labor, sweat, and Blood and Tears.
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  He shall know what Mortal mind bear leader stink.
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  He shall do what the heart of the Mortal could not dare.
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  Inheritor of the toil of human time.
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  He shall take on him, the burden of the Gods.
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  All Heavenly light shall visit the Earth's thoughts?
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  The might of Heaven shall fortify Earthly Hearts Earth's
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  deed shall touch. The superhumans height.
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  Earth seeing widened into the infinite.
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  Heavy unchanged ways still the imperfect World.
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  The Splendid youth of time has passed and failed.
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  Heavy and long are the years, our labor counts and still the
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  seals are firm upon man's soul and weary is the ancient
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  mother's heart. Oh truth defended in thy secret
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  son, voice of Her Mighty musings and shut Heavens on things with
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  Drawn, within her luminous depths, oh, wisdom Splendor,
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  mother of the universe. Creatrix, the eternals artist,
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  bride, linger, not long with, I transmuting hand-pressed vainly
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  on one. Golden bar of time.
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  As if time, dare not open its heart to God.
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  Oh, radiant Fountain of the world's Delight world free and
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  unattainable above. Oh Bliss.
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  Whoever dwell is deep hid within while men seek the outside and
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  never find Mystery and Muse, with hieratic tongue incarnate,
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  the white passion of thy Force mission to Earth, some living
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  form of thee. One moment fill with die.
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  Eternity. Natalia Infinity in one body
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  live. All knowledge, wrap one mind in
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  Seas of light, all love throb single in one human heart
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  Immortal treading. The Earth with Mortal feet.
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  All Heavens Beauty crowd in Earthly, limbs omnipotence
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  girdle with the power of God movements and moments of a
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  mortal will pack with the Eternal might one human our and
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  with one gesture change all future time.
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  Let a great word. Be spoken from the Heights and
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  one Great ACT unlock the doors of fate.
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  Let a great word. Be spoken from the Heights and
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  one Great ACT unlock the doors of fate.