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Divine and a faith in one’s spiritual destiny (i.e. since my
heart and soul seek for the Divine, I cannot fail one day to
reach Him) are much needed in view of the difficulties of the
Path. A contempt for others is out of place, especially since
the Divine is in all. Evidently, the activities and aspirations
of men are not trivial and worthless, for all life is a growth
of the soul out of the darkness towards the Light. But our
attitude is that humanity cannot grow out of its limitations
by the ordinary means adopted by the human mind, politics,
social reform, philanthropy, etc., — these can only be tempo-
rary or local palliatives. The only true escape is a change of
consciousness, a change into a greater, wider and purer way
of being, and a life and action based upon that change. It is
therefore to that that the energies must be turned, once the
spiritual orientation is complete. This implies no contempt,
but the preference of the only effective means over those
which have been found ineffective.
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Such qualities as faith, sincerity, aspiration, devotion etc.
make up the perfection indicated in our language of the
flowers. In ordinary language it would mean something else
such as purity, love, benevolence, fidelity and a host of other
virtues.
CWSA 29: 42-43 Sri Aurobindo

Supramentalised
Psychological Perfection
A psychological perfection
aspiring to be Divinised.

Botanical name:
Michelia champaca
Common name: Champaca,
Fragrant champaca

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