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It is true that the Force can work effectively without any
effort on your part. It is not the effort, it is the assent of
the being that it needs for its work.
CWSA 31: 721 (SABCL 23: 697)

To remain open to the Mother is to remain always quiet and
happy and confident, not restless, not grieving or despond-
ing, to let her force work in you, guide you, give you knowl-
edge, give you peace and Ananda. If you cannot keep your-
self open, then aspire constantly but quietly that you may
be open.
CWSA 32: 151 (SABCL 25: 124)

Openness and, whenever needed, passivity, but to the
highest consciousness, not to anything that comes.
Therefore, there must be a certain quiet vigilance even
in the passivity. Otherwise there may be either wrong
movements or inertia.
CWSA 32: 119 (SABCL 23: 607)

Work is part of the Yoga and it gives the best opportunity
for calling down the Presence, the Light and the Power into
the vital and its activities; it increases also the field and
the opportunity of surrender.
CWSA 32: 247 (SABCL 25: 200)

By remaining psychically open to the Mother, all that is nec-
essary for work or sadhana develops progressively, that is
one of the chief secrets, the central secret of the sadhana.
CWSA 32: 154 (SABCL 25: 121) Sri Aurobindo

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