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Shadows of Insincerity

Sutras
Q: I feel sincerely that I want the Divine and nothing else. But when
I am in contact with other people, when I am busy with things with-
out any value, I naturally forget the Divine, my one goal. Is it insin-
cerity? If not, then what does it mean?

Yes. It is insincerity of the being, in which one part wants the
Divine and another part wants something else.
It is through ignorance and stupidity that the being is insin-
cere. But with a persevering will and an absolute confidence in the
Divine Grace, one can cure this insincerity.
CWM 14: 68
Q: Sri Aurobindo says in one letter:
‘All prayer rightly offered brings us closer to the Divine and estab-
lishes right relation with him.’
What is meant by ‘rightly offered’ in this letter? Will you please
elucidate?
With humility and sincerity.
It goes without saying that all bargaining spirit is an insincer-
ity that takes away all value from the prayer.
CWM 15: 209

As long as there is within a person the possibility of an inner con-
flict, it means that there is still in him some insincerity.
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All division in the being is an insincerity.
The greatest insincerity is to dig an abyss between your body
and the truth of your being.
When an abyss separates the true being from the physical be-
ing, Nature fills it up immediately with all kinds of adverse sugges-

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