Questions and Answers 1956
By becoming Him, my child. And that is the only way: by identity.
As Sri Aurobindo says, “We know the Divine and become
the Divine, because we are That already in our secret nature.”
It is because He is the very essence of our being that we can
become Him and, consequently, understand Him; otherwise it
would be quite impossible.
How can we find the Divine within ourselves?
Well, it is precisely what I have just said.
What do you mean exactly?... By what method?
First of all, you must begin to seek Him, and then that must
be the most important thing in life. The will must be constant,
the aspiration constant, the preoccupation constant, and it must
be the only thing you truly want. Then you will find Him.
But of course, if in one’s life one thinks of Him for five
minutes and is busy with other things for three-quarters of an
hour, there is not much chance of success. Anyway, it will take
many lifetimes.
It must not be a pastime. It must be the exclusive preoccupation
of one’s being, the very reason of one’s existence.
Is that all?
Why say anything?
I can say this, that themost precious gifts are given in silence.
(Meditation)
Open to Sri Aurobindo's consciousness and let it transform your life.
- The Mother (26 September 1971)
