Satprem's books have a special place

 Collated X posts in original by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

Comparing, or equating, Sri Aurobindo with some of his contemporaries is an error. Putting all commentaries on Gita together, for instance, is misleading. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo's writings are the words of the one Supreme Divine and should be accorded the commensurate status.

One line of thinking is that Sri Aurobindo is just a commentator on religious scriptures while another section perceives him as inciting violence during the Freedom movement. Thus his philosophy, poetry, and political theory don't receive the appreciation or respect they deserve.

Many books have been published regarding The Mother & Sri Aurobindo after their departure among which those by Satprem have a special place. He throws the necessity of an evolutionary transition, as shown by #SriAurobindo into stark relief. Of course, he was thrown out of Ashram!

When nobody had thought of Independence, Sri Aurobindo spoke of it. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo defeated Hitler by siding with the British and later, gave us Independence on the 75th birthday of #SriAurobindo. They predicted descent of Supramental consciousness, what no one knows.

Brahmo had everything. Elements of Advaita, Buddhism, Christianity, and Humanist romanticism. But The Mother & Sri Aurobindo settled for a personal god, The Mother. Integral yoga is meaningless without surrender to her. Spiritual but not Religious movement, too, is an absurdity.

The Dawn of Everything tells of the past but The Symbol Dawn by Sri Aurobindo beckons towards the future. #SriAurobindo definitely attempted to create something like Dante or Milton in Savitri but it transcended them by being an anthem of Immortality in the Vedic sense of mantra.

Educated men supported the British, educated men supported the Congress, educated men supported the Marxist agenda, and now, educated men and women too are supporting Hindutva. So, nothing to be surprised. Savitri Era Party is canvassing for The Mother & Sri Aurobindo since 2007.

Others are busy with their own religions and, so, I should be concerned with my Savitri Era Religion. The biggest convenience is that there are no rituals or mythologies to nurture. It's a modern-liberal mentality with lots of intellectual and aesthetic resources to fall back on.

Tiruchirappalli is in news. It's from here that the epochal #FiveDreams Manifesto of Sri Aurobindo was broadcast on August 14, 1947 a few hours before the Tryst with Destiny speech was delivered by Nehru in Delhi. There are two versions, a long and a short incarnateword.in/cwsa/36/the-fi…

Howsoever slender, some amount of awareness is percolating through the social media and it's not possible for the young people to dismiss Sri Aurobindo altogether as was the situation in the last century. But without curricular support, self-effort is necessary to read his books.