Sunday, March 18, 2007

A visible depiction in truth-vibrancy of the Word

Re: 08: A Shrine for the God of Love by RY Deshpande on Sat 17 Mar 2007 09:20 AM PDT Profile Permanent Link This Temple of God for God to live in, Matrimandir
We have been looking at the Mantra in Poetry in several contexts, amongst which the following may be an appropriate reference point:
Sri Aurobindo’s two long letters presenting the basis of Savitri’s poetic quality, generally entitled as Overmind Aesthesis, addressed to Amal Kiran, one in 1946 and the second in 1947, are the foundational thesis which provides all the needed framework, as well as shining-glowing links, of the latest kind for its discussion and appreciation. The portrait of Savitri as a Perfect Shrine for the God of Love stands out as a visible depiction in truth-vibrancy of the Word, an embodiment to enter in it and live in it. Before we could do that in some specific ways, let us see a few examples from the vast Aurobindonian anthology, particularly that which came out during the ’30s. We have already taken Amal’s Ne Plus Ultra as the first illustration. Here are some more.
Sri Aurobindo’s The Life Heavens, written on 15 November 1933, has a wonderful stanza, about which Amal says on more than one occasion that it is the “Mantra of Mantras”. It runs as follows:
Arms taking to a voiceless supreme delight,
Life that meets the Eternal with close breast,
An unwalled mind dissolved in the Infinite,
Force one with unimaginable rest.

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