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Sri Aurobindo left his body on 5th December 1950. We publish here an article written by K. D. Sethna in January 1951 in the journal ‘Mother India’ of which he was the editor.

Two hours after Sri Aurobindo’s passing, the Mother announced the news to the Ashram inmates at 3.30 a.m. on 5 December.

“The earliest preoccupation of man in his awakened thoughts and, as it seems, his inevitable and ultimate preoccupation.

A spiritual religion of humanity is the hope of the future. By this is not meant what is ordinarily called a universal religion, a system, a thing of creed and intellectual belief and dogma and outward rite.

For the powers of our mind, life, and body are bound to their own limitations, and however high they may rise or however widely expand, they cannot rise beyond them.

The yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation.

The yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature and a divine life into the mental, vital and physical nature and life of humanity.

The Matrimandir gardens are looking green and vibrant after the generous rains of early October.

“Your practice of psycho-analysis was a mistake. It has, for the time at least, made the work of purification more complicated, not easier.

“The thought of the Gita is not pure Monism although it sees in one unchanging, pure, eternal Self the foundation of all cosmic existence, nor Mayavada.