object:22.06 - On The Brink(3)
book class:Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol 06
author class:Nolini Kanta Gupta
subject class:Integral Yoga
class:chapter
(2) The Ashram, the World and The Individual[^4]
Other Authors Nolini Kanta Gupta On The Brink(3)
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There are two realms - the physical realm of action and the subtle realm of feeling (bhava).It is not that the physical is the only real realm and the subtle is unreal or less real; the subtle may be equally real, even more real and concrete, even more physical, as it were. A physical blow is painful, but King Lear went mad because of a subtle blow, the blow of ingratitude which hit him more than the slashes of howling wild winds. One may forget the joy of physical embrace but there is a delight of sheer love, pure unshared love, an exquisite experience that remains indelibly puissant in the memory. The love of Dante for Beatrice is made of pure concentrated consciousness, has nothing physical in it, but it carried Dante in his peregrinations through all the worlds even to the very presence of God in heaven, to the presence of his divinised Beloved (in and with his very physical body, it is said).
You have to create the subtle world of feeling: it may be dwelling within you or enclosing -you, surrounding you, it may be immanent and circumambient - both are the same in that sphere of existence or consciousness. The outer world is more or less independent of you, you have not much control over it but the subtler ground is more pliant and plastic and obedient to your will and purpose. In the midst of all trouble and tribulation, even the greatest misery, this other realm you can build up to a great extent after your heart and make it the source of your life and delight. That can be your home of happiness and your celestial refuge. This realm will have as its basis love for the Mother, and at its apex, aspiration for her consciousness, and will be from base to apex entirely composed of the Mother's peace and quiet.
You can do it yourself, the capacity has been given to you - for the capacity is nothing else but the Mother's Presence.
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(2) The Ashram, the World and The Individual[^4]
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