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Religion
The religion which embraces Science and faith,
Theism, Christianity, Mohamedanism and Buddhism and yet is none of
these, is that to which the World-Spirit moves.
All religions have saved a number of souls, but none
yet has been able to spiritualize mankind. For that there is
needed not cult and creed, but a sustained and all comprehending
effort at spiritual self-evolution.
Vedanta says rather, "Man, thou art of one
nature and substance with God, one soul with thy fellow-men. Awake
and progress then to thy utter divinity, live for God in thyself
and in others." This gospel which was given only to the few,
must now be offered to all mankind for its deliverance.
There are two works that are perfectly pleasing to
God in His servant; to sweep in silent adoration His temple floors
and to fight in the world's battle-field of His divine
consummation in humanity.
God's servant is something; God"s slave is
greater.
Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws
from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit.
-Sri Aurobindo
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