February 21, 1967
(Message for Mother’s eighty-ninth birthday)
When darkness deepens strangling the earth’s breast
And man’s corporeal mind is the only lamp,
As a thief’s in the night shall be the covert tread
Of one who steps unseen into his house.
A voice ill-heard shall speak, the soul obey,
A power into mind’s inner chamber steal,
A charm and sweetness open life’s closed doors
And beauty conquer the resisting world,
The truth-light capture Nature by surprise,
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A stealth of God compel the heart to bliss
And earth grow unexpectedly divine.
Sri Aurobindo
(Savitri, I.IV.63)
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