RECORD OF YOGA

 

CONTENTS

 

Pre Content

Publisher's Note

Guide to Editorial Notation

 

 

Introduction

 

Sapta Chatusthaya

 

Sapta Chatusthaya

 

Outline of the Seven Chatusthayas (Revised Order)

 

Incomplete Notes on the First Chatusthaya

   
 

Part One

 

Diary Entries 1909 – 1912

 

17 – 25 June 1909

 

28 January – 17 February 1911

 

13 January – 8 February 1912

 

1 – 25 July 1912

 

12 October – 26 November 1912

   
 

Part Two

 

Record of Yoga 1912 – 1920

 

26 November – 31 December 1912

 

1 – 31 January 1913

 

1 – 14 February 1913

 

1 and 12 April, 19 and 21 May 1913

 

4 – 30 June 1913

 

1 – 11 July 1913

 

5 – 21 September 1913

 

22 – 30 September 1913

 

11 – 23 November 1913

 

24 November – 2 December 1913

 

1 – 12 December 1913

 

12 – 21 December 1913

 

22 December 1913 – 15 January 1914

 

12 March – 14 April 1914

 

15 April – 1 June 1914

 

10 June – 29 September 1914

 

29 – 30 September – 31 December 1914

 

1 January – 27 February 1915

 

22 April – 26 August 1915

 

19 February – 20 March 1916

 

9 January – 14 February 1917

 

15 February – 31 March 1917

 

15 August – 28 September 1917

 

14 – 28 February 1918

 

3 – 27 March 1918

 

20 April – 20 May 1918

 

21 May– 1 July 1918

 

24 June – 14 July 1919

 

15 – 26 July 1919

 

27 July – 13 August 1919

 

14 August – 24 September 1919

 

1 – 29 February 1920

 

1 March – 10 April 1920

 

7 – 26 June 1920

 

17 – 19 October 1920

   
 

Part Three

 

Record of Yoga 1926 – 1927

 

December 1926 – 6 January 1927

 

7 January – 1 February 1927

 

7 – 22 April 1927

 

24 – 31 October 1927

   
 

Part Four

 

Materials Written by Sri Aurobindo Related Directly to

Record of Yoga, c. 1910 – 1931

 

Undated Record and Record-related Notes, c. 1910 – 1914

 

Sortileges of May and June 1912

 

Undated Notes, c. November 1912

 

Draft Programme of 3 December 1912

 

Undated or Partly Dated Script, 1912 – 1913

 

Sortilege of 15 March [1913]

 

Accounts of 31 May – 15 June 1913

 

Record Notes, 13 and 15 September 1913

 

Vedic Experience, 14 and 15 December 1913

 

Undated Notes, c. 1914

 

Notes on Images Seen in March 1914

 

Undated Script, c. 1920

 

Undated Notes, c. December 1926

 

Undated Notes, c. January 1927

 

Notes on Physical Transformation, c. January 1927

 

Diagrams, c. January 1927

 

Miscellaneous Notations, c. February –April 1927

 

Record of Drishti, 30 July 1927

 

Undated Script, c. 1927

 

Undated Script, c. 1927 – 1928

 

Notes on Prophetic Vision, 1929

 

Diagrams, c. 1931

 

Undated Script Jottings

   
 

Part Five

 

Automatic Writing

 

“The Scribblings”, c. 1907

 

Yogic Sadhan

 

Automatic Writings, c. 1914 (First Set)

 

Automatic Writings, c. 1914 (Second Set)

 

Automatic Writing, c. 1920

 

Automatic Writings, c. 1920

   
 

Appendixes

 

Material from Disciples’ Notebooks

 

Miscellaneous Notes, c. 1914

 

Sapta Chatusthaya Scribal Version

   

Note on the Texts

Part Three

 

 

Record of Yoga 1926 ­ 1927  


DECEMBER 1926 ­ 6 JANUARY 1927

 

When the fullness of the supramental life-energy is in the body, then all difficulties will be reduced to nothingness.

It is the life-energy in all the body, not only in the seven centres that is demanded. Once in all the seven centres it cannot fail to pour through all the body.

It must take possession of all the cells, the flesh, muscles, bones, blood, nerves, skin, hair; then the body will be ready for transformation.

The life-energy to be firmly founded today in the last centres. The rest to follow in the next three days.

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These things are author[it]ative suggestions; it depends on the energy and the adhara subject to the divine sanction from above whether they are fulfilled in the time fixed or have to wait for a later period.

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If founded, all the remnants of the old illnesses and pains and bad habits of the body will disappear altogether and no new ones will be possible.  


1246

There is nothing complete yet done in the material physical Nature, and yet till that is done, there will be nothing complete in finality anywhere. Many things are established, but even the most advanced need the last touches or even many last touches.

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There is still the problem of the physical material, the flesh and the organs. These have to become unassailable and invulnerable; that to be settled in its self-maintenance independently of food by one means or another.

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Today, one at least of these problems ought to be settled in effective physical principle. There can be no sense of security till that is done.

Monday next. An ascending scale till then. The ascent today. No more for the present.

The ascent began, but it has been interrupted as usual by an attack. No matter; it will overcome, almost immediately overcome. It is a matter of the nerves which can still be touched by pain and suffering.

[In the margin beside the above paragraphs, Sri Aurobindo wrote the following note, then cancelled it:]

Observe: the flow of the energy has begun, but is still subject to interruption. That interruption should disappear today.

Youth and beauty manifest in the face, but are interrupted. That interruption must begin to disappear entirely today.  


1247

Make way for the Supreme Force. It will take up your respon- sibilities.

Today. The difficulty finishes today. The rest afterwards.

Get rid of the representative. The higher power can do its work.

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Monday [3 January 1927 ]

The supreme Force descends. The difficulty is finished. The representative imperative still obstructs, but it is ready to disappear.

Today it disappears. Not altogether, but fundamentally and in principle it disappears. It is needed no more.

The supreme Power is taking up all the movements. It will turn them into the Truth. No effort is needed, no aid from the mind or any of the instruments; even the individual consent is no longer needed.

Tuesday

The fulfilment has undeniably begun. Till the 7th January this present development; the last mental clearance, the first final opening.

 

Wednesday

All has been cleared of what was left of the pure representative; only a colouring, an attenuating edge remains in the interpretative imperative. This has to disappear and will disappear, as the true form develops. If something lingers for a time, it will be of no potency and of no importance.

The full light in the interpretative, today The full power in the imperative tomorrow.  


1248

Thursday. Jan 6.

What has been promised has been achieved. There remains the perfection of the supreme supermind taking up the supreme supramental supermind, the development of the Trikalsiddhi Tapas and the manifestation of the Gnosis. This from today to the 12th.

The fullness achieved has come on the 6th one day earlier than anticipated, but on the day promised. What was promised for the 7th was the completion of the first curve (or second, (1) 25 ­ 3d (2) 3d to 7th (3) 7th to 12th). Tomorrow therefore the appearance .. of the gnosis in the action of the supreme supermind

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For her peace and surrender.