The Hour of God
Text ·The Hour of God
There are moments when the Spirit moves among men, and the breath of the Lord is abroad upon the waters of our being; there are others where it retires and men are left to act in the strength or the weakness of their own egoism. The first are periods when even a little effort produces great results and changes destiny; the second are spaces of time when much labour goes into the making of a little result. It is true that the latter may prepare the former, may be the little smoke of sacrifice going up to heaven, which calls down the reign of God’s bounty.
Unhappy is the man or the nation which, when the divine moment arrives, is found sleeping or unprepared to use it, because the lamp has not been kept trimmed for the welcome and ears are sealed to the call. But reward to them who are strong and ready, yet waste the force or misuse the moment; for them is irreparable loss or a great destruction.
In the hour of God, cleanse the soul of all self deceit and hypocrisy and vain self-flattering that thou mayst look straight into thy spirit and hear that which summons it. All insincerity of nature, once thy defence against the eye of the Master and the light of the ideal, becomes now a gap in thy armour and invites the blow. Even if thou conquer for the moment, it is the worst for thee, for the blow shall come afterwards, and cast thee down in the midst of thy triumph. But being pure cast aside all fear; for the hour is often terrible, a fire and whirlwind, and a tempest, a treading of the winepress of the wrath of God; but he who can stand up in it on the truth of his purpose is he who shall stand; even though he fall, he shall rise again; even though he seemed to pass on the wings of the wind, he shall return. Nor let worldly prudence whisper too closely in thy ear; for it is the hour of the unexpected. ~ Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo: Vol 17.
So have you had an experience like this? You will know it deep inside yourself because it is a shattering of your ego of everything that you have built your life on. It is an oppportunity to rebuild your life on a more solid footing, without delusion, aligned with your archetype(s) and in truth.
If this appeals to you in some way, investigate my book called ‘Truth Centred Meditation’ exploring meditation from the standpoint of the Western Esoteric Tradition or visit my website to explore weekly meditation classes.
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