of forces has
been worked out up to a certain point at which the descent not only is, but appears as inevitable.Sri Aurobindo
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Sri Aurobindo — Patel, Govindbhai
March 5, 1932
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If the supramental descent is decreed, nothing can prevent it; but all things are worked out here through a play of forces, and an unfavourable atmosphere or conditions can delay even when they cannot prevent. Even when the thing is destined, it does not present itself as a certitude in the consciousness here (Overmind-mind-vital-physical) till the play of forces has been worked out up to a certain point at which the descent not only is, but appears as inevitable.
1 Patel, Govindbhai. My Pilgrimage to the Spirit: plays
2 Patel, Govindbhai. My Pilgrimage to the Spirit: have
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