79) To Know the Divine- Feb 2015, Sri Aurobindo's Action

To Know the Divine:

The gentle breeze bid farewell to the hot and muggy afternoon, announcing the arrival of the evening.

And the little boy sat before the Master as usual. Fortunately for him, this had become a routine and he was grateful to his stars for making such a change in his life possible.

Every evening, the boy would sit next to his master’s chair andlisten to his master’s discourses with rapt attention.Discussions with the Master had revealed to him a whole new world full of new dimensions and many wondrous possibilities.The boy could only grasp what his tiny brain would allow him to. But his life was very simple.He had no worries as his surrender was pure and his mind crystal clear. His faith had taught him that the Master would always un-complicate any problem in a jiffy.And so the boy enjoyed a carefree and happy existence.

The ways of the world occasionally brought some questions that would cause confusion tofervently knock at his door.But his master always ensured that the doubts never remained indoors.

This time, A new doubt had arisen in the lad’s mind. The boy approached his master and asked with an air of utmost seriousness: "What should my goal be Master

 - to know the Divine?         (or)

 - to become an instrument of the Divine?"

The master just replied in a line with a smile:

"To know the Divine by becoming an instrument of the Divine".

The boy laughed with glee as the answer to his burning question was found. The best way to know the divine was by becoming an instrument of the Divine- how simple indeed!

The boy’s mind was once more free to resume his joyous everyday routine- to strive towards establishing a better tomorrow for the sake of the new world that would soon be.