1. The Descent Of Divine Sakthi On
The Earth
The famous Rishi and Mahayogi of India, Sri Aurobindo Ghosh had
nurtured a dream of evolving the human into a new being. This was an
astonishing idea. His vision of evolving the human form was indeed unique and
unprecedented was that proverbial step ahead, which could take man to the
highest level of consciousness and being. Sri Aurobindo, who by the power of
his integral Yoga, delved into the Cosmic Mind, and engaged himself for three
years from 1923 to 192B in an intensive, unparallel and heroic sadhana for
achieving the Supermind into this earth.
SUPERMIND is the Truth consciousness, the true power of knowledge,
the self-luminous and self-realising. It is the Real Idea which is the vast
self-extension of Brahman and that which contains and upholds multiplicity and
maintains unity in utmost diversity and stability in utmost mutability. According
to Sri Aurobindo that descent of the Supermind when achieved by the efforts of
man is capable of promoting man into a higher phase in evolution. On 15th
August 1926, on his fifty-fourth birth in a brief but important discourse Sri Aurobindo
: "The object to our yoga is to bring down a Consciousness, a Power, a
Light, a Reality that is other than consciousness which satisfies the ordinary
being on the earth a Consciousness, a Power and a Light of Truth, a Divine
Reality which is destined to raise the earth-consciousness and transform
everything here" ………”We have to call down this greater Consciousness
directly into the vital being and the physical being, so that the Supreme calm
and universality may be there in all its fullness from top to bottom. If this
cannot be done then the first condition of transformation is not
fulfilled."
On the 24th day of November 1926, Sri Aurobindo in ultimate
finality realised a distinct and definite conviction of descent of the Divine
supramental sakthi on this earth. He declared this day to be celebrated as the
'Victory Day' in his ashram at Pondicherry. Sri Aurobindo has written about
that day on page 208 of the book "Sri Aurobindo on Himself and the
Mother" (1953 edition), "24th November l926, was the descent of
Krishna into the physical".. "A power infallible shall lead the
thought, in earthly hearts kindle the Immortal's Fire. Even the Multitude shall
hear the Voice."
It appeared from Sri Aurobindo's amazed and thoughtful expression,
that he himself, had not yet attained that stage of preparedness in which he
could experience this unmatched phenomenal occurence. All present there
experienced a state of supreme Divine Bliss.
On that day, in Pondicherry ashram, a heavenly atmosphere had
prevailed and the Mother announced celebration of festivities in the ashram.
The atmosphere was pervaded with a wave of extreme happiness and blissful
joy. There flow an endless stream of Ananda and rejoicing, the ocean of effulgence
had descended to permeate the entire surroundings with profound brightness and
light. Every ashramite experienced a peculiar pressure _ higher force on his head. Towards the evening a novel
festive function was organised in an atmosphere of infinite peace. A rostrum
was erected with a background of a dark curtain on which were embroidered with
gold, three Chinese dragons, symbolising the warding off evils. Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother adorned beautifully decorated chairs. In this environment of
uninterrupted silence, the ashramites filed past one by one and received
individually, special blessings from both. All 24 ashramites (a number of Occult
Value) without exception experienced, that the Divinity had descended upon the
earth in a human form. They felt that, that divine and blessed moment was an
event of utmost importance for the entire universe. At that moment, the
ashramites undoubtedly realised that Sri Aurobindo and Mother's faces and
bodies were illumined, with inner divine light and beautiful heavenly
effulgence and bliss. They had a perceptible glow of divinity and light radiating
from them. Kumari Hudson Dutt in ecstatic delight proclaimed loudly, “Today has
the Divine descended on the earth." That Supreme Divine Sakthi which had
descended is the Almighty Sarva Daivathwa-Swaroopam. (The Form. in which All
Forms of All Gods), Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who was born on 23rd November
1926.