Page 4 - Sri Aurobindo on Humility

Human nature has always
H u m a n n a t u r e h a s a l w a y s

been egoistic in its basis and
b e e n e g o i s t i c i n i t s b a s i s a n d

so it brings in the ego motive
s o i t b r i n g s i n t h e e g o m o t i v e

into the work for the Divine
i n t o t h e w o r k f o r t h e D i v i n e

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overcome slowly, for what is
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ingrained in the human vital
n a t u r e a n d h a s b e e n a c t i v e
nature and has been active
through hundreds of lives
t h r o u g h h u n d r e d s o f l i v e s
cannot disappear at once. To
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be conscious and to have the
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one thing necessary.
o n e t h i n g n e c e s s a r y .
~ Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, 31: 219

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