The Life Divine

The book demands full concentration from part of reader.. It's not like those casual spiritual books like 'How to awaken your Kundalini' or 'chose your mantra' written by someone who is as unaware of the subject as the readers may be (or even more, in some worse cases). Now this book is a classic written by an enlightened soul Sri Aurobindo. He was a m9dern time 'rishi'. But I feel I won't be able to exactly tell you what this book actually deals with because I am finding it a difficult read. So I am attaching the snaps of index section and few paragraphs of first chapter so that you can have a glimpse into its contents. I apologise for my lack of knowledge on the subject matter. But what can I do? It's coming from one of the most genius minds of modern era and I am a poor soul.

Ok. I'm a fairly intelligent human being and have been on the spiritual path for a very long time. This book is so filled with profound revelation and is so deep that I have been reading it a paragraph at a time, putting it down and re-reading it. In other words, lectio divino is required to really absorb the profound teachings of Aurobindo's work. An amazing soul that has much to teach, but not an "easy" read by any means. If you don't want to work, don't get this book. If you have ever read a Shakespeare play through first with cliff notes and read every footnote to understand the language, then re-read the play with your new understanding and experienced the heartfelt pleasure of reading Shakespeare with a satisfying joy and deep amazement, you will know what I mean.

A great work by Sri Aurobindo. Deep philosophy.I am too small to review this book.

First off, this is an incredible book. It's pages are lofty and sublime that one wants to read it all. I imagine it was completed over a numbers of years and is supposed to be digested slowly rather than a hurried pace. It's head over heels when reading this book, transporting one to a different realm of scholarly spiritual life. Everything is superbly sublime and amazing. For those who like to read philosophy and theosophical treatises this book is highly recommended.

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