Aim of life

In man, both the lower and the higher natures are present. The lower nature expresses itself through lethargy, depression, disease, jealousy, hatred, anger, desire, passions, selfishness, doubts, wrong thinking, etc. While the higher nature expresses itself through love, kindness, courage, reason, benevolence, aspiration, etc. The health of man is frequently influenced by the activities of these two different natures and the aim of life is to transform the lower nature and elevate it to the higher so that man may enjoy perfect health and happiness - Sri Aurobindo.

True from of life 

He, who is caught in the grooves of the ego and in the web of desire, whose heart is afflicted by reactions received from his surrounding, over whom the clouds of ambitions hover all the time, who is unable to sleep peacefully because of living in whirlpool of dualities, who wakes in the morning with his heart full of unsatisfied desire and goes to bed in the same state- is not worthy to be called a man according to the scripture. Because, the level from which this kind of life is led, as we see is low and full of darkness, it has no light of the spirit, nor the ray of reason or discrimination. Where these things do not flourish, nor are cherished, it cannot be human life, for it is not the expression of the inner personality of man.

May by itself is a great thing and his life also should be an expression of great things. Man is great because he carries the divine presence within him. To express this inner divinity, and to transform himself and his life in to Its light is the purpose of his life here upon the earth. 

To find the Divine is highest aim of human life. It is not as important as to what method we adopt to find Him or which path we follow to reach Him. What is important is to attain to Him. All those who want to find Him can do so. The attainment of the Divine is not difficult because he is our own self. We are portions of Him. He is within us, we are within Him. He is closer to us than any other things of the world. He is utmost our own, more than anything of the world. He is the truth of our being, the fundamental cause of our existence.

The condition of His attainment of the situation in which He can be attained is also very simple, natural, and common which everyone can fulfill. No matter what we are, young or old, educated or uneducated, rich or poor. All have equal right to find Him whenever they want to.

The condition of finding Him is that, except love for Him, no worldly pleasure should touch our mind, heart, body and senses, until He is found. All our hunger and thirst, sleep and rest, thoughts, feeling and action, all should be cought by a fire of intense passion to meet him. As soon as we rise into this state of burning aspiration, and intensity of our love for the Divine reaches its limits, because maximum, we shall see that our aim has been fulfilled.

As we belong to the divine completely, so does the divine also become our own. As we dwell in Him, He appears within us, we see Him everywhere, we love Him in everything, and we feel Him in every touch.

The aim of human life is to express the divinity, which is hidden within each one of us. But, unfortunately, it has not yet been the practical fact, in general. The majority of us does not think of it, does not even seem to be awakened to the feeling of its necessity and is living under the domination of the ego and the desires and the senses, which comprise our outer personality.

When we live completely in the outer personality of our being, and are fully occupied with it, and take full interest in its affairs, indulge in its enjoyments, the veil over our soul becomes thick. It is drowned deep in the self-ignorance by the force of lust and greed and desire. Which is the play or Pranamaya Purusha, or the natural expression of Rajas, one of the three principles which govern the universal Nature, according to the Gita?

Thus to sink in ignorance, to indulge in enjoyments and in animal traits, is a fall from the pure human possibilities of intellectual, moral and spiritual uplifting, to be lost in the void of indiscrimination if we live in the lower nature, the door of the self-benediction and the golden dawn of our spiritual destiny will be closed for ages. That means, as the scripture says-‘The soul is lost in Maya,’ or ‘an irreparable loss.’

We observe that each movement of the lower nature takes us far away from our central part, the true individual in our being. Each egoistic expression veils the inner God. Each selfish action shuts the door of the Grace. When the animal passions surge up from subconscious parts of our being, we find ourselves too weak to resist the spell which the objects of the sense cast around us. ‘How to come out of it?’ Asked the disciple. ‘Be vigilant, use your will, pray and surrender to the Lord, remember the promise you have made to Him within you.’ Said the Mother.

Through the identification with the Divinity within, one can overcome any weakness of one’s nature.

“All can be done if the god –touch is there.”

“Savitri”-Sri Aurobindo

If you desire the transformation of your whole being, understand the importance and know its value then you should choose it as the aim of your life. Take a resolution and offer all of yourself for this end. The practical from of what you have to do is as follow:

First and foremost, be sincere. Let your thoughts, your emotions, your actions, your life be full of truth. Thereafter try to open yourself towards the force which is going to accomplish this work of transformation in you. Let not only your mind and vital, but even each cell of your body, be conscious and receptive to the supramental force that is descending on the earth. The being who is open the most suitable base for the transformation. The descents of higher consciousness automatically take place in him. Each descents is a help to increase the possibility of transformation in us. The last act, although there is nothing as last in the process of sadhana, that one has to do is the surrender of the entire being. That is what one is, what one has, what one aspirer to become, total surrender of all that. You will have no right on your life. It will belong to the Master within. All will move according to his will. Under His guidance. To follow His command will be your duty and your occupation in life. You will walk on the road of life only with His permission. The direction and the goal will be decided by Him.

Reject the idea of success and failure. The notion about the personal success and failure which people generally have in their mind. Should have no meaning for you. Similarly the desire for fruit of action, in your heart, is meaningless. The value of these things for a divine instrument, for a discoverer of the inner truth and for a surrendered man is changed.

You have only to be a flute in the hand of the Lord. With this attitude, you will be accepted by Him, and acceptance by the Lord in itself is, one of the highest achievements in the world.