This article is at pains to explain the knotty points in The Life Divine through a discussion. It is meant for those who are familiar with the Book. Below is a sketchy summary of the BOOK, The Life Divine and the aim of the discussion in life, especially the family and the school.  

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An American youth had to disoblige the elderly admiral in preference to his visit to the Samadhi. A lady who went on foot to seek a 4000/- rupee income lost it and recovered it when she changed her attitude and action.

Creation of luck and abolition of karma are of the same process in the opposite direction, I argue. Everyone has some karma or other. One can try to wipe off karma by taking to Mother and invoking Her force. Should that succeed, the truism holds good for luck too.

If there are a few ideas that are of perennial interest to man, certainly Luck is one of them, maybe at the top of the list. Knowing that luck is unattainable by human effort, over the centuries man gave a hot chase to those things of life that brought luck to some. The gold-rush has become embedded in the pages of history. At the dawn of Indian freedom, men in pursuit of miniluck pursued the bus route, even as the dauntless American prospected for oil in the last century. Reader’s Digest once carried a joke which described an American entrant to heaven.

Letter from Nirupama Raghavan to her American ‘uncle'.

Dear Uncle Bob,

he Experiment I spoke of is the crux of the entire theory I have explained. The result, the manifold result, validates the theory. But the experiment carries within it something more important than the magnificent result. One who values the result, of course, will certainly get the result. Everything will stop there. After some years when he again hears of such things or recollects the earlier experience, he will, like the MLA who acted as the Chief Minister for one day, say to himself, "Of course, it was one golden day in my life.

Mostly man imitates others' success. His own mind is convinced when he sees another has succeeded in a venture. Therefore he would like to imitate it. There are other fresh ventures where Man is not so certain because he is not sure that he would succeed where another has done well. In such cases, he would be careful. If possible, he would like to experiment in a small way. A rich Reddiar boy very much desired to go to Madras for college education in the twenties. His parents were doubtful of the outcome. The boy cited several other cases.

Sri Aurobindo's yoga is of importance for this book because it makes Spiritual opulence possible. As yoga is the antithesis of family life, this aspect of Sri Aurobindo's yoga is relevant and is of interest here. He calls His yoga Integral Yoga. It is so called because this yoga is integrated with life. In Sanskrit it is called Purna Yoga, meaning everything in creation is included in this yoga. He has also said that this is a yoga of Self-Perfection. The Self that is known to be aloof, perfects itself by emerging through our minds, lives and bodies.

In this chapter I wish to consider where India stands in the spiritual scheme of things. Sri Aurobindo dreamt of Freedom for India and it came on His birthday. That was the first of His five dreams. He desired Asia to be free also. During His lifetime, even His second dream came true. World Union was the third. India becoming Jagat Guru - World Guru - was His fourth dream. His final dream was the advent of the Supramental Being.