ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்தரும் ஒளி பொருந்திய பாதையும்!

இன்று நவம்பர் 24. ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்தாசிரமத்தில் வெற்றித் திருநாள் (Sidhdhi Day) என்று அழைக்கப்படுகிற தரிசன நாள். 1926 இல் ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்தருக்குள்  ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ண சைதன்யம் புகுந்து நிறைந்த தினம். கிருஷ்ணனுடைய ஒளி ஒரு மானுட உடலில் புகுந்து நிறைந்ததான அந்த அனுபவமே ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்தர் அடுத்த 24 ஆண்டுகள் மேற்கொண்ட தவமாக விரிந்து அதிமானச ஒளி Supramental Light ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்தருடைய ஸ்தூல உடலில் தங்கிய அற்புதமாகவும் ஆகியது.

இன்று புதுச்சேரி ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்தாசிரமத்தில் வழங்கப் பட்ட தரிசன நாள் செய்தியின் முகப்பு. உள்ளே   இந்த நாளுடைய அருமையை, ஸ்ரீ அரவித்தருடைய பூரண யோகத்தை, ஆசிரமம் தன்னைத்தானே உருவாக்கிக் கொண்ட விதத்தை   சுருங்கச் சொல்வதாகவும்  இருக்கிறது. ஒளி பொருந்திய பாதை (Sunlit Path) என்று ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்த அன்னை சொன்ன ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்தருடைய பூரண யோகம் உருவாக ஒரு துவக்கமாகவும் இருந்த நாள் இது என்றுகூடச் சொல்லலாம்.  

இந்த நாளுடைய அருமை என்ன என்பதைப் பிந்தைய நாட்களில் ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்தர் சொன்னது இப்படி 

    From the beginning of November 1926 the pressure of the Higher Power began to be unbearable. Then at last the great day, the day for which the Mother had been waiting for so many long years, arrived on 24 November. The sun had almost set, and everyone was occupied with his own activity – some had gone out to the seaside for a walk – when the Mother sent round word to all the disciples to assemble as soon as possible in the verandah where the usual meditation was held. It did not take long for the message to go round to all. By six o'clock most of the disciples had gathered. It was becoming dark. In the verandah

on the wall near Sri Aurobindo's door, just behind his chair, a; black silk curtain with gold lace work representing three Chinese dragons was hung. The three dragons were so represented that the tail of one reached up to the mouth of the other and the three of them covered the curtain from end to end. We came to know afterwards that there is a prophecy in China that the Truth will manifest itself on earth when the three dragons (the dragons of the earth, of the mind region and of the sky) meet. Today on 24 November the Truth was descending and the hanging of the curtain was significant.

There was a deep silence in the atmosphere after the disciples had gathered there. Many saw an oceanic flood of Light rushing down from above. Everyone present felt a kind of pressure above his head. The whole atmosphere was surcharged with some electrical energy. In that silence, in that atmosphere full of concentrated expectation and aspiration, in the electrically charged atmosphere, the usual, yet on this day quite unusual, tick was heard behind the door of the entrance. Expectation rose in a flood. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother could be seen through the half-opened door. The Mother with a gesture of her eyes requested Sri Aurobindo to step out first. Sri Aurobindo with a similar gesture suggested to her to do the same. With a slow dignified step the Mother came out first, followed by Sri Aurobindo with his majestic gait. The small table that used to be in front of Sri Aurobindo's chair was removed this day. The Mother sat on a small stool to his right.

Silence absolute, living silence – not merely living but overflowing with divinity. The meditation lasted about forty-five minutes. After that one by one the disciples bowed to the Mother.

She and Sri Aurobindo gave blessings to them. Whenever a disciple bowed to the Mother, Sri Aurobindo's right hand came forward behind the Mother's as if blessing him through the Mother. After the blessings, in the same silence there was a short meditation.
In the interval of silent meditation and blessings many had distinct experiences. When all was over they felt as if they had awakened from a divine dream. Then they felt the grandeur, the poetry and the absolute beauty of the occasion. It was not as if a handful of disciples were receiving blessings from their Supreme Master and the Mother in one little comer of the earth; the significance of the occasion was far greater than that.

It was certain that a Higher Consciousness had descended on earth. In that deep silence had burgeoned forth, like the sprout of a banyan tree, the beginning of a mighty spiritual work. This momentous occasion carried its significance to all in the divine dynamism of the silence, in its unearthly dignity and grandeur and in the utter beauty of its every little act. The deep impress of divinity which everyone got was for him a priceless treasure.
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother went inside. Immediately Datta was inspired. In that silence she spoke: "The Lord has descended into the physical today."

That 24 November should be given an importance equal to that of the birthdays of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother is quite proper because on that day the descent of the Higher Power symbolic of the victory of their mission took place. The Delight consciousness in the Overmind which Sri Krishna incarnated – as Avatar – descended on this day into the physical rendering possible the descent of the Supermind in Matter.

Of this descent Sri Aurobindo wrote on several occasions afterwards. In October 1935 he wrote as follows:
"It [the 24th November 1926] was the descent of Krishna into the physical. "Krishna is not the supramental Light. The descent of Krishna would mean the descent of the Overmind Godhead preparing, though not itself actually bringing, the descent of Supermind and Ananda. Krishna is the Anandamaya; he supports the evolution through the Overmind leading it towards his {{0}}Ananda."[[Cf. Sri Aurobindo, On Himself, p. 136.]]

The names of those disciples who were present on 24 November 1926:
(1) Bijoy Kumar Nag, (2) Nolini Kanta Gupta, (3) K. Amrita, (4) Moni (Suresh Chakravarty), (5) Pavitra (Phillippe Barbier Saint-Hilaire), (6) Barindra Kumar Ghose, (7) Datta (Miss Hodgson), (8) K. Rajangam, (9) Satyen, (10) Purani, (11) Lilavati (Purani's wife), (12) Punamchand, (13) Champa Ben (Punamchand's wife), (14) Rajani Kanta Palit, (15) Dr. Upendra Nath Banerjee, (16) Champaklal, (17) Kanailal Gangulee, (18) Khitish Chandra Dutt, (19) V. Chandra Sekharam, (20) Pujalal, (21) Purushottam Patel, (22) Rati Palit, (23) Rambhai Patel, (24) Nani Bala.

THE LIFE OF SRI AUROBINDO BY A B PURANI  

இந்த நாளைப்பற்றி ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்த அன்னை சொன்னது இது:

To follow Sri Aurobindo in the great adventure of his integral Yoga, one needed always to be a warrior, now that he has left us physically, one needs to be a hero.
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-The Mother
(A message given by the Mother for 24 November 1952 on occasion of siddhi day)

Words of The Mother vol.15, pg.197. 

ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்த சரணம் மம  மா மிரா சரணம் மம 

ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்த அன்னையே! உன் திருவடிகளைச் சரண் அடைகிறேன். ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்தருடைய திருவடிகளைச் சரண் அடைகிறேன்.