A prominent Indian philosopher and spiritual leader who developed Integral Yoga, which aims at the transformation of human nature into a divine consciousness. His writings explore the evolution of consciousness and the potential for a spiritual awakening that includes not just personal enlightenment but also the transformation of society. His work emphasizes the integration of spiritual practice with everyday life and the pursuit of a higher, evolutionary purpose.
The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.
The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies.
My God is love and sweetly suffers all.
Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Knowledge is the performer, the Infinite All is the composer and audience.
One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.
Each religion has helped mankind. Paganism increased in man the light of beauty, the largeness and height of his life, his aim at a many-sided perfection; Christianity gave him some vision of divine love and charity; Buddhism has shown him a noble way to be wiser, gentler, purer, Judaism and Islam how to be religiously faithful in action and zealously devoted to God; Hinduism has opened to him the largest and profoundest spiritual possibilities.
