Sri Aurobindo

Essays Divine and Human

Writings from Manuscripts. 1910 – 1950

The Problem of Consciousness

The Secret below the Surface

91

There is a meaning in the universe, an intention in cosmic existence; there is a significance of the individual, his life is a sign and has a purpose.

The true truth of things is not apparent on the surface, it is something hidden. Truth is not obvious, it comes always as a discovery, Life is the working out of a secret, the process and progress of a mystery; we too are not what we seem to be, we have to find and become ourself.

What we seem to be is a thinking human animal. What we are and have to become is God; the secret purpose of our existence here is to find the occult Reality of ourselves and the world, to become Divine.

Circa 1945/49

	{DocumentDescription}
		{StartingDate}
			{Year}
				1945
			{/Year}
			{Exactness}
				Circa
			{/Exactness}
		{/StartingDate}
		{EndingDate}
			{Year}
				1949
			{/Year}
			{Exactness}
				Circa
			{/Exactness}
		{/EndingDate}
		{DateType}
			Writting
		{/DateType}
		{WorkKind}
			Manuscript
		{/WorkKind}
	{/DocumentDescription}