Selected poems give a glimpse of Sri Aurobindo’s yoga as it was developing along unique lines after reaching Pondicherry. The poems include the following:
– Ascent (‘The Silence’ and ‘Beyond the Silence’), pp. 581-582
– Descent, p. 578
– O Will of God, p. 520
– Ahana, pp. 477-491
– Light, p. 618
– Bride of the Fire, p. 532
[pages for CWSA 2: Collected Poems]
This talk is woven around Sri Aurobindo’s poem Rebirth, written between 1900 and 1906.
Perseverance of Aspiration in ‘The Meditations of Mandavya’
The Pilgrim of the Night