Selections from Collected Poems by Sri Aurobindo: Poems Published in “On Quantitative Meter”

India – the home of many great spiritual Masters, one such great figure is the spiritual master, yogi, philosopher, poet and politician Sri Aurobindo, who graced our planet from 1872 to 1950. Sri Aurobindo’s time in political career was dedicated to achieving India’s independence. However, after inner reflection, Sri Aurobindo retired from politics and service to his country. His aspirations turned instead toward the liberation of all humanity. Through the inner knowledge revealed to him during his spiritual practice, Sri Aurobindo began publishing writings full of wisdom. Today, we present to you selected poems from “On Quantitative Meter” is in Part Seven of “Collected Poems,” written by Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry between 1927 and 1947. “O Spirit immortal, Away from the turning Wheel, breaking the magical Circle. Ascend, single and deathless: Care no more for the whispers and the shoutings in the darkness, Pass from the sphere of the grey and the little, Leaving the cry and the struggle, Into the Silence for ever.”