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The Golden Light

The Golden Light

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RY Deshpande

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The Golden Light

Thy golden Light came down into my brain
    And the grey rooms of mind sun-touched became
A bright reply to Wisdom’s occult plane,
    A calm illumination and a flame.

Thy golden Light came down into my throat,
    And all my speech is now a tune divine,
A paean song of Thee my single note;
    My words are drunk with the Immortal’s wine.

Thy golden Light came down into my heart
    Smiting my life with Thy eternity;
Now has it grown a temple where Thou art
    And all its passions point towards only Thee.

Thy golden Light came down into my feet;
My earth is now Thy playfield and Thy seat.

Sri Aurobindo

8 August 1938

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4 responses to “The Golden Light”

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    RY Deshpande

    The golden Light is the light of the Divine Truth on the higher planes above the ordinary mind—a light supramental in origin. It is also the light of Mahakali above the mind. The golden light is also often seen emanating from the Mother like the white Light.

    Sri Aurobindo

    17 September 1933

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    RY Deshpande

    The line of golden light is a line of the light of the higher Divine Truth encircling the Akash of the heart and the diamond mass is the Mother’s light pressing into that Akash. It is therefore a sign of these powers working on the psychic-emotional centre.

    Sri Aurobindo

    17 December 1936

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    RY Deshpande

    One night I found a vast light, yellowish white, cool and peaceful, coming down from above. Is this the light of the higher mind consciousness or of some spiritual consciousness?

    It depends on the shade of the yellow. If it is golden white it comes from above the mind and the combination suggests the Maheshwari-Mahakali power. Higher Mind colour is pale blue.

    Sri Aurobindo

    21 March 1938

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    RY Deshpande

    A prosodic note about his poem which is a Shakespearean sonnet:

    Shakespearean sonnet

    The variation of the sonnet form that Shakespeare used—comprised of three quatrains and a concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg—is called the English or Shakespearean sonnet form, although others had used it before him. This different sonnet structure allows for more space to be devoted to the buildup of a subject or problem than the Italian/Petrarchan form, and is followed by just two lines to conclude or resolve the poem in a rhyming couplet.

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