Pieces of Good Fortune
Come Together
Karmayogi
It is a common experience of those who are in luck to see
the phenomenon of several GOOD things happening one after the other. At such
times people say, ” These things are happening in quick succession, each
one of them is more than a miracle. Even if it is written as fiction, no one
will believe it. Why, I myself will not believe it. Life is too good to
believe.” This is a truth very well known to the world, but it is known as
‘misfortunes do not come singly’. There is a Tamil proverb that just echoes
this idea.
Sri Aurobindo called His magnum opus “The Life Divine”. That work
contains ALL such Truths as yogic principles. It is our misfortune that this
book is not widely read or its ideas comprehended. Shakespeare’s works contain
all the universal truths of life even as the Mahabharatha does. Life was
NEGATIVE in Shakespeare’s time. Therefore, his best works were tragedies. After
1956 when the Supramental Force has descended into the subtle atmosphere of the
earth, life has become positive in potential. The positive nature of life is
not there on its surface as a Power of Life for us to readily draw upon. One
who invokes the Spirit converts the potential into actual power.
In comedies, we read the ending which solves all the problems raised in the
story. Sometimes critics call it a fairy tale ending. Whatever happens – good
or bad – does not happen singly. It comes in bunches, in quick succession as if
Fortune in determined to make one lucky. Sri Aurobindo explains this phenomenon
as absence of waste in Nature. Nature, He says works on several things at once,
which appear as waste to us. But the work of Nature is occult to our naked eyes.
When the time comes, we see one item is completed. That is followed by all the
other items of work Nature was working on. He who invokes the Spirit can
witness that phenomenon in his life. A lady celebrated two weddings for two of
her daughters, raised her income fivefold, and sent both the daughters to USA,
all in about a year.