Poems to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Volume I

The Mother spoke of youth as being a state of being rather than a condition of the body. Narad himself fulfills this primary condition of being young for his spirit is ever keen and ready to explore the Unknown and glimpse the Unseen. With love in his heart and courage and faith as wings his soul soars always forward and further towards the Beyond. A lesser mortal would thus fly into the eternal Blue beyond all landscapes but his heart of love has chosen otherwise. He prefers to graduate his flight, to move in ever widening circles of God's embrace, to return again and again and sing of that vision which he has glimpsed during his flight. What he brings back is not just poetry but strains of a new music that await their discovery by beings of the New World. Narad is surely one of them who brings to us glad tidings from afar in this world that is packed with the throes and anguish of a New Birth. Surely his soul is soaked deeply in the Love of the Divine Mother whose vision he lives and breathes. This anthology is indeed yet another gift of love that links the earthly aspiration for Beauty with the vision of the All-Beautiful. To read them is a delight since they carry some touch of that Grace which has moved his soul. To reflect upon them is to bathe in deep waters of love that ever refresh and rejuvenate us. -Dr. Alok Pandey