Her mind, a sea of white sincerity,
Passionate in flow, had not one turbid wave—

Savitri’s will is supported by the purity of her mind, a sea that in its impetuosity can reach every shore of understanding, shores near or far or beyond vision’s reach. Absolute purity is the ādhāra, the support for all divine activity. There is so much of dross and darkness around, and ignorance, and falsehood, that to make genuine spiritual progress there ought to be, writes Sri Aurobindo, the central sincerity: “There is one indispensable condition, sincerity.” Not swayed by passion, unflawed by grime and clay, is her will working in the true and the good.

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