The Gol

denLi
ght
 

T‘
HYgol denLi ghtcamedowni ntomybr ai
n
 
  
   Andthegr eywor msofmi ndsun- t
ouchedbecame
Abr i
ghtreplytoWi sdom’soccul tplane,
 
  
   Acal
mi l
luminati
onandaf l
ame.
 
ThygoldenLi ghtcamedowni ntomyt hroat,
 
  
  Andall myspeechi snowat unedivine,
Apaean-songoft heemysi nglenot e;
 
  
  Mywor dsaredrunkwi tht heI mmor tal’
swine.
 
 
ThygoldenLi ghtcamedowni ntomyhear t
 
  
  Smiti
ngmyl if
ewi t
hThyet er ni
ty;
Nowhasi tgrownat empl ewher eThouar t
 
  
  Andall i
tspassions pointtowar dsonlyThee.
 
ThygoldenLi ghtcomedowni ntomyf eet
Myear t
hi snowt hyplayfiel
dandt hyseat .

 
TheGol denLighti
soneoft hepost-Savit
ripoems,sonnet sofMahar shiAur obindowr it
tenata
ti
mewhenhewasabsor bedinsadhna- pert
aini
ngr uminati
ons andthei ncant at
ionofSav it
ri
.A
yogi,sadhaka,anashr amite,hewasani l
luminedsoulandspi ri
t.Her
ei nthispoem namedThe
GoldenLi ght,t
hepoett el
lsaboutsadhnaandi t
sf ul
fil
lmentendowingt hesadhkai nt heform of
at r
y stwi t
ht heLightDi vi
ne,thePur eRi ng-l
ikeDazzlingLightgivingdi vineanandat ot he
exper i
ment i
ngsoul.Letusseehowhef eelsthat.Thepoem isjustaspi ri
tualexper i
encewhi ch
hehasshar edwi t
hus.Thet reasur
et r
ov eoft hey ogi
sandsadhakas hehaswr ungi ti
ntoa
beaut i
fulsongofli
ght.Al i
ghtpoem itisaboutt heli
ghtofthesoul.Thespar kofDi vinit
yisinall
,
buthowt oexperi
mentwi ththespark,onet r
iestoknowi t?

Fir
st,l
ightstr
ikesthebrai
nwher et
heideasfor
mat,germinat
eandmesmer i
zewit
hintel
li
gence
andwi t,i
l
luminati
ngthem init
swayandwi t
hitthegreywormsofthemindgetsun-t
ouched,a
repl
yt o West er
n Occult
ism.A calm i
ll
uminat
ion and a f
lame t
ake ov
erthe souladding
knowledge,l
ightandsobriet
y.

Thegoldenlightkeepschangi ngandgalvani
zingonebyoneaf t
erthebrai
nandt hemindget
tr
ansformed.Itreachesthethroatlev
elandthistooundergoeschangesandt ur
nsdivi
ne.Hi s
speech afi
re witht he bl
aze,tuned wit
ht he rhy
thm turns di
vine.The l
ight
,golden li
ght
tr
ansformsitwhoev erseesit.Hi
swor dsappeartobedrunkwiththewineoftheImmor t
al.The
devoti
onall
yri
cst hechoiceofthepoet.

Thegol
denl
i
ghtcomesdownt
ohi
shear
tandwi
tht
het
ouchandst
ri
keofi
t,t
hehear
tchanges
i
ntoat
empleofHi
swheredwel
l
sint
heLor
d-god.Af
tert
hatal
lhi
spassi
onsgetdi
rect
edt
oHi
m
whoi
stheUl
ti
mateReal
i
ty.

Agai
ntheli
ghtgetsdowntohisfeetandwit
hithi
sear
thnowthepl
ayf
iel
dandt
heseatoft
he
Lor
d.Devot
ional
bli
sstoohasali
feofownifonecomef
eeli
t.

Thel
astt
wol
i
nesoft
hesonnetexpr
essi
tsoni
cel
ywi
thar
eal
i
zat
ion:

Thygol
denLi
ghtcomedownint
omyf eet
Myeart
hisnowthypl
ayf
iel
dandthyseat
.

TheGol denLightisamet aphysi

calpieceofAur obi
ndowher einher efl
ectsovertheat t
ainment
oft heLightDivi
neandt hereaft
ertheanandaf lowingthroughandt heexperienceofi t.What
Aurobindotakestoisallt
hathaskeptt hegreatsadhusandsadhakasofI ndi
aspel l
-boundov er
they earsinso muchwonderandamazementwhi chnev erdidt heyr ev
eal.Themy st
ical
fl
ickeri
ngofi t,t
hei l
l
uminationblazi
ngi sstupendousnodoubtwhi chbuthet akest o.The
deli
ghtofsadhna; t
heanandam oft hesoulisthesubject-
mat terofthispoem.Suchat hingitis
thereinThomasTr aherne;inJohnMi lt
ont oo.Burningt hemi dnightlamp,Aur obindohas
fi
nishedthepoem.