\n “Today I fight
\nAgainst ignorance-night.
\nTomorrow I shall dance
\nIn God’s Victory-Delight.”<\/p>\n
Again, just repeating this prayer inwardly or aloud and meditating on
\nit is a most powerful mantra-weapon against ignorance-night.<\/p>\n
And yet there is so much that could be said about it, after
\nmeditating on it. The Indian scriptures come to mind, where it is
\nsaid that “the soul cannot be won be the weakling”. Just reading the
\nprayer gives us renewed strength and courage to never give up, to not
\nsuccumb to ignorance or surrender to the sometimes suffocating veil
\nof ignorance, in spite of constant, daily ignorance-attacks from
\ninside and outside ourselves.<\/p>\n
Just to emphasize that the prayer is about an inner and not an outer
\nfight, I would like to quote again some of Sri Chinmoy’s own words.<\/p>\n
\nFF 9206. To Fight Heroically
\n
\nDo you want to fight heroically
\nAgainst the ignorance-giant?
\nThen be happy!<\/p>\n
\nfrom Ten Thousand Flower-Flames<\/a>, Part 93 <\/p>\n FF 22416. from Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees<\/a>, Part 23<\/p>\n \nFF 644. I Fight My Ignorance-Night from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames<\/a>, Part 7 <\/p>\n \nAnd answering a practical question about how to protect oneself in “… You conquer ignorance by inundating it with your inner Light and
\n
\nWhen we are self-giving
\nGod helps us fight
\nAgainst ignorance-night
\nBefore it starts. <\/p>\n
\n
\nAs a fire department
\nFights fire
\nNot with fire
\nBut with water,
\nEven so,
\nI fight my ignorance-night
\nNot with my ignorance-night,
\nBut with my meditation-light. <\/p>\n
\neveryday working life, Sri Chinmoy answered: <\/p>\n
\nPeace…
\nOn the outer plane you may be quite cordial, friendly and
\nsympathetic, but on the inner plane you have to be very strong
\nalways. You have to remember that right now you are a tiny, fragile
\nplant which can be easily destroyed. But you do have the power within
\nyou to create a protective barrier between yourself and your
\nassociates, a power to fight ignorance. This power, which is in the
\nform of Peace, Light or Bliss, you get from your meditation…”<\/p>\n