SKILL

Yoga, says the Gita, is skill in works, and by this phrase the ancient Scripture meant that the transformation of mind and being to which it gave the name of Yoga brought with it a perfect inner state and faculty out of which the right principle of action and the right spiritual and divine result of works emerged naturally like a tree out of its seed.
SRI AUROBINDO

Skill in Works
Must be used knowingly.

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Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; in white, pale yellow and shades of red, pink and purple; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

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Skill in Psychic Work
Listen silently to the command that comes from the Supreme Lord and you will have the capacity to carry it out.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small clear pink salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

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Skill in Mental Work
To know how to observe in silence is the source of its skillfulness.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small yellow salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

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Emotional Skill in Work
When work becomes attractive and is done with joy, how much better it is.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small white salverform flowers with a mauve centre; with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

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Skill in Vital Work
This is the seat of all capacities and all skills which needs only discipline to be realised.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small purple to mauve salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

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Physical Skill in Work
Skillful hands, a clear vision, a concentrated attention, an untiring patience and what one does is done well.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small carmine red salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

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Skill in Material Work
Skillful hands, precise care, a sustained attention and one compels matter to obey the spirit.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small brigt red salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

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Skill in Integral Work
All that is done is done well, whatever the work undertaken.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small white salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

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Radiating Skill in Work

When the instruments of work (hands, eyes etc.) become conscious and the attention is controlled, the capacity for work seems to be limitless.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small salverform flowers with a central star and fringed petals; with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; in white, pale yellow and shades of red, pink and purple; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke