Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Yoga

4. Reason, Science and Yoga

Fragment ID: 256

See letter itself (letter ID: 658)

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

December 7, 1935

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These things should not be spoken of but kept under a cover.... Even in ordinary non-spiritual things the action of invisible or subjective forces is open to doubt and discussion in which there could be no material certitude, while the spiritual force is invisible in itself and also invisible in its action. So it is idle to try to prove that such and such a result was the effect of spiritual force. Each must form his own idea about that, for if it is accepted, it cannot be as a result of proof and argument, but only as a result of experience, of faith or of that insight in the deeper heart or the deeper intelligence which looks behind appearances and sees what is behind them. The spiritual consciousness does not claim in that way, it can state the truth about itself but not fight for a personal acceptance. A general and impersonal truth about spiritual force is another matter, but I doubt whether the time has come for it or whether it could be understood by mere reasoning intelligence.

¹ Sri Aurobindo to Dilip.- Vol. 2; CWSA, volume 29: If I was annoyed, it was with myself for speaking of things which ought to be kept under a cover. I put the whole thing in a light form, no doubt, but the substance was perfectly serious, the intention being to point out that even

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² Sri Aurobindo to Dilip.- Vol. 2; CWSA, volume 29: of subjective

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³ Sri Aurobindo to Dilip.- Vol. 2; CWSA, volume 29: was

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⁴ Sri Aurobindo to Dilip.- Vol. 2: would

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⁵ Sri Aurobindo to Dilip.- Vol. 2; CWSA, volume 29: heart

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⁶ Sri Aurobindo to Dilip.- Vol. 2; CWSA, volume 29: Moreover it would not be seemly for me to appear to be making a claim for myself and pleading for recognition or acceptance – for the

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⁷ Sri Aurobindo to Dilip.- Vol. 2; CWSA, volume 29: statement

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⁸ Sri Aurobindo to Dilip.- Vol. 2; CWSA, volume 29: the mere

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Current publication:

Sri Aurobindo. Letters on Yoga // SABCL.- Volume 22. (≈ 28 vol. of CWSA).- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1971.- 502 p.

Other publications:

[A letter: ] Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo to Dilip / edited by Sujata Nahar, Shankar Bandyopadhyay.- 1st ed.- In 4 Volumes.- Volume 2. 1934 – 1935.- Pune: Heri Krishna Mandir Trust; Mysore: Mira Aditi, 2003.- 405 p.

Sri Aurobindo. Letters on Yoga. II // CWSA.- Volume 29. (≈ 22-24 vol. of SABCL).- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2013.- 522 p.

Sri Aurobindo. Letters of Sri Aurobindo: In 4 Series.- Second Series [On Yoga].- Bombay: Sri Aurobindo Sircle, 1949.- 599 p.