Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

12. Experiences of the Inner and the Cosmic Consciousness

Fragment ID: 2163

That is the old Vedantic idea – to be free and detached within and leave the Prakriti to itself. When you die, the Purusha will go to glory and the Prakriti drop off – perhaps into hell. This theory is a source of any amount of self-deception and wilful self-indulgence.