Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

07. Transformation of the Vital

Fragment ID: 3205

The fear is again that of the physical consciousness or of the vital element in it – it is afraid if it gives up desire that it will lose everything – or everything it wants – and gain nothing in exchange or at least nothing it wants. It does not realise that it will get something far greater and more powerful and happy in place of this troubled desire and its doubtful and precarious fruits – for it has been accustomed to think of desire as the only possible motive of life. It does not know that the divine Force is there waiting to descend with its light and peace and joy bringing much greater things and a happier life. When this part can be enlightened and persuaded to want whole-heartedly the change, then a great difficulty, indeed the central difficulty will have gone.