Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
13. Opposition of the Hostile Forces
There are almost always some parts of the being that are either unwilling or
feel an incapacity for the effort demanded of them. It is the psychic and the
mind and the higher vital usually that join together for the yoga – for if these
three do not join, it is difficult to do any yoga at all beyond getting a few
experiences from time to time. But in the lower vital there is almost always
something recalcitrant and there is much of the physical that is too obscure. If
the sadhak were left to himself this could be remedied without much difficulty,
but it is here that the hostility in the universal (lower) forces comes in –
they want to keep their reign over the being. The result is an exacerbation of
the resistance of the lower vital and an exaggeration of the obstruction
(inertia, passive resistance) in the physical which then admit these suggestions
of self-destruction, depression or despair.