Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 3

Letter ID: 785

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

July 12, 1936

The translation is a very poetic rendering of the original which was undoubtedly appropriate – but in my experience such appropriatenesses are very common once the inner consciousness is working. Things seem then to be designed so as to help to “illuminate”.

Certainly, the overcoming of these little mental physical grappling hooks of attachment is helpful so I cannot object to your proposal, especially as you propose not to overdo it. I would only begin to be alarmed if I saw you casting longing glances at groundnuts and goat’s milk and turning into a rival of Mahatma Gandhi. But that I do not apprehend – so I remain tranquil.