Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 3
Letter ID: 911
Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar
March 1937 (?)
I have read Madame Miller’s letter. I suppose circumstances are such that she cannot stay longer in India, but I hope that the impression she has received will help her in her life there in Europe and be the beginning of an inner development of something that will be a constant support and refuge.
As for Baroda and Raihana we will see how you feel about it when the Gramophone Co. decides the date and you are about to start. I am expecting the records to be a great success.
P.S. It is sad to learn that we are under the displeasure of Tagore – we will hope however that he will come round and extend to us his “pardon” and poetic blessing once more.
I have thought of the name “Nilima” for Heddy Miller as a symbol of her aspiration.
Well, Maurice Magre1 found an inexpressible douleur [grief] in my blessed photograph! Proof that we know not
what we are.
I am glad to hear Heddy finds great peace at meditation.
1 Maurice Magre (1877-1941): A French poet and intellectual came to the Ashram in 1933. His impressions are recorded in his book A la poursuite de la sagesse [In Pursuit of Wisdom]. It was in answer to his question that Sri Aurobindo wrote The Riddle of This World.