Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1934

Letter ID: 1196

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

July 9, 1934

D was saying, “What is food-desire after all, for me? I can give it up at once.” How far is this view correct? Or is the vital having its play out under this pretext?

It is a self-deception of the vital, “I have no attachment, so I can go on indulging myself!” But in practice the attachment is there, however lofty the attitude.