Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1935

Letter ID: 1382

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

July 22, 1935

It is because I made up my mind long ago to leave the old moorings that I was able to kick at the old life, but the moorings seem to be very deep, beyond my human reach...

Yes, you made up your mind and it remains made up – but I was speaking of your vital and its mind. It is because your vital is kicking against your made-up mind that there is the trouble. You ought to talk to it more seriously and firmly and, when necessary, give it a calm and judicious whipping until it becomes a good boy.