Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1936

Letter ID: 1520

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

January 12, 1936

Is there no real love in the human world?... Where is the crux of the trouble?

In the self-delusion of the vital. Human love is mainly vital, when it is not vital and physical together. It is also sometimes psychic + vital. But the Love with a dominant psychic element is rare.

I am in agony; a great upheaval is going on. Oh, how I wish for something real! real love! Can you not give me, make me feel, overwhelm me – even if for 10 minutes – with your love, and make life worth living?

What is real love? Get clear of all the sentimental sexual turmoil and go back to the soul,– then there is real love. It is then also you would be able to receive the overwhelming love without getting the lower being into an excitement which might be disastrous.