Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1936

Letter ID: 1693

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

August 2, 1936

I send you this magnificent poem of Dilip’s along with his after-corrections. My impression is that most of the changes have spoiled the beauty of the poem. Do you agree with me?

I have the same impression as you. It is always a little perilous to meddle afterwards with something that has come out in a full inspiration – “improvements” in such cases generally spoil the first spontaneous perfection.

I am again prosaic and gloomy. Everybody is changing here; no change for me.

Everybody is who? Give me the good news.

Must I go on crying and crying?

I hope not. Crying won’t hasten the change.

Please put, at least, the shower of poetry on as you did a few days ago. Or is it gone?

It can always come back.

What about my other book lying with you? Can you release it now?

I don’t know. Not immediately at least.

You said that if the wrong medicine is given, the Force has to counteract that also...

I only meant that it was so much obstacle to the Force which it has to overcome.

If the medical channel had opened in you like the painting vision, what a great help it would have been for you, and a boon for me!

My dear sir, in that case I should have to do all the doctoring. So I take care not to let the Medico open. Simple measure of prudence.

J says no trouble at all now... He is not willing to take any medicine. Cast him off?

Bile gone? If so can finish.