Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1937

Letter ID: 1937

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

May 12, 1937

What does the double line indicate against lines 11, 12?

Double line means double fine.

Good God, Sir, you have made the Spirit a swine!

No, sir, I haven’t, though the spirit often becomes a swine. But you have made the spirit-mine into the spirit’s mine which is a deterioration.

I take my pen to write, a fear creeps in saying that perhaps what I shall write will be un-English and surrealistic and all labour will be lost. You are taking so much trouble and giving your precious time, is it worth while?

It is because you are finding your way. You have got the inspiration, but the mental mixture rises from time to time; that has to be got rid of, so I am taking trouble. I wouldn’t if it were not worth while.

Ishwarbhai is suffering from inability to eat or digest what he has eaten. Mother proposes to treat him like Amrita with nux vomica and with syrup of bitter orange. He will probably come to you for them; give and instruct him.