Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

SABCL 26

Fragment ID: 7891

Q: Do you mean that this method (to “sit in vacant meditation and see what comes from the intuitive Gods”) can really do something? I understand that you wrote many things in that way, but people also say that Gods – no. Goddesses used to come and tell you the meaning of Vedas.

A: It was a joke. But all the same that is the way things are supposed to come. When the mind becomes decently quiet, an intuition perfect or imperfect is supposed to come hopping along and jump in and look round the place. Of course, it is not the only way. People tell a stupendous amount of rubbish. I wrote everything I have written since 1909 in that way, i.e. out of or rather through a silent mind, and not only a silent mind but a silent consciousness. But Gods and Goddesses had nothing to do with the matter.

22-10-1935