Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume I - Part 2

Fragment ID: 10102

It is the function of the outward physical mind to deal with external things – that is why it wants always to be busy with them. What it has to learn is to be quiet and to act only when the Will wants to use it, when it is really needed – and also to act only on what the Will wants to deal with, not run about in a random manner. When it becomes quiet, it can then go inside and come into contact and unity with the inner physical consciousness. The wideness and peace as it grows can do much to quiet the physical mind and give it an inward source of deeper action.