Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume II - Part 2
Fragment ID: 11759
What he describes1 is a vital demand of the ego for emotional self-satisfaction; it is Maya. It is not true love, for true love seeks for union and self-giving and that is the love one must bring to the Divine. This vital (so-called) love brings only suffering and disappointment; it does not bring happiness; it never gets satisfied and, even if it is granted something that it asks for, it is never satisfied with it.
It is perfectly possible to get rid of this Maya of the vital demand, if one wishes to do it,– but the will to do it must be sincere. If he is sincere in his will, he will certainly get help and protection.
1 The correspondent wrote, “I want a heart that can respond to all my moods, that can understand me, that can do me justice, that can love me intensely and exclusively.” Sri Aurobindo’s reply was written to his secretary, who answered the enquirer. – Ed.