Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume III - Part 1

Fragment ID: 12099

There are two centres or parts of the consciousness – one is a witness, sākṣī, and observes, the other consciousness is active and it is this active consciousness that you felt going down deep into the vital being. If your mind had not become active, you would have known where it went and what it went there to experience or do. When there is an experience, you should not begin to think about it, for that is of no use at all and it only stops the experience – you should remain silent, observe and let it go on to its end.