Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume III - Part 1

Fragment ID: 12147

You must have allowed the consciousness to fall – there may have been some tamasic movement or it may merely be the habit of oscillation between the two conditions [obscure and luminous] that still persists.

The speedy removal of the difficulties depends on the continuance of the experiences. Otherwise the consciousness oscillates between the higher and the lower condition – which does not prevent the ultimate liberation, but does cause delay.