Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume III - Part 1

Fragment ID: 12154

It is difficult to say [why the veiling of consciousness persists] – usually it is when something in the mind and vital accepts and indulges the lower forces that this inability to re-enter the true consciousness remains so obstinate. Physical tamas can produce long interregnums of obscure consciousness, but not usually with such a violent obstruction – usually only dull and obstinate.