Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume III - Part 2
Fragment ID: 12469
The lake is the being in its individual consciousness, the sea is the same being with a universalised consciousness which can hold the universe and its cosmic forces in itself – the one (individual) merges into the other (the universal). The boat is the formation of the Mother’s consciousness in you in which you are preparing to sail on this sea.