Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume IV - Part 2
Fragment ID: 13879
After each crisis there is something gained, if there has been a victory and rejection. The gain is to externalise the vital disturbance, so that even if it returns it will be felt so much an outside force that the observing consciousness (mental, higher vital) cannot be disturbed. If you keep that, it will be an immense advance.