Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume IV - Part 2
It is much better to tell [any feelings of dissatisfaction]. But you 
are not alone in these feelings – two-thirds of the Asram have them in more or less vehemence – it is the unregenerate vital ego which is just the thing that stands most in the way of the transformation – other things are comparatively mild obstacles compared with this part of the being. It is much better that the Mother refused consideration to this part of you – consideration would have been a much more dangerous test than refusal.