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Sri Aurobindo — Champaklal Purani

December 27, 1935

At the Lotus feet of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother,

Is it possible to give me two books? One is “Conversations with the Mother” and the “Mother’s Prayers in French”. Please, write inside something if Thy will is there.

When I sit in the meditation, I feel sometimes that my whole body from inside became vacant and foggy. That time I don’t feel the body consciousness except from neck to head I feel that. Explain it to me.

You are probably becoming aware of a suitable consciousness wider than the physical and when one is in this consciousness the body seems non-existent. The thought being still active, you are aware at that time of head only.

Whether I sit in meditation or not, I felt deep peace behind and around my head and I like to enter into it. How nice if it would descend into me! Is it imagination or truth?

You are probably feeling the peace of the higher consciousness with a tendency to enter into it. Afterwards this usually descends into the head and body, but as yet there is not this movement.

I couldn’t stop my currents of useless thoughts, even in the sleep also. I am tired of it. Why does it come? From where? Please, show me the way to stop it.

I pray to give me faith, devotion, Peace and Ananda. Shower thy Grace on me and Punamchand. He sends his pranam at

Thy lotus feet.

Pranam from Champaben

All thoughts really come from outside, but one is not conscious of their coming. You have become conscious of this movement. There are different ways of getting rid of them; One is to reject them one by one before they come in; another is to look at them with detachment till they fade away.

Sri Aurobindo