Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Letters

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Sri Aurobindo — Rene (Aga Syed Yakub)

October 9, 1929

René

I shall answer your letter, but meanwhile do not allow these things to worry you. Don’t allow them to run in your mind or to get on your nerves. And don’t let unpleasant feelings last in you; throw them away. After all, these incidents are very small things in themselves, and it is only when one gives them too much importance that they can take hold of the mind and give trouble.

The important point is not who was in the right or in the wrong; when these things happen, there is always some mistake or a wrong feeling on both sides. The one important thing is your inner condition. You have the Mother’s love and my help and spiritual support; why should anything said or done or not said or not done by others disturb you? I want you to be, whatever happens, calm and at peace within and happy. It is the only way to keep the devil at a respectful distance.

Sri Aurobindo