Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1933-34

Fragment ID: 16240

1933

You have said, “Everything which belongs to Prakrit! can be rejected by the Purusha.” But when the Purusha itself has become one with Prakriti’, what is one to do?

There is no need of rejection when the Purusha is one with the Prakriti – but that happens only on a higher plane. Here the Purusha is not one, it is only subjected to Prakriti as long as it remains inert.