Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1933-34

Fragment ID: 16588

1934

The sex thoughts do not seem to come really from within us. Most of them have even no connection with us. They are merely a play of the physical nature without any individuality in them. They pass simply from men to women or the other way round – often without our knowledge.

Yes, that is what happens – but sometimes people, if they receive and indulge them, become themselves instruments for passing them on to others.