Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1935

Fragment ID: 16927

1935

Getting up from sleep early in the morning, tamas rushes up everywhere. It is so difficult to get back to my usual state of consciousness. You might say that this is a normal result of sleep. But have we not decided to break down all the old usual and ‘natural’ habits?

Certainly, but the usual and natural have a great habit of recurring – even when they are not wanted.