Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1935

Fragment ID: 17045

1935

I have written to you that it was possible to detach myself from the sex difficulty to some extent. But there is no total overcoming it.

What you are able to detach yourself from does not so much matter. It can wait for final removal. It is the physical difficulty that must be overcome.

It is not a question of overcoming, but of detachment – not being identified with it or seized by it.

Detachment is the first step. If you can detach yourself from the sex suggestions even when having them as you say, then they do not matter so much as the tamas, inertia etc. which interfere with your sadhana. They can wait for their final removal hereafter.