Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1935
1935
If the ego determines its revolt according to the Mother’s failing to smile or to put her hand on our head, how is it that at times it can remain quiescent in spite of her failing to do so?
The ego acts according to these things when it dominates; when it docs not dominate or is not present then these motives can have no effect. The whole question is whether the ego leads or something else leads. If the higher consciousness leads, then even if the Mother does not smile or put her hand at all. there will be no egoistic reaction. Once the Mother did that with a sadhika. being herself in trance – the result was that the sadhika got a greater force and Ananda than she had ever got when the Mother put her hand fully.