Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 3. 1936-37
Fragment ID: 18264
1936-37
In the morning I take two slices of bread, at lunch time rice and one slice and in the evening four pieces of bread. I do not take plantains because it is hard to digest them.
Your food is all right. Plantains are helpful towards getting rid of constipation, but on condition you can digest them; if you cannot digest, then of course we cannot ask you to eat them. Have a quiet will always for the constipation to go and at the same time keep yourself open for the Force from above to work.
You must first have it seen whether there actually are [head] lice or not; it is easy to see. Flytox1 can be used, if there are, provided there are no ulcerations on the scalp – if there are it cannot be used. Flytox however can injure the eyes, so the eyes must be kept closed during the flytoxing.
1 The brandname of a disinfectant and insecticide.