Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Second Series

Fragment ID: 20582

I use the language of the mind because there is no other which human beings can understand,– even: though most of them understand it badly. If I were to use a supramental language like Joyce, you would not even have the illusion of understanding it; so,. not being an Irishman, I don’t make the attempt. But of course any one who wants to change earth-nature must first accept it in order to change it. To quote from an unpublished poem¹ of my own:

He who would bring the heavens here,

Must descend himself into clay

And the burden of earthly nature bear

And tread the dolorous way....

¹ “A God’s Labour” subsequently published in Poems Past and Present by Sri Aurobindo.

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