Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Forth Series

Fragment ID: 21274

If it is a real emptiness, one can rest in it for years together,– it is because the vital is restless and full of desires (not empty) that it is like that. Also the physical mind is by no means at rest. If the desires were thrown out and the ego less active and the physical mind at rest, knowledge would come from above in place of the physical mind’s stupidities, the vital mind could be calm and quiet and the Mother’s Force take up the action and the higher consciousness begin to come down. That is the proper sequel of emptiness.