Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Letters

Fragment ID: 22084

It is an impatience and restlessness in the vital which makes it feel as if it were no use staying here because things are not moving forward. Sadhana is a thing which takes time and needs patience. There are often periods of quiescence in which working is going on behind of which the mind is not aware – all seems then to be inert and dull; but if one has patience and confidence, the consciousness passes through these periods to new openings and things which seemed to be impossible to effect at that time, get done. The impulse to rush away is always a mistake – perseverance in the faith is the one rule to cling to and with that finally all obstacles are overcome.