Nirodbaran

Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo

Second Series

1. Spirituality

Supramentalisation and the Conquest of Death

If the Supermind descends into you or into the earth consciousness, the question of faith or sadhana becomes irrelevant as regards death, for death is a Force and, when you have a control or con quest over it, it means that its supremacy is lost in this part of the world, whether I have faith or not, do sadhana or not.

Good Lord, man. What is this reasoning? Everything is a Force – why should the supramental descent into me or earth assure complete and universal immediate conquest of this Force only or specially among so many?

Even if one does sadhana, illness may come and snatch one away: then one's chance of supramentalisation is lost. Will not one now be protected and allowed a chance?

Well, but that is simply warding off death. Perhaps the supramental will do that – (it can, if it wants) – but not for ever. I mean if a man wants 200 years to supramentalise himself, it can't be promised that he will be kept alive till then.

Has faith any say in the prolongation of life?

Faith does help and has helped. It is a fact.

You have also said that to prevent death sadhana is necessary.

To make the control of death absolute, not provisional and relative.

I want a final word from you. Wouldn't your supramentalisation make death impossible in the Ashram?

Not in the sense that anybody can seek refuge in the Supramentalised Ashram against death and sit comfortably there without any intention of doing sadhana.

14.10.1936