Nirodbaran

Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo

Second Series

1. Spirituality

Spiritual Experiences

Ananda

In the afternoon I was looking at the deep blue sky when all of a sudden I felt a descent of Ananda.

It is Ananda in the mind and vital.

If my Ananda was vital and mental, is there a psychic Ananda too?

I did not say it was vital and mental, but that it was Ananda manifesting itself in the mental and vital – a quite different thing; for the one Ananda (the true thing) can manifest in any part of the being.

Is Ananda a major experience?

Light, Peace, Force, Ananda constitute the spiritual consciousness; if they are not among the major experiences, what are?