Sri Aurobindo
The Mother
to Prithwi Singh
Correspondence (1933-1967)
14 September 1934
Sri Aurobindo
Prithwi Singh1
When one is living in the world, one cannot do as in an Asram — one has to mix with others and keep up outwardly at least ordinary relations with others. The important thing is to keep the inner consciousness open to the Divine and grow in it. As one does that, more or less rapidly according to the inner intensity of the sadhana, the attitude towards others will change. All will be seen more and more in the Divine and the feeling, action etc. will more and more be determined, not by the old external reactions, but by the growing consciousness within you.
It is true that there is an increasingly powerful descent of the Higher Force. Many now see the lights and colours around the Mother and her subtle luminous forms — it means that their vision is opening to supraphysical realities, it is not a phantasy. The colours or lights you 
see are forces from various planes and each colour indicates a special force.
The supramental Force is descending, but it has not yet taken possession of the body or of matter — there is still much resistance to that. It is a Supramentalised Overmind Force that has already touched; and this may at any time change into or give place to the Supramental in its own native power.
The Mother finds that you have made considerable progress since you came here this time and that the opening in you is widening very much. The little difficulties and details you speak of are of very little importance. Let the consciousness grow within you as it is growing and the opening of the consciousness grow entirely wide.
Sri Aurobindo
14 September 1934
1 This letter was published partly at Vol.23 (No 1726), partly at Vol.26 of SABCL