Sri Aurobindo
The Mother

to Prithwi Singh

Correspondence (1933-1967)

27 November 1935

Sri Aurobindo

Prithwi Singh¹

It must have been the descent of the higher silence, the silence of the self or Atman. In this silence one perceives, but the mind is not active, — things are sensed, but without any responsive connection or vibration. The silent self is there as a separate reality, not bound or involved in the activities of Nature, aloof, detached and self-existent. Even if thoughts come across this silence, they do not disturb it; the self is separate from the thinking mind also. In this condition the feeling “I think” is a survival from the old consciousness — in the full silence what one feels is that “thought occurs in me” — the identification with thought as well as with the perception of objects ceases.

Sri Aurobindo
27 November 1935

¹ This letter was published at Vol.24 (No 2629) of SABCL

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