Sri Aurobindo
The Mother
to Prithwi Singh
Correspondence (1933-1967)
26 April 1936
Sri Aurobindo
Prithwi Singh1
We have received all your letters and are very well satisfied with the results obtained2....
The ascension and descent of the Force in this Yoga accomplishes itself in its own way without any necessary reproduction of the details laid down in the books. Many become conscious of the centres, but others simply feel the ascent or descent in a general way or from level to level rather than from centre to centre, that is to say, the Force descending first to the head, then to the heart, then to the navel and still below. It is not at all necessary to become aware of the deities in the centres according to the Tantrik description but some feel the Mother in the different centres. In these things our sadhana does not cleave to the knowledge given in the books, but only keeps to the central truth behind and realises it independently without any subjection to the old forms and symbols. The centres themselves have a different interpretation here from that given in the books of the Tantriks.
Mother has given instructions to Nolini about the Arya numbers.3
Sri Aurobindo
26 April 1936
1 This letter was published partly at Vol.22 (No 109) of SABCL
2 With regard to the sale of Dilip's houses. We have omitted a few letters dealing with the details of this sale.
3 Prithwi Singh's personal collection of the Arya, Sri Aurobindo's monthly review published from 1914 to 1921, which Prithwi Singh donated to the Ashram.