Sri Aurobindo
The Mother
to Prithwi Singh
Correspondence (1933-1967)
11 June 1948
Prithwi Singh — Mother
Ma douce M่re,
In view of the strong impetus given to games and sports and other aids for the development of the body at the present time, there is a general feeling that it 
is an indispensable part of sadhana and therefore those who are not taking part in it in some form or another have divorced themselves from the full action of the Force, leaving these parts in the obscurity and inertia of the inconscient. Because of this feeling many, I am not speaking of children and young boys for whom physical exercises are so essential for their body development, who are not usually interested in sports have given their names for taking part in some game or physical exercise.
While recognising unreservedly as an axiomatic truth that whatever threads are taken up by you, whatever activities encouraged howsoever mundane to outward view, must be full of a deep spiritual significance, even essential for the time being at least for the general welfare in the life of the Ashram, one wonders whether this encouragement can be interpreted as a sign that everybody irrespective of age must follow up the line. But I do not know. I have personally kept my self aloof from these activities, the overriding reason being bad sight though in my younger days for some years at least I had done a lot of exercises, dumbbells etc. and some asanas. There is also certain temperamental disinclination and I would therefore particularly wish to know very frankly from you, Mother, whether this means that my physical body as it is formed in this life, is incapable of opening to your Light and therefore incapable of change, progress in sadhana being conditioned by this unplasticity. Perhaps the inability to recover full health yet, especially to throw off filarial attacks completely, may be an indication in this line.
With deep devotion I prostrate myself at Thy Feet and offer my pranams again and again.
Prithwi Singh
Do not be anxious there is no necessity of doing physical exercise for realising the supramental!
To explain in details what is happening now would take too much time but one thing is certain : each one must follow his own line irrespective of what the others do and the goal is open to all sincere and steady endeavour.
P.S. Mother, I am glad to say that Piloo1 is proving a very useful worker. She is just the type of assistance I needed for book sales work. If she makes up her mind to stay on and is permitted by you to do so, gradually there will be some relief for me, as she can do both account work and typing and can take dictations also quickly. Only her health is not very good, for three days she had hardly been taking any food; I told her today that if she wants to stay she must get over her feeling of nausea for food and take normal quantity to keep up her strength. I hope things will be all right by your Grace, Mother.
I am glad that Pilu proves useful. She is indeed a nice girl.
With my love and blessings
Mother
11 June 1948