Sri Aurobindo
Writings in Bengali
Translated into English
Patrawaly: Letters to N. and S
1. Obstacles and Difficulties
If you entertain a desire, become impatient for the fruits of sadhana, then how will you remain peaceful and silent?
A great work like the transformation of human nature, can it be done in a moment?
Remain quiet, let the force of the Mother work in you, then in time everything will be accomplished.
If you remain peaceful within, in a state of surrender, then obstacles and difficulties will not be able to disturb you. Unhappiness and anxiety and “Why is this not happening? When will it happen?”, if you allow these feelings to enter into you, then obstacles and difficulties will find strength. Why do you pay so much attention to them? Concentrate on the Mother. Remain peaceful and surrendered within. The petty defects of the lower nature cannot be got rid of so easily. It is useless to be agitated over them. When the Mother's Force fully occupies the entire being down to the subconscient, they will go. The length of time necessary for that does not matter. The complete transformation requires time.