Sri Aurobindo
Writings in Bengali
Translated into English
Patrawaly: Letters to N. and S
3. Foundations of Yoga
Self-control — Purification of Nature — Peace and Surrender
First, the consciousness must be empty and vast in which the light and force from above can find room. If it is not emptied, the old movements continue to play and the things from above do not find a suitable place.
This kind of emptiness comes to the sadhak when the higher consciousness descends into the mind and the vital in order to prepare them before occupying them. Also when the Self is experienced, its first touch brings a vast peaceful emptiness; later on a vast and massive peace and silence, a calm and immutable Ananda descend into that emptiness.