Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Himself and the Ashram

The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo. Volume 35

His Life and Attempts to Write about It
The Terminology of His Writings

Supermind and Overmind [1]

Is it true that when you write “must”, it is from the Supermind, and when you write “maybe” or “if”, it is from the Overmind?

No — I can’t say that. The Overmind has its certitudes also, though of a less absolute kind than the supramental.

19 March 1933