Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

7. The Purpose of Avatarhood

Fragment ID: 666

I repeat, the Divine when he takes on the burden of terrestrial nature, takes it fully, sincerely and without any conjuring tricks or pretence. If he has something behind him which emerges always out of the coverings, it is the same thing in essence, even if greater in degree, that is behind others – and it is to awaken that that he is there....

The psychic being does the same for all who are intended for the spiritual way – men need not be extraordinary beings to follow it. That is the mistake you are making – to harp on greatness as if only the great can be spiritual.