Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

05. Sadhana through Work

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Every artist almost (there can be rare exceptions) has got something of the public man in him in his vital-physical parts, which makes him crave for the stimulus of an audience, social applause, satisfied vanity, appreciation, fame. That must go absolutely if you want to be a yogi,– your art must be a service not of your own ego, not of anyone or anything else but solely of the Divine.