Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1

Letter ID: 240

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

June 10, 1932

I don’t think you need fear that my patience will be exhausted – for it is founded upon something else that is inexhaustible.

Of course the Mother was right; she always is when she sees things, though people take a long time sometimes to recognise it. But what has been put into the vital receptacle by life can be got out by reversing it, turning it towards the Divine and not towards yourself. You will then find that the vital is an excellent instrument as it is a bad master.