Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1934 — 1935

Letter ID: 495

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

October 4, 1934

It is evident that X put his own interpretation on his conversation with the Mother; the wish was father to the thought. He was excited, although usually he takes things with much coolness and was proposing all sorts of prospects on which the Mother was throwing repeated bucket of very cold water. Finally, it narrowed at a hypothetical possibility of Udayshankar coming back alone and without troupe or fuss – but even so the Mother made no promise and she was very particular that no one should invite him to return. We hear he spoke to several people about coming for darshan but it is to be hoped he will drop the idea, if he seriously has it, out of the train window on his way to Travancore. Not that we have any personal objection to him, but there seems no very solid reason for his returning and we do not appreciate all this excitement created by his presence. And over what? A man who dances? But he did not even dance – the performer was performed to instead of performing. Queer! It sounds like Much Ado About Nothing with the Ashram for stage.