Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 3

Letter ID: 813

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

September 3, 1936

It is a Force that comes and pushes to work and is as legitimately a part of the spiritual life as others. It is a special Energy that takes hold of the worker in the being and fulfils itself through him. To work with a full energy like this in one is quite salutary. The only thing is not to overdo it – that is to avoid any exhaustion or recoil to a physical inertia.

As for the dedication make the saṅkalpa [resolution] always of offering it, remember and pray when you can (I mean in connection with the work). This is to fix a certain attitude. Afterwards, the Force can take advantage of this key to open the deeper dedication within.