Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 4

Letter ID: 942

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

November 20, 1942

We think that a telegram or any pressure put on Durai-swamy to return or to change his decision would do more harm than good. He has made his position quite clear in his letter to Anasuya and he does not want anything that would be a questioning of it. His position is that he has made the best decision possible – best both for himself and the Ashram. He has been led to it by a Power which has always led him and whose action has always been for the best. He is not going in a wrong spirit, he will return joyfully when the time comes for that. There is nothing therefore for his family or friends to worry about or feel sad; any excitement or fuss would be ridiculous and uncalled for and they must not take any share in it. He has taken this position very firmly and to be pressed to come back as if he had taken a wrong course is just what he does not want; his precipitation in going away before the Darshan instead of after it, he would like evidently to be ignored or forgotten. All is for the best, he himself is quite happy and cheerful and when he comes back, he will explain his motives (at present he is saying nothing to anybody) and we will all laugh over the affair. I think we must act as if we accepted his attitude. In a man of Duraiswamy’s nature any change of his decision must be allowed to come from within himself not by any outward pressure. Let us leave it to his own psychic being, giving it only a silent and inner assistance.