Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 4

Letter ID: 964

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

June 24, 1943

(Written on a letter received by Dilipda from a friend who says, “(...) If I am not yet ready to enter the Ashram, may I not be allowed to live nearby, somewhere in peace and solitude?”)

Why does he want to come to Pondicherry for solitude and peace? The Ashram itself is not a place of solitude and peace, much less the town. In any case, one has to get peace in oneself much more than from one’s surroundings.

And, “Alas, Dilip, last night I fell... Perhaps I was too sex-conscious during the day or afraid to be so. Perhaps it would be best for me to forget about sex altogether. Is it not one of those vices that die by neglect but grow by attention ?”

Quite right; but one must be able to neglect it.