Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 4

Letter ID: 998

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

April 23, 1944

Anil Bhattacharya is an ignoramus in Yoga; his dictum only means that he is finding that he can’t succeed in Yoga; but has he tried sincerely to throw away his worn self? As for the reaction about L., that is an old one which happened to him at one time whenever somebody fell or slipped, especially somebody deemed in the Ashram to be a big sadhak or one in favour with the Mother. If L. has gone the way of others, it was not because she was the Mother’s favourite and could not bear the grace (that is absurd), nor was she a “favourite”, but rather the opposite, that she wanted to be the favourite, first, alone and unique, got disappointed and decided Yoga was no good or not possible and it was better to be a great one or at least somebody in the social world. It is not, however, certain that she will not come back some day. (By the way, all this about L. is rather confidential – unlike the rest of the letter; it should not be generally known, as, if she came back, that might stand against her.)

Yes, attacks of this kind come often at Darshan time, not only to you but to many others, and in a way generally, e.g. against the work or physical health. The hostile forces get furious at the very fact of the Darshan and go all out to make a black mark on the brightness. All the more reason to reject the mischief and spoil their game.