Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 4
I must say that Mother was taken aback by your letter, for she had never in these days felt or shown any coldness towards you and had not the least reason for any feeling or action of that kind. On the contrary, she remembered having felt this morning just the opposite and looked at you with a smile full rather of warmth and affection; it is surprising that you should have missed this and got instead an impression of coldness and displeasure – for that there was no ground at all. She had no reason whatever for coldness; she has felt that you are progressing and has been very much satisfied with what she knew of your work for us and, especially, she had been highly pleased by your music. The strangest thing is your notion that she could be displeased by Krishnaprem’s coming; it was on the contrary a source of great satisfaction to her. Anyhow, I hope that you will take my assurance that there was no coldness on the Mother’s part and there was no ground for it and dismiss all feelings of depression due to this cause and go on happily with your work of which we both approve and appreciate its importance.
About Miss Chadwick’s experience – I was perhaps hesitating as to what to write about it because I felt that I had not been able to make clear to myself all that it held in it and was trying to form a more complete idea of its spiritual values and the influence it had on those touched by it. But, apart from that I have had to do for some time past some very urgent work in connection with proofs and manuscripts for the Press. I hope to have finished with that in a few days for the time being at least and I will then write what I have to say about Miss Chadwick. I hope you won’t mind a little more delay.