Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 4
Letter ID: 1059
Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar
July 15, 1949
Regarding a letter from Raja Dhiren of Lalgola1 who said, “1 see often now-a-days Sri Aurobindo and Mother in vision. I will tell you what I saw yesterday. When I was sitting in meditation suddenly Sri Aurobindo’s figure shimmered just in front of me overlaying the picture of my Ishtadevi: he gave me a look of blessing and then suddenly gave me his own garland by way of benediction. I wonder if it was real or was it merely my imagination which was responsible for what I saw, though, so vividly? Can you ask him and tell me?”
I have been very much pleased by the account received of Raja Dhiren of Lalgola and the zeal and energy which he has put in the work for the August 15th celebration. Please let him know how highly I have appreciated the way in which he has opened to the consciousness and force and all the work he is doing and has done. I find his song a very fine poem, beautiful both in language and in bhava.
I suppose his experience about the garland was symbolic in its nature and my action in it was expressive of my appreciation and indicated that it was my work he had done or was doing and that he had received my power and the credit and crown of the achievement belonged to him.
1 Raja Dhirendra Narayan Rao of Lalgola, Murshidabad, Bengal, and poet and friend of Dilipda.