Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1933

Letter ID: 1092

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

March 26, 1933

I am having a peculiar experience for the past few days. After pranam I usually go to the reception room and gaze at Sri Aurobindo’s portrait for about fifteen minutes. Then I pass a few minutes over the newspapers. When I get up I get dizzy, my head reels and I have at once to sit down. Is it connected with sadhana, and if so what am I to do?

It seems to be connected not with sadhana but with newspapers. After 15 minutes’ concentration to plunge into newspapers may not unnaturally lead to such a result.

Last night I went to hear music and sat beside Nolini. I felt an intense joy, not to be equalled by the joy of music. Is it merely an imagination?

No – it means there is a vital sympathy.