Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1933

Letter ID: 2244

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

August 29, 1933

Then again the same difficulty of transmission appears to hinder the proper finish. Will you tell me where the defect lies – little mastery over language, style, or insufficient inspiration?

All writers have the difficulty – it is the tamas of the physical mind which finds it difficult to transcribe the inspiration.

Is it bad for our sadhana to think much about the rhymes, words and ideas of these poems? But I find this a wonderful escape from the prison of thoughts of the lower vital.

It is certainly better than being occupied with the lower vital.