Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1934

Letter ID: 1182

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

May 1, 1934

Suddenly I have dropped from a state of exaltation and peace to that of depression. The soaring, the days of exaltation seem to be so unreal – almost a chimera beside this world of reality.

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[Sri Aurobindo underlined “world of reality”.]

It is surprising that I cannot live in one state for more than a few days, and yet this dejection, sadness seems so foreign to my nature!

Why do you give way to it, then? You ought to be able to detach yourself from it, see it as an intrusion and fling it out.