Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1934

Letter ID: 1205

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

September 8, 1934

I saw what you wrote to T about reading. I wonder if it applies to me also.

What is written for T is not meant for you. T has got into a movement of consciousness in which reading is no longer necessary and would rather interfere with his consciousness. There is no objection to your reading provided it does not interfere with your meditation.

I should like to be a literary man. Do you approve?

It depends on what kind of “literary man” you want to be, ordinary or Yogic.