Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1938

Letter ID: 2084

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

April 22, 1938

[Sri Aurobindo and the Mother]

“A withering ball

Of fire on the wide canvas of time

Fades to a dot...”

What’s this ball of fire on a canvas? Have you reflected that the canvas would be burned away in no time?

We have caught a parrot which can’t fly. What to do with it?

[Mother:] Feed it with grains and fruit until it can fly away.