Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

CWSA 35

Fragment ID: 9457

Women in the Ashram [2]

I do not think it at all necessary for you to stay any longer with your son. He is now becoming old enough to trace his own path in life – the more he is independent, the better. You certainly did no wrong in coming here at this time; the opinion of society about it has no true basis whatever.

As for the attitude taken by your husband, it should rather be a help to you to make your choice decisively and once for all. You can write to him that since he presses, you will not delay long to make your decision and you will speak to him about it when you return – unless you feel it will put you more at ease to write now a definite answer.

14 March 1933