Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume I - Part 2

Fragment ID: 9908

This [vast consciousness above the head] was the true consciousness that must establish itself, but before it can establish itself it must come down below the head and take full possession of the navel and two lower centres and pervade the body down to the feet and even below. Once established, it holds the ego-forces outside or, even if they come, whether in rajasic or tamasic obstructive form, keeps the inner being totally detached and unmoved all the time by their environmental presence.