Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume III - Part 3
Fragment ID: 12716
It looks as if it were an exteriorisation1 in which she goes out in her vital body. When one does so consciously and at will, it is all right, but this unconscious exteriorisation is not always safe.
The important question is what effect it has on her. If she comes out of it strong and refreshed or quite normal, there is no cause for distress or anxiety; if she comes out exhausted or depressed, then there are forces that are pulling her out into the vital world to the detriment of her vital sheath and it should not continue.
1 The correspondent reported the case of a woman who, without willing it, entered into a state of trance at any time, even while writing or talking with someone. – Ed.