Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1933-34

Fragment ID: 16046

1933-34

When one reads pages and pages of a novel one does not get tired. But studying lessons even for an hour exhausts one. Why so?

Because one is amusement and the other is work – the lazy physical does not like work unless it is supported and driven by the vital. But the lower vital is more attracted by amusement than by work.