Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1935

Fragment ID: 17183

1935

I come to hear many things which are better avoided, because they disturb me. Should I resolutely avoid them? And why am I disturbed by them?

Because you pay attention to them and let them take hold of you. Unless you wear cotton wool in your ears or shut yourself in a closed room, you can’t help hearing all sorts of things. You have not to be affected by them or think about them, that is all.