Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1935

Fragment ID: 17609

1935

My mechanical mind has become extremely sensitive. Whenever I project outwards for action – even a necessary one – the mechanical mind takes it up for its food and goes on chewing it for quite a time.

That is the nature of the mechanical mind – it is not due to any sensitiveness in it. Only as the outer parts of the mind are more silent and under control, this activity looks more prominent and takes more space. It usually wears itself out, if one goes on rejecting it.