Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 3. 1936-37

Fragment ID: 18073

1936-37

What are these things we call thoughts?

They are forms of the play of mental forces. These mental forces come from general Nature and make use of the individual mind for expressing themselves. Usually the mental Purusha accepts and allows the play – if he draws back and refuses his consent, then they persist for a time, but afterwards lose their control of the mind and the mind falls silent.