Patel, Govindbhai

My Pilgrimage to the Spirit

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Sri Aurobindo — Patel, Govindbhai

April 28, 1932

April 28, 1932

It is more perhaps an attitude of eager straining and pulling that tires the physical than anything else. Of course, if there is undue tapasya — not eating, not sleeping or resting enough etc., that also brings in the end a reaction in the body.

In writing about the body and its fatigue, I merely intended to state the general principles. You have to see for yourself how much does or does not apply in your case.