Sri Aurobindo's notes and letters on his life and yoga and letters on Himself and on The Mother.
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Sri Aurobindo's notes and letters on his life and yoga and letters on Himself and on The Mother. In these letters, Sri Aurobindo writes about his life as a student in England, a teacher in Baroda, a political leader in Bengal, and a writer and yogi in Pondicherry. He also comments on his formative spiritual experiences and the development of his yoga.
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Sri Aurobindo's light is not a light of the illumined mind—it is the divine Illumination which may act on any plane.
7-9-1933
Page 190
Q: Two days back in a dream I saw Sri Aurobindo coming towards me. His body and dress were of blue colour. Why did I see him in this colour and not any other?
A: It is the basic light Sri Aurobindo manifests.
23-6-1933
If it is pale blue, it may be my colour. Pale lavender blue, pale but very brilliant in its own shade.
6-8-1932
It [the significance] depends on the shade of the blue. Ordinary pale blue is usually the light of the Illumined Mind or something of the Intuition. Whitish blue is Sri Aurobindo's light or Krishna's light.
There are many blues and it is difficult to say which these are. Usually the deeper blue is Higher Mind, a paler blue is Illumined Mind—whitish blue Sri Krishna's Light (also called Sri Aurobindo's Light).
The different blues mean different forces (the real blue has nothing to do with poison). The whitish blue is specially called my light—but it does not mean that that alone can come from me.
22-11-1933
Q: Nowadays I see Sri Aurobindo's light for most of the time but in different forms—sometimes like a big star, sometimes like a moon, sometimes like a flash of light. Why do I not see it in the same form?
Page 191
A: It varies according to the circumstances. Why should it be always the same?
21-4-1933
Q: How can I receive Sri Aurobindo's light in the mind?
A: It can always come if you aspire patiently. But the basic condition, if you want that light, is to get rid of all other mental influences.
Q: What is the meaning of "to get rid of all other mental influences"? Is it this that I had better not read any other books except Sri Aurobindo's or not try to learn anything by hearing or admiring others?
A: It is not a question of books or learning facts. When a woman loves or admires, her mind is instinctively moulded by the one she loves or admires, and this influence remains after the feeling itself has gone or appears to be gone. This does not refer to X's influence merely. It is the general rule given to keep yourself free from any other admiration or influence.
30-5-1932
Q: As one approaches your photograph in the Reception Room, there is a feeling that it is an emanation of yours. There seems to be a special light in it.
A: The Sadhaks may themselves bring this light by approaching me through the photo.
24-8-1934
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