Sri Aurobindo and Mother to Prithwi Singh

Undated (1951)

*(From Prithwi Singh's diary.)

The passing of Sri Aurobindo [on 5 December 1950] is an event of such deep significance for the earth evolution and shrouded in such sublime mystery that it is impossible for the mere mind to pierce through its veils, to see the pulsations of a greater life behind the apparent triumph of Death, that it is best for us to keep within the limits of what the Mother has revealed on the point in her messages⁷¹ and not to indulge in wild fancies of our own, not founded on the bedrock of a yogin's seeing by identity of knowledge. This fatal blunder has entirely vitiated the writing of Kishore Gandhi under the caption "A Daring Attempt" published in the Ninth Number of the Sri Aurobindo Circle Annual, in spite of his sincere though blundering attempt to find a satisfactory explanation of the event and has landed him to a number of self-contradictions and remarks that had no foundation in fact. The article shows in addition a lack of philosophical understanding and is confusing rather than helpful.*

It is better therefore to look into some of these major contradictions before we can state clearly in a few words our views on the subject in the light of the Mother's revealing words.