Champaklal Speaks

8 March 1934

Mother, I came to know that Sri Aurobindo waits for one hour for the soup to get cooled and then takes it—if that is so, I would like to know from Mother whether it is necessary to boil the soup (which is generally ready by 2.30 p.m.) at 9.30 p.m. and keep it covered under a tea-cosy (as it is being done every day). If it is not necessary, then only Mother's soup can be boiled?

The soup in the evening is very rarely too hot to be taken immediately as you bring it, as now, as I go for my bath and I go one hour afterwards as the bath takes three quarters or more and I do a little work before I go to eat. So no change need be made. If it were not boiled or covered it would be cold soup—I prefer it warm.

8.3.1934

Sri Aurobindo