Champaklal Speaks

Behind Externals

1952-05-01

Sri Aurobindo and the Mother's books always used to be sent upstairs and shown to the Mother before being posted. Recently, the person in charge starred sending books intended for foreign countries directly to the Press for despatch. When it was pointed to him that they should have been sent up to the Mother, he said that it was not necessary.

Today, when this was reported to Mother, she said: “Let him do what he likes; it is all right.”

Later she explained: “You people are accustomed to look only at external things—you do not see what is behind them. You do not know what I do after seeing the books. You are all accustomed to do orderly work. This is the general thing; people see only external things.”