Champaklal Speaks

Helping Sri Aurobindo?

1949-07-26

Dr. Agarwal wanted to treat Sri Aurobindo's eyes and asked me whether I would inform him to that effect. I replied that I would surely do so. And then I told him:

“You say you want to help Sri Aurobindo. Do you really think anybody can help him? As far as I know, Sri Aurobindo and Mother avoid any help from doctors, as much as possible. You know that nowadays he spends most of his time on his cot. Only for a little while he sits in the chair nearby. He walks for hardly five to seven minutes, twice a day. And the interesting thing is that in spite of so little movement he is able to digest the food he takes; and that quantity of food is as much as any young man would normally take. His ways of working are quite different. Even at the time of the accident he took external help only to the extent he considered necessary. On occasions he would not do even what the doctor asked him to do; for example, he refused to tie a bandage on his leg. He knows perfectly well what to do or not to do and when.”

Later I narrated to Sri Aurobindo what I had said to Agarwal. Sri Aurobindo smiled and said: “You are right.”