Champaklal Speaks

Sri Aurobindo’s Draft of a Reply

When I had to reply to letters conveying the Mother's answers to requests seeking permission to come to the Ashram for Darshan or for some other work, Sri Aurobindo would write out the full text of the answer. I would copy it out and, as per his instructions, send it in my name. Here is a specimen of one such answer:

“I showed your letter to Mother and she asks me to write to you on her behalf that you must not on any account come back until she gives you permission. You write as if you expected to come back after a few days, but that cannot be. You must wait quietly all it is psychically right and possible for you to return. When that will be, Mother will know and decide.”