Dyuman's Correspondence with The Mother

15 October 1934

My dear Mother,

This morning, when H and P were frying the balls for vegetables, this thought passed in me:

We come here to stay. Suppose we are put to the test? We are put in a big pan filled with oil beneath a very strong fire, and we have to sit in the pan, calm, quiet, unmoved and completely at rest. Those who pass the test are allowed to take up the Yoga.

It would scarcely be a test. The moral courage and endurance are often much more difficult to get than the material courage and endurance.

15 October 1934