My Pilgrimage to the Spirit

January 15, 1934

[Mahatma Gandhi wrote to me that he had not yet received any answer from Sri Aurobindo. This was his second letter enquiring about the answer to his long letter to Sri Aurobindo. When I informed Sri Aurobindo of this enquiry, he sent me the following reply:]

I wrote to him a short letter explaining the nature of my retirement and regretting that I could not break my rule so long as the reason for it existed. It was addressed to Bangalore, I believe, and ought to have reached him, unless it has been pocketed by the C.I.D. I suppose even if he had left Bangalore it could have been forwarded to him. You can write and inform him of the fact.

Sri Aurobindo

As there has been established on earth a mental Consciousness and Power which shapes a race of mental beings and takes up into itself all of earthly nature that is ready for the change, so now there will be established on earth a gnostic Consciousness and Power which will shape a race of gnostic spiritual beings and take up into itself all of earth-nature that is ready for this new transformation. It will also receive into itself from above, progressively, from its own domain of perfect light and power and beauty all that is ready to descend from that domain into terrestrial being.

Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine - II: The Gnostic Being

Balcony Darshan

If my understanding is limited, widen it;
If my knowledge is obscure, enlighten it;
If my heart is empty of ardour, set it aflame;
If my love is insignificant, make it intense;
If my feelings are ignorant and egoistic,
Give them the full consciousness in the truth

The Mother, Prayers and Meditations: October 25, 1914