Sri Aurobindo : conversations
Talks with Sri Aurobindo is a thousand-page record of Sri Aurobindo's conversations with the disciples who attended to him during the last twelve years of his life. The talks are informal and open-ended, for the attendants were free to ask whatever questions came to mind. Sri Aurobindo speaks of his own life and work, of the Mother and the Ashram, of his path of Yoga and other paths, of India's social, cultural and spiritual life, of the country's struggle for political independence, of Hitler and the Second World War, of modern science, art and poetry, and of many other things that arose in the course of conversation. Serious discussion is balanced with light-hearted banter and humour. By recording these human touches, Nirodbaran has brought out the warm and intimate atmosphere of the talks.
THEME/S
NIRODBARAN: A says he is very grateful to you for your confirming his experience. He related something about you which he had heard from a friend of his. He went to see this friend who is a Tantrik-cum-astrologer. He had your book The Mother with him. The friend, on seeing the book, folded his hands and touched his forehead with them in the normal Indian manner. A asked the friend why he did so, was it the subject of the book or was it the author? The friend simply said, "Bhagabaner boi" ("God's book"). Then he became quite solemn and quietly said, "I have got his horoscope", to which A replied, "That's interesting, God's horoscope?" The friend chided him, "Don't be flippant, I really mean it, I have it." A realised that the friend was serious and he also becoming so, asked him, "All right, what is your reading?" "In 1947," answered the friend, "he will become the ekachatra adhipati (unchallenged sovereign of the whole world)."
SRI AUROBINDO: 1947? Then I will do things quicker than Hitler! (Turning to Dr. Manilal) What post will you have Manilal?
DR. MANILAL: Nothing, Sir.
SRI AUROBINDO: No, you must have something to do.
DR. MANILAL: Sir, I'll be at your feet. Sir, humbly.
SRI AUROBINDO: I'll make you the Chief of the World Medical Service.
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