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
PURANI: Professor Attreya of Benaras has brought some "psychic" photographs.
SRI AUROBINDO: Is he a spiritualist?
PURANI: Looks like one.
SRI AUROBINDO: But what is the good of photographs of these things? You know about the famous photograph of fairies by Conan Doyle. I don't know how it was done, because fairies don't lend themselves to photography.
PURANI: There has been one good result of Attreya's visit. KS has broken his silence and was talking with him.
SRI AUROBINDO: It was not due to that. Nolini spoke to the Mother about the silence and afterwards told KS: "Sri Aurobindo doesn't like silence." He at once started talking. It seems he was fading away into the Ineffable—couldn't talk or walk or do anything. Such things happen to those who force themselves before they are ready. They either go into that condition or become rajasic. One kitten of ours became like that. Whenever we used to concentrate, it came and lay down near us and afterwards it couldn't move or walk. With great difficulty it had to be pulled out of that condition. It was a remarkable cat.
PURANI: It was Baby perhaps?
SRI AUROBINDO: No, it was Goldie. Baby was possessed by a devil. While a procession was passing, she got a sudden fit. Perhaps a devil came from the procession and entered her. It is always the kittens that are affected. Old cats are too much fixed in cathood.
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