Prithwi Singh's Correspondence with The Mother

11 June 1948

Ma douce Mère,

In view of the strong impetus given to games and sports and other aids for the development of the body at the present time, there is a general feeling that it is an indispensable part of sadhana and therefore those who are not taking part in it in some form or another have divorced themselves from the full action of the Force....

I have personally kept myself aloof from these activities, the overriding reason being bad eyesight, though in my younger days, for some years at least, I had done a lot of exercises, dumbbells etc. and some asanas. There is also certain temperamental disinclination.

Do not be anxious—there is no necessity of doing physical exercise for realising the supramental!

To explain in details what is happening now would take too much time—but one thing is certain: each one must follow his own line irrespective of what the others do and the goal is open to all sincere and steady endeavour.

11 June 1948