At the feet of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo

01 November 1932

MYSELF: Mother Divine, I really did not know that I still had such craving for sarees, I never felt this sort of thing before, I was wondering how it could be so absolutely strong that I could ask you to give me more than one saree. I am feeling so bad, so miserable! I can very well see now that it was you who made me see that the movement was from the vital craving and also pointed out so clearly that I have taken a wrong direction.

Mother, I dare not ask, but I am feeling like offering the sarees to you with the craving that made me press you for them. If you graciously allow I shall be very much relieved to offer them. May I do so?

SRI AUROBINDO: These things had been pressed down in you, but not got rid of. They were still lying there in the subconscient vital. That is why they now rise up with force to be got rid of more radically. It is better to keep them and get relieved.

(1.11.32)