At the feet of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo

12 April 1932

MYSELF: Mother, I feel such an unease when I do something without asking you beforehand. Whenever anybody wants me to do something, my automatic answer is: “I can’t do or say anything without asking the Mother.” There are many who don’t like this. They say: “Why should everything be told to the Mother? We get to consider the word more important than the spirit.” Is that so? I ask myself: “Am I being excessive? Is it all mental?”

SRI AUROBINDO: You are quite right in following what you feel about asking us in these matters. It is not mental or an exaggeration.

(12.4.32)