At the feet of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo

21 March 1931

MYSELF: The out of sheer Ananda or from love and devotion — do they have a mixture of the vital ego?

SRI AUROBINDO: It is only the ordinary vital emotions which waste the energy and disturb the concentration and peace, that have to be discouraged. Emotion itself is not a bad thing, it is a necessary part of the nature, and psychic emotion is one of the most powerful helps to the sadhana. Psychic emotion, bringing tears of love for the Divine, or tears of Ananda ought not to be suppressed, it is only a vital mixture that brings disturbance in the sadhana.

(21.3.31)