throw off the idea of weakness, the strength would come back. But there is always something in the vital physical which is pleased with becoming more weak and ill so that it can feel and lament its tragic case.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
09. Transformation of the Physical (2)
Fragment ID: 3634
That [constant weakness of the body] also is tamas. If you throw off the idea of weakness, the strength would come back. But there is always something in the vital physical which is pleased with becoming more weak and ill so that it can feel and lament its tragic case.