Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

CWSA 27

Fragment ID: 6805

Replies to Questions on The Bird of Fire [3]

The flame means the Bird of Flame and the Bird is the symbol of an inner Power that rises from the “sacrifice” i.e. the Yoga. The last lines mean that it has the power of going beyond mind and life to that which is beyond mind and life.

2 December 1933