Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
CWSA 35
Fragment ID: 8242
Inability to Participate in Politics [2]
Sri Aurobindo says that it is impossible for him to take up political action and enter the political field which would involve a sacrifice of his spiritual work.1
His spiritual help is given to the country and individually to all those who aspire for it. He is ready to continue this help and even to increase it if it is necessary. But he is convinced that written messages alone are not sufficient to have a permanent effect or even a sufficiently wide effect.
Among the members of the Ashram he sees nobody whom he can send to represent him effectively.
1 This reply was written by the Mother at Sri Aurobindo’s dictation or under his instructions. – Ed.