Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume II - Part 2

Fragment ID: 11447

Yes, the use to which you have turned your vital capacities in Bengal and Bombay,– to turn them into instruments of service and the Divine Work, is certainly the best possible. Through such action and such use of the vital power, one can certainly progress in Yoga. Vital power is necessary for work and you have an exceptional amount of it. Of course, to make a full Yogic use of it and of its force for action, the ego must gradually fade out and vital attachments and impulses be replaced by the spiritual motive. Bhakti, devotion to the Divine, and the spirit of service to the Divine are among the most powerful means for this change.