Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume II - Part 2

Fragment ID: 11483

It [peace and contact in work, but no aspiration] is because the energy is put outward in the work. But as the peace and contact grow a double consciousness can develop – one engaged in the work, another behind silent and observing or turned towards the Divine – in this consciousness the aspiration can be maintained even while the external consciousness is turned towards the work.