Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume III - Part 4

Fragment ID: 13261

Yes, it was the same experience [as an earlier one]. You went inside under the pressure of the Force – which is often though not always the first result – went into a few seconds’ samadhi according to the ordinary language. The Force when it descends tries to open the body and pass through the centres. It has to come in (ordinarily) through the crown of the head (Brahmarandhra) and pass through the inner mind centre which is in the middle of the forehead between the eyebrows. That is why it presses first on the head. The opening of the eyes brings one back to the ordinary consciousness of the outer world, that is why the intensity is relieved by opening the eyes.