Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume III - Part 4

Fragment ID: 13419

That is to say, [when there is sometimes stillness and sometimes mechanical thoughts] the Power is still working on the physical consciousness (the mechanical mind and the subconscient) to bring stillness there. Sometimes the stillness comes but not complete, sometimes the mechanical mind reasserts itself. This oscillation usually takes place in a movement of the kind. Even if there is a sudden or rapid transforming shock or downrush, there has to be some working out of this kind afterwards – that at least has always been my experience. For most, however, there comes, first, this slow preparatory process.