Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1935

Fragment ID: 17246

1935

Now I see that one has to accept a period of no-effort in spite of having the knowledge. Can one still make the effort?

The period of no-effort is usually when the physical consciousness is uppermost, for the nature of that is inertia, to be moved by the higher forces or to be moved by the lower forces or by any forces but not to move itself. One must still use one’s effort if one can, but the great thing is to be able to call down the force from above into the physical – otherwise to remain perfectly quiet and undisturbed, expect its coming.