Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1935

Fragment ID: 17293

1935

When I spoke about Z’s experiences I did not actually mean that all of them were not genuine. Many of them were genuine but he had also some which were not true but rather imaginary and inspired by the ego! He often wrote about his experiences and visions of the Supermind, he smelt its descent! He was even sure that he would be among the first batch of the Supermen!

Others beside Z have assumed that they had the Super-mind because something opened in them which was “super” to the ordinary human mind. It is a common mistake ... I see no reason to doubt that Z saw things in vision (hundreds of people do) or had experiences.