Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Forth Series

Fragment ID: 21798

The whole significance of your sentences was that you had made all the necessary resolution, but you could not carry them out because the Force refused to support you. That is the usual trick of the vital mind when it wants to rid itself of the blame for difficulties or want of progress in the sadhana: “I am doing all I can, but the Force is not supporting me”. It is no use your quoting other sentences, because you write now one thing, now another, shifting your ground for the sake of your arguments. If logic could help you to get rid of this trick of the vital mind, it would be worth while learning logic.