I have a letter from Dr. V, he asks a question about something Sri Aurobindo said.
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"In <\/i>The Synthesis of Yoga, Sri Aurobindo writes<\/i><\/p>\n
about the perfection of the lower mind, the psychic<\/i><\/p>\n
prana …<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
What’s that?
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I think it’s the vital substance Sri Aurobindo calls like that.<\/i><\/p>\n
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"Where does this psychic prana come from? Is it<\/i><\/p>\n
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India’s psychological language?…<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Yes, at that time Sri Aurobindo used the phrase "psychic prana," <\/i><\/p>\n
but it’s not at all the psychic, the soul; I think it’s the primary<\/i><\/p>\n
vital substance. … He asks also:<\/i><\/p>\n
Page 349<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n "… Is there some relationship between this psychic<\/i><\/p>\n prana psychologists?"<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n All those things, I don’t know. It’s philosophy … in English, I would say wordy.<\/i> Those are psychological words that I don’t know at all. <\/p>\n Yes, of course! In any case, it has no relationship with the<\/i><\/p>\n psychic, There’s no use in people asking me this sort of things, I am not at all interested. <\/p>\n Of course!<\/i><\/p>\n Sri Aurobindo used a whole lot of terminologies, and only in the end did he adopt the one I brought, then we could understand each other. Before, at the beginning, when I came he used to speak of all kinds of things of this sort. And on top of it (laughing)<\/i> it doesn’t interest me! (Mother gives Satprem soup packets)<\/i> Can’t eat. *** (Then Satprem reads the third chapter of <\/i>Supermanhood:<\/i> "The him You’ve entered a new world…. For those who can follow you, it will be good! Oh, it’s quite new…. (Smiling and approving)<\/i> It’s extraordinary, you understand, it’s … The impression that a new door has opened. The impression as if you had opened a new door for humanity. <\/p>\n You’re the one who opens it!<\/i><\/p>\n (silence)<\/i> Page 350<\/font><\/p>\n Extraordinary. It’s as if you had bidden farewell to the old world. <\/p>\n Yes.<\/i><\/p>\n Now (laughing),<\/i> I’d really like to hear the sequel! How many chapters have you written? <\/p>\n I’ve written ten in all. <\/i><\/p>\n And this is the third…. Well! (Mother goes on shaking her head <\/i> to express her delight)<\/i> Magnificent, it’s magnificent! (silence)<\/i> How does it come? <\/p>\n Oh, Mother, I pray and I let it come.<\/i><\/p>\n That’s right…. it’s CLEARLY from another world. You mustn’t be disturbed until you have finished. <\/p>\n Yes, Mother. …In fact, there are many things trying to disturb me.<\/i><\/p>\n Yes. <\/p>\n Inside and outside.<\/i><\/p>\n Inside? <\/p>\n Yes, also – circumstances.<\/i><\/p>\n You mustn’t, you mustn’t allow that. And people mustn’t read this before it’s over. <\/p>\n Yes, Mother.<\/i><\/p>\n For the introduction, we’ll keep bur program…. Have you found a German yet? Page 351<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n No, Mother, I don’t know any.<\/i><\/p>\n As for me, I looked for one, but I can’t find. It should be someone a bit intelligent. It should be ready for February. But the book, don’t show it to anyone until its over. <\/p>\n There’s only Sujata who reads and types it.<\/i><\/p>\n (Laughing)<\/i> Sujata, that’s nobody! You know, it’s magnificent. <\/p>\n Oh, Mother, I have nothing to do with it, I assure you!<\/i><\/p>\n I’d really like to hear the continuation. <\/p>\n I hope it won’t disappoint you.<\/i><\/p>\n No, no. <\/p>\n Oh, I pray a lot to receive purely.<\/i><\/p>\n (silence)<\/i> For sure, publishers are incapable of… What we should do is to have a good edition here (we can do it; from the point of view of the work, it could be good), and then prepare quite a general publicity, all over the world…. Articles in literary newspapers: to organize a publicity campaign. I think that will be better than to leave it to an individual who … We should arrange the thing ourselves – we can do it. If we want to, we can. <\/p>\n The only advantage of publishers is that they have the name of<\/i><\/p>\n their book. That’s their power.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n But there would be a way to reach the press. There is a way. (silence) <\/i> We will … (Mother gestures as if breaking through a wall)<\/i>. (silence) <\/i> Page 352<\/font><\/p>\n I am waiting; I’ll tell you my idea when you have finished, when you’ve read me all of it. I have an idea…. When you have finished. I’ll wait till I have read the last chapter! (laughter)<\/i> There. Because, with that, we can do something. (silence)<\/i> My impression is of going there (gesture above)<\/i> and then of not coming down. It shows that… I had an extraordinary impression, you understand: I heard it THERE (same gesture above the head), <\/i>and I didn’t have to come down. (Laughing)<\/i> I’m waiting for the continuation! Page 353<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 17, 1970 I have a letter from Dr. V, he asks a question about something Sri Aurobindo said. 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