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WRITINGS BY THE MOTHER
© Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust

The Vital

Mother,

The vital has become very, very bad. Today especially it is very rebellious.You did not reply to my last letter. Do you mean that it isn't necessary to make the vital peaceful?

I did not answer because what I say seems to have no effect. If you would express clearly, in a precise way, the nature of the revolt, it would help you very much to get rid of it, because it is a way of opening yourself which allows the light to enter into the obscurity and illumine it.

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Mother,

There is a depression. And most often I feel that my mind is tired. I don't know why. Today, my vital too is in terrible revolt. What can I do?

It is the same tiredness as that of the muscles when they do not work enough. Inactivity is just as tiring as over-activity. Not to work enough is just as bad as working too much.

The vital is a most bothersome character who prefers to be bad rather than to go unnoticed. You must teach him that he is not the master of the house.

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Mother,

I don't know what to do with this vital. Will you please stop it?

Sri Aurobindo: Do not accept it when it comes and do not believe what it says. Do not act according to its indications. Then it will not be difficult to stop it.

And when Sri Aurobindo tells you something, the first thing to do, and the most important if you want to conquer the difficulty, is to obey.

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My dear child,

This craving for strong experiences belongs to the vital; it is a very frequent tendency in those whose vital is insufficiently developed and seeks violent sensations in the hope of escaping from its heaviness and inertia. But it is an ignorant movement, for violent sensations can never be a remedy; on the contrary, they increase the confusion and obscurity.

The only remedy lies in opening to the higher forces in order to let them do in the vital their work of organisation and classification, of light and peace.

Love from your mother who is always there ready to help you.

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