Talks, 13th March, 1936

[Guest guest]

183. A gentleman from Bombay said : "I asked mother in Sri Aurobindo

Ashram the following qustion : 'I keep my mind blank without thoughts

arising so that God might show Himself in His true Being. But I do not

perceive anything,'

 

"The replay was to this effect : 'The attitude is right. The Power

will come down from above. It is a direct experiance'."

 

So he asked what further he should do.

 

M. : Be what you are. There is nothing to come down or become

manifest. All that is needful is to lose the ego. That what is is

always there. Even now you are That. You are not apart from it. The

blank is seen by you. You are there to see the blank. What do you wait

for? The thought, "I have not seen," the expectation to see and the

desire of getting something, are all the working of the ego. You have

fallen into the snares of the ego. The ego says all these and not you.

Be yourself and nothing more!