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The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Dullness
09/28/2021
Published by Sri Aurobindo on 09/27/2021
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The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Q: Some sadhaks hold the belief that an illness is a cherishable thing, that it comes from the Divine to test our faith: it makes us remember the Divine more often than otherwise!

A: All that is quite wrong. Illness is a wrong movement of the body and is no more to be cherished than a wrong movement of the mind or vital. Pain and illness have to be borne with calm, detachment and equanimity, but not to be cherished – the sooner one gets rid of them the better.

– Sri Aurobindo

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