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At first the result may be a neutral quiet, but one has often to pass through that to arrive
at a more positive new consciousness. When the mind thus falls quiet the thoughts of the
past, all sorts of repetitive or mechanical thoughts begin to rise up — these come from
the physical mind or the subconscient. One has to refuse them and let them pass away,
aspiring for the complete mental quietude in which the new consciousness can reveal
itself little by little. That will may not bear recognisable fruit at once, but adhere to it and
the fruit will come.

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You should not belittle the inner quietness by calling it a foolish kind of quietness —
quietness in itself, knowing or unknowing, is to be valued, for it means that even in the
midst of confusion a basis has still been kept. The understanding is at present covered
over by a remnant of the old ignorance and confusion, but if a fundamental quietude
is maintained or remains of itself, that will make it easier for this recurrence to pass….
Remain firm and the cloud will pass and the true consciousness reassert itself with more
firmness and vigour.

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Not to allow the mind to bubble up with all sorts of ideas and feelings etc. but to remain
quiet and learn to think and feel only what is true and right .
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—Sri Aurobindo*

1 The correspondent asked Sri Aurobindo how to “meet things without any superficial and
unnecessary reaction”.

*Sri Aurobindo. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo, Volume 31. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
Ashram Trust; 2014, pp. 27-29.

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